Spare tire under a vehicle is a good idea?

[SparkyJJO]

I see a lot of trucks missing the spare though. Maybe some of them just took them off and tossed them in the bed?

This thread reminds me that I need to check the air pressure in my spare tire. It has been 3 years since I bought the car.

Probably. On my Silverado the hoist has a nice stainless steel cable so that will never rust and break, but then the part that holds the wheel up is just plain steel and its secondary safety latch rusted and seized so I can't drop it without mutilating the winch. Brilliant

 

[Spicedaddy]

http://www.iamaudi.com/img/Audi-Q5-How-To-Install-Roof-Racks-Rails-3.jpg

This is what mine looks like. Spare with collapsible sidewalls to save space. (there's an electric pump in the trunk to inflate it) The middle of the rim is the subwoofer for the sound system.

Spare under the car in snow/salty roads: the rim and mechanism holding it will rust quickly and the tire will dry out. So you have to inspect it often.

Runflats are awful, and a can of slime is just a bad joke IMO.

 

[herm0016]

What kind of car spice? I have not seen one like that before.

 

[Spicedaddy]

What kind of car spice? I have not seen one like that before.

It's an Audi Q5.

 

[Midwayman]

I wouldn't want an under the car spare. Mine even comes with gloves so you don't get your hands filthy when you do have to change the tire.

 

[WackyDan]

One... They are exposed to the same shit your other four tires are anyway, but get less UV rays, so they are actually in a better place.

Two... Doesn't take much to drop the tire down every couple years (I live in the south) and spray lube on the cable and mechanism.

Three... You should replace the spare if it gets too old anyway. Most people don't do that.

 

[natto fire]

It's not so much the tire, but the cable/crank mechanism does suffer. Lowering and raising a tire definitely gets harder to do on older trucks. A hose down and greasing up the cable is probably not a bad thing on trucks over 100K mi.

Same problem here, on several Ford and GM vehicles. While I have had good luck with Honda and Toyota cars, I would never consider them for a full size truck.