Many new car owners are finding their car is missing something.....like the spare tire.
Many auto manufacturers are eliminating the spare to save weight and increase gas mileage. Eliminating the spare tire and the tools to take it off can result in a savings of forty pounds on the weight of the car.
But there's also another reason the spare is going the way of the horse and buggy. New technologies in tire development have made the spares obsolete. Run flat tires can allow a driver with a flat tire to travel 50 miles at speeds of up to 50 miles and hour, which should be enough time to get it to a mechanic.
