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Ok well my full spare just paid for itself today. After I drove to my parents place and parked, I noticed my rear passenger tire was flat. That actually makes me wonder how long I was driving with it flat... i couldnt even notice. The only thing ive been noticing is my car seemed a TAD sluggish (probably from the tire).
Now thanks to my full spare I have some options. Currently my full spare is on the car... what shall I do from here.
Obviously I am going to try to get the bad tire fixed/plugged/patched. Assuming they can plug the tire, which of the following should I do?
A - Put the fixed tire back on the car and put the full sized spare back in the trunk?
B - Leave what was my former full spare on the car and put the fixed/pluged/patched tire in the trunk to use as a future spare
Now with both of these in mind... also consider this... my car has 5200 miles and I havent rotated the tires yet. I guess its probably about the time that I rotate, so I guess it wouldnt be that great of an idea to put a pluged/fixed tire on the front?
Also... if I decide to keep my former full spare on the car... would moving that to my front as well as the other rear good tire up to the front affect my alignment since the one tire from the rear would have 5200 more miles than the other?
Sorry for the length... but I want to do the right thing. All in all the morale is... those of you with full spares will appreciate having these options.
Now thanks to my full spare I have some options. Currently my full spare is on the car... what shall I do from here.
Obviously I am going to try to get the bad tire fixed/plugged/patched. Assuming they can plug the tire, which of the following should I do?
A - Put the fixed tire back on the car and put the full sized spare back in the trunk?
B - Leave what was my former full spare on the car and put the fixed/pluged/patched tire in the trunk to use as a future spare
Now with both of these in mind... also consider this... my car has 5200 miles and I havent rotated the tires yet. I guess its probably about the time that I rotate, so I guess it wouldnt be that great of an idea to put a pluged/fixed tire on the front?
Also... if I decide to keep my former full spare on the car... would moving that to my front as well as the other rear good tire up to the front affect my alignment since the one tire from the rear would have 5200 more miles than the other?
Sorry for the length... but I want to do the right thing. All in all the morale is... those of you with full spares will appreciate having these options.