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      04-14-2014, 09:51 PM   #14
pruettfan
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AAA did a study that you are more likely to have just about any other failure before you will have a tire failure on the road. Most flats happen when the car has a nail and slow leak that is exposed when the car is parked for a while. The manufactures have used this as rational to get rid of heavy spare tires because most folks will never use them, they can save money and of course every pound counts towards MPG. I dumped my RFT long ago and just pay for AAA just in case, I did allow a rear tire to wear through the cord (didn't pay attention in inside wear) and used my AAA and then had a AC compressor failure so I feel that is worth my 100 bucks a year. Your car has roadside included for several years so you are good to go.
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