My tire kit helped a stranded motorcyclist once lol. It was HOT outside too, poor guy. I'm a biker myself, but I give it 50/50 shot whether I swing back around to help stranded motorists - it's just so ridiculously dangerous here to stop along the road. Something like 200+ people were struck and killed last year alongside the road. Anyway, so yeah it helped a stranger once. But I bought a cheapy knock-off PP wheel and keep it in the truck as a full size spare.
My 15' EB came with the spare. I made sure to take it and put in in my 19'. Honestly with the roads these days I cannot image not having one.
It's a factory option. Not standard. I bought my kit for 250 on AM.
It worked great fixing the flat on my lawn mower.
The Ford inflator kit is USELESS, period.
I think 2018 was the changeover year where the spare tire kit became an option for some reason. Then it went away entirely as far as I can tell.
Well, as shit as it is, I could see it being slightly useful if you have a slow leak from a nail and the tire sits all day, and you come back to it too low to drive on. But it sounds like it would still be faster to put the spare on then inflate the original, lol. But I suppose you'll be less sweaty just waiting. It's also probably worthwhile since some of the larger diameter spares (27 inches) have to be slightly underinflated to fit properly in the spare tire well, the AA one comes to mind.
it's life saver on the track though as you can check your tires pressure. put down your tires pressure for the track. And then put it back up as well. Amazing to have a compressor for the track that you didn't pay for. Also the EU cars have tow hook as well so the car is fully prepped for road course from the factory.
The spare was an option on my 15’ EB.
This is exactly what I did with my 19’. The spare tire kit is the same for both cars.
