I knew the car didn't have a spare after I got it and read through the owner's manual. I didn't think much of that plan at the time.

I think even less of it now.

The car is going to have a jack and donut spare soon....I have a plan (although it's ridiculous that I have to come up with it).

It's not like I'm using this car for hypermiling, dammit.....

Quote from: Speedbag on June 26, 2012, 08:19:27 AM
It's not like I'm using this car for hypermiling, dammit.....

Blame the fleet mileage requirements.

Chevy did the same kind of BS with their Equinox.  In order to get the 32mpg rating, they installed a baffle in the fuel tank so you can't fill the tank to the 18.5gal capacity.

Meanwhile, they were advertising it has having an "almost 600 mile per tankful" ability.  I asked the sales guy how it was able to do that when you could only fill it up to 16 gal-- which it said in tiiiiny letters in the brochure.

They needed to shave off 15 lbs and cutting off 2.5 gal in the tank was the easiest way to do it.

Quote from: Triple J on June 26, 2012, 08:13:18 AM
That sucks. 

I've never heard of a new car not at least having a little donut spare. Both of ours have spares ('08 Infiniti G35xS and '12 Frontier Pro-4X). Not sure I'd buy a new car that didn't have a spare...but I'm weird like that.

my fiancee's Mini has no spare...is equipped with RunFlats as well...

Quote from: ducatiz on June 26, 2012, 07:50:38 AM
That's what I've heard about the Priapus brand of tires.

2012 VW Jetta GLI does have a spare tire and wrench and jack. 

Sorry to hear about the GT500...

My RX-8 came without a spare tire, but I split the cost of the spare tire kit with the dealer just to be able to have a spare.
It eats up a big chunk of the trunk, but if I need more trunk space (rare) I just take it out.

Better to have something and not need it than to experience that one day when you need something, but you don't have it.

BC.

Quote from: ducatiz on June 26, 2012, 07:50:38 AM
That's what I've heard about the Priapus brand of tires.

Same here, may as well be made of wood.

Quote from: brimo on June 27, 2012, 06:25:08 PM
Same here, may as well be made of wood.

My Jeep LJ came with a full size spare.

My Merc E320 has a full size spare too. It has a rather nice looking wheel in there as well. I keep snow chains in there with it. I see that the 750 has no spare though. It must have fallen off someplace.

My Dakota has a full size spare too. 

My 280Z has a rather odd spare solution.  It's a full sized one, but not inflated and the sidewalls collapse so it fits in like a donut diameter-wise.  Datsun even supplied a can of inflator.



JM

that can of inflator looks older than me. lol

If you were born after 1978, it is!  Needless to say, I only use it to run around town locally and not far away!  I'm betting the tire is about useless, and the inflator is past its "use by" date!

JM

1974 man I am getting OLD.

Yeah, when was the last year anything was sold under the Datsun name? My bets are that can is ornamental only.

I wouldn't toss it out though, detail items like that are gold to restorers and the concours crowd.