There a number of arguments as to why this is the case and the article touches on these:
One could make an argument that most drivers don’t use their spare (or don’t know how) and would call for roadside service anyway.
Another argument is that the extra weight of the spare has to be hauled around for months or years before it gets used, if ever, and fuel is used for that extra weight costing the owner and increasing carbon emissions.
More pragmatically the most likely answer is the auto makers found out they could simply stop giving out spare tires and it doesn’t cost them any customers, and increases the auto maker’s profits. Some will even sell you a spare tire at an extra fee meaning even more revenue.
My guess is of all these reasons, the third answer, cash grab is the real answer. The author gives us one sentence, but agrees with me.
Another argument is that the extra weight of the spare has to be hauled around for months or years before it gets used, if ever, and fuel is used for that extra weight costing the owner and increasing carbon emissions.
For me this makes sense, driving for 20 years and not used a spare tire once, hyundai also offers 24x7 road assist
I drive a pickup truck and I go to pickup truck kind of places with it like lumber yards, industrial suppliers, landfills and other high FOD locations. I get more flat tires because I drive where the nails are.
My sedan goes to the grocery store and a few restaurants and has never had a flat.
So the guy you’re responding to most likely doesn’t drive through lumber and construction sites all day. Most people don’t. That’s why most people don’t have 20 flats a week from driving around in nails.
You ever think maybe you’re an exception because of your habits that most people don’t have?
Do they come with runflats? I dunno what’s common anymore.
My 2013 Volvo doesn’t have a spare, but it makes use of runflats instead, and that was considered a luxury back then.
Lots of new cars just give you a bottle of fix-a-flat and a “fuck you”
There a number of arguments as to why this is the case and the article touches on these:
My guess is of all these reasons, the third answer, cash grab is the real answer. The author gives us one sentence, but agrees with me.
For me this makes sense, driving for 20 years and not used a spare tire once, hyundai also offers 24x7 road assist
touch wood!
I don’t believe you’ve never had a flat in 20 years. I get a flat every three or four years.
What the hell are you doing that results in a flat every few years? This is NOT normal.
I drive a pickup truck and I go to pickup truck kind of places with it like lumber yards, industrial suppliers, landfills and other high FOD locations. I get more flat tires because I drive where the nails are.
My sedan goes to the grocery store and a few restaurants and has never had a flat.
So the guy you’re responding to most likely doesn’t drive through lumber and construction sites all day. Most people don’t. That’s why most people don’t have 20 flats a week from driving around in nails.
You ever think maybe you’re an exception because of your habits that most people don’t have?