What cars still come with a full size spare tire?

Kinja'd!!! "GeorgeyBoy" (georgeyboy)
09/18/2014 at 11:18 • Filed to: None

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I'm curious.

They've disappeared for obvious reasons, maybe there are some unicorns out there. I was 2 years too late to get one in my car. I remember my dad saying he used to only buy cars with full size spares.

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DISCUSSION (36)


Kinja'd!!! Jonathan Harper > GeorgeyBoy
09/18/2014 at 11:19

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E46 BMWs all came with full size spares...like just a 5th rim and wheel, not even a lame ass space saver. Those were the days....now we get shitty run-flats.


Kinja'd!!! For Sweden > GeorgeyBoy
09/18/2014 at 11:19

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I know a full size spare is an option on the Chevrolet SS.


Kinja'd!!! themushman > GeorgeyBoy
09/18/2014 at 11:21

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All i know is..not many! I guess the ever increasing stock wheel size often being 17, 18,19,20" makes it harder to fit a worthwhile spare like they used to. Cant exactly use a 15" spare in place of a 20" wheel if you got a flat and a 20" spare wont fit in a trunk.


Kinja'd!!! JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > GeorgeyBoy
09/18/2014 at 11:22

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2014 Fiesta ST has a full-size spare, hell it's even an H-Rated non-shitty tire! Not sure about the Focus ST...


Kinja'd!!! Jake, Yes, wearing khakis > GeorgeyBoy
09/18/2014 at 11:22

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As far as I know only trucks do now a days.
Last one I can remember seeing would be the last year of the crown vic so 2011 ish


Kinja'd!!! MylesD > GeorgeyBoy
09/18/2014 at 11:23

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Wrangler


Kinja'd!!! Your boy, BJR > GeorgeyBoy
09/18/2014 at 11:23

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Pickups/SUVs (esp. if towing package is check'd) pretty much always have full size spares.


Kinja'd!!! GeorgeyBoy > Jonathan Harper
09/18/2014 at 11:26

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Hate hate hate run flats. I thought it was cool you had to rotate it with the other 4. I'm sure a lot of people never did.


Kinja'd!!! Tim > GeorgeyBoy
09/18/2014 at 11:27

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I think tacoma's and 4runners do although they aren't really cars...

I was surprised my BRZ actually came with a spare at all. Seems to be the trend these days.

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Kinja'd!!! CAR_IS_MI > GeorgeyBoy
09/18/2014 at 11:28

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Jeep Wrangler.


Kinja'd!!! GeorgeyBoy > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
09/18/2014 at 11:29

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Actual stock rim as well?


Kinja'd!!! MIATAAAA > GeorgeyBoy
09/18/2014 at 11:29

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Miata!

Haha no, kidding of course. Mine came with a can of goop and a cigarette lighter-powered air pump.

Worth it.


Kinja'd!!! djmanila > Jonathan Harper
09/18/2014 at 11:29

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not all E46s. My touring came with the stupid space saver.


Kinja'd!!! Jonathan Harper > GeorgeyBoy
09/18/2014 at 11:29

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Hm, ya I never did, unless I got a flat ;)

And ya effff run flats, even my mom hates them, swaps 'em out for more aggressive rubber with more forgiving sidewalls, on her manual 3-series. Yea, my mom is cool like that.


Kinja'd!!! multiple wheels for each day of the week > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
09/18/2014 at 11:30

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The FoST Does ... as does my wifes Highlander


Kinja'd!!! As Du Volant > GeorgeyBoy
09/18/2014 at 11:31

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Most trucks and larger SUV's offer it at least as an option. And the Jeep Wrangler has it standard of course, right on the tailgate.


Kinja'd!!! Jonathan Harper > djmanila
09/18/2014 at 11:31

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In europe? And that's too bad, you'd think the wagon would have more than enough room for a full size spare if they can fit it in the sedan...


Kinja'd!!! GeorgeyBoy > Your boy, BJR
09/18/2014 at 11:33

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I would hope. Not including Jeep, I don't see a lot with a matching spare.


Kinja'd!!! Your boy, BJR > GeorgeyBoy
09/18/2014 at 11:34

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(usually tucked neatly underneath)


Kinja'd!!! GeorgeyBoy > Tim
09/18/2014 at 11:34

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I guess a donut is better than a can.


Kinja'd!!! Tim > GeorgeyBoy
09/18/2014 at 11:37

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True, I would almost prefer a plug kit and a little cig adapter elec pump to a can-o-fixaflat. I think 90% of my flats in life were pluggable and then just drive carefully in case it spits the plugs out.


Kinja'd!!! ColoradoTaco > GeorgeyBoy
09/18/2014 at 11:38

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I always thought it was interesting my 2001 A4 came with a full spare but my 2001 S4 has only a donut. Price when new was about a $15k difference, but the more expensive S had the cheaper spare. S4 didn't come with a road side warning triangle either but A4 did. crazy Germans.


Kinja'd!!! TotallyThatStupid > GeorgeyBoy
09/18/2014 at 11:48

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Many VWs, except the Touarpig.


Kinja'd!!! THOMAS5 > GeorgeyBoy
09/18/2014 at 11:54

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My '99 WJ Grand Cherokee has one but its hidden in a compartment under the trunk floor.


Kinja'd!!! Long Live the Longdoor > GeorgeyBoy
09/18/2014 at 12:14

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I test drove a Subaru XV Crosstrek and Forester 2 weeks ago and both had a full size spare, I was a little shocked.


Kinja'd!!! pitstop_pitowski > GeorgeyBoy
09/18/2014 at 12:34

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My Focus ST came with a full sized spare, not the same tire but I think it's an H. Not the stock rim, though.


Kinja'd!!! RockRam > GeorgeyBoy
09/18/2014 at 12:36

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My 91 TownCar does. So I will extrapolate and say all panthers do


Kinja'd!!! BKRM3 > Jonathan Harper
09/18/2014 at 12:46

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Or you get nothing at all, in the case of the E9X M3. Wait, sorry, you get a mobile compressor and a little thingy of tire slime. Big help that's going to be when you cut a sidewall wide open on a pothole. True story: that happened while I was passing through (arguably) the worst place in Philadelphia on the highway. Had to pull off, obviously, to avoid certain death on I-95. So, yep, now I'm in a disabled M3 on a surface street in the worst place in Philly. As luck would have it, I was on my way back from the race track and had an ENTIRE SET OF TRACK TIRES in the back seat, along with all my equipment - jack, cordless impact, torque wrench, etc. I changed it in under 5 minutes and was back on the road. That day, karma did me a solid. Lesson? Always be either going to or coming back from a race track.


Kinja'd!!! Jonathan Harper > BKRM3
09/18/2014 at 13:03

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Haha perfect takeaway. Same deal with the SLS AMG, and most super cars for that matter. Luckily I was literally a block and a half from MB Manhattan when it happened, so they took car of me quickly.

There are nice parts of Philly? :p


Kinja'd!!! getFuckedHerb > GeorgeyBoy
09/18/2014 at 13:12

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Our 2014 Grand Cherokee has a full size spare.


Kinja'd!!! BKRM3 > Jonathan Harper
09/18/2014 at 13:19

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Haha so you got lucky too! Sometimes I just think about how much worse it could have been... *Shudder*

Apparently Philly isn't all bad. Doug hasn't been robbed of his 360 at gunpoint yet (I saw it last Sunday!), and he lives in an almost-but-not-quite-yet-fully-gentrified neighborhood full of hipsters. I live in one of the...uhh...established suburbs, so I'm terrified by the mere sight of an empty lot with trash in it (christ, there are probably needles!) but yes, quite a bit of Philly is nice these days. Would be glad to show you around if you're ever in town! Had a heck of an evening with the the Smoking Tire crew back in July when they were passing though (though of course Matt, having gone to school here, was already a Philly expert). Don't they call it the "sixth" borough?


Kinja'd!!! Jonathan Harper > BKRM3
09/18/2014 at 13:21

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Yea...I coulda been in Philly! lol

And cool!! I hung with Matt Farah last winter when I was in LA, real chill dude.


Kinja'd!!! jkm7680 > GeorgeyBoy
09/18/2014 at 16:27

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The Cadillac SRX comes with an invisible spare tire! Wherever you look, you won't find one, That's because there isn't one.


Kinja'd!!! djmanila > Jonathan Harper
10/23/2014 at 09:47

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US. It is an 04 e46. They also did come with a full size spare for some models.

It was in between the E60-E90 early ones when they disappeared.


Kinja'd!!! Lorem Ipsum > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
01/12/2015 at 19:58

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Focus St 2013 owner here. it has a full sized spare too. but with basic wheels(rims)


Kinja'd!!! JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > GeorgeyBoy
01/12/2015 at 20:54

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15" steel wheel, but a real honest to god tire that's actually speed rated and everything.