---- Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > many tire shops are totally unconscious about the spare tire in my > experience. > "many' cars are running around with 15 year old original spare tires .. > yet as far as I know, they almost never think to advise the customer that it > would be a smart idea to replace such and old tire .... > and they could easily have a sale on 5 new tires that way, rather than just > 4. > > I suppose they got into this from many cars having temporary use small spare > tires ..so it's not even an option to rotate 5, or replace an aged-out spare > tire. Well, it is an option to replace an old spare, even the temporary use small spare tire. Replacements are available. mcneely |
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