
Buy your own spare from a company that deals in spares designed for your model of car.Ģ. So how can you prepare yourself for those times you will have a flat, but your car did not come with a spare tire? You basically have 4 options:ġ. Codswallop!Īccording to multiple sources listed about flat tires, in the United States alone, approximately 7 tire punctures occur every second, resulting in 220 million flat tires per year. The reasons for lack of a spare tire range from they weigh too much for the newer EV vehicles where range anxiety is a concern of green car enthusiasts, to unsubstantiated claims that today the chances of ever having a flat are too remote to justify the continued practice of providing all vehicles with even a smaller temp spare for emergencies. In fact, Torque News writer John Goreham recently posted how that vehicle makers are stealing the spares from EV owners. To make matters worse for when you do have a flat tire, you just might discover that that new car you bought recently does not come with a spare tire. Statistics show that on average every driver will experience up to 5 flat tires in their lifetime.
