Automakers: Don't Ask Customers What They Want

Re:Automakers: Don't Ask Customers What They Want by rjsw on Monday December 11, 2017 @02:18PM (#15899480)

The full size spare in my current car has been transferred from my two previous cars, I swapped it for space saver spares that came with the newer cars.

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Re:Automakers: Don't Ask Customers What They Want by slantyyz on Monday December 11, 2017 @02:20PM (#15899493)

The problem is that some of the newer cars don't even have a well for a spare, so then you have to deal with the spare eating up trunk space.

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Re:Automakers: Don't Ask Customers What They Want by jandrese on Monday December 11, 2017 @03:39PM (#15900223)

I'm amazed it isn't full of dry rot by now. Tires don't last forever.

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Re:Automakers: Don't Ask Customers What They Want by slantyyz on Monday December 11, 2017 @03:49PM (#15900303)

I'm kinda surprised that the diameter of the full-sized spare tire matches the diameter of the tires on all three cars. It would seem unlikely given the variability of rim sizes and tire aspect ratios across cars over time.

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Re:Automakers: Don't Ask Customers What They Want by rjsw on Monday December 11, 2017 @07:02PM (#15901955)

Same make and model family [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Mondeo

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Re:Automakers: Don't Ask Customers What They Want by BuildTheRobots on Monday December 11, 2017 @05:17PM (#15901066)

Most people mean spare tyre already attached to a wheel and probably inflated when they say spare tyre - eg it's ready to go. There seems more chance that the wheel can be swapped between vehicles.

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