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Almost a year ago, I had a flat on Interstate 10 in Arizona. The factory flat failed to inflate the tire; all of the sealant just ran out the hole. But, I did have AAA, so they gave me a lift into town where I had the tire replaced, and bought another cannister of sealant from gm for about $30.

Last week, 60 miles from my house on Interstate 5, I had another freeway flat. This time it was Saturday night. All the tire shops were closed and AAA was very busy. That tow cost me $134, after AAA's portion. That was an all day affair. I had a trunkload of groceries and a $150 worth of meat. Most of the meat went bad.

Look, I like the car. I think some things could be better, but I'm mostly happy with it. I also think the Fuel Max tires are decent as long as you don't run over sharp rocks or glass or whatever. But for GM to equip a car with tires that are not that robust is unforgivable.

I'll be buying some kind of spacesaver spare, jack and wrench is carrying that around in my trunk because GM was too lazy to engineer a better location for the DEF tank on the early models.

I don't blame the car, and I don't blame the tires (which should have a little tougher if no spare is supplied), but I do blame GM for thinking this was an acceptable practice. I've bought my last GM car.

 

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I keep the pressure at 40-42.

I don't know about my luck, but the last time I had a flat was 10 years ago. I've been driving almost daily since 1986, and I can count the number of flats I've had on one hand, with a finger to spare. And some of tires were junky, worn out tires. The issue is not whether the Fuel Max tires are good or bad, it's whether they are robust enough to compensate for the fact that if you do get a flat, there's a high probability that the GM sealant simply won't work, which means you're officially stranded. Those odds are not good enough.

In my case, I was stranded on a busy freeway for two hours the first time, and 4 hours the second time. This is real safety issue if you get stuck in a bad area. I could have been robbed or worse while I was sitting on the freeway for four hours.

If the GM's strategy was truly a good idea, all cars would have this, including the new diesel Cruze. But they don't for a reason.

I didn't come here to debate the issue, only to share, and hopefully for some elses benefit.

I was certainly of the mind that this was an acceptable trade-off for me. Two expensive, potentially dangerous strandings in one year has made that risk unacceptable. So, I'll get a spacesaver, a jack, and a wrench, and haul that mess around in my trunk.

But, GM can go eff themselves after this.

 

[beaurrr]

cars dont come with spares...its not a GM thing.

Well, the 2018 Cruze (and Cruze diesel do). Thanks anyway for the reply.

 

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Boraz: Why don't you go share your lies elsewhere and antagonize somebody else.

Rivergoer: thanks for the suggestion on the Verano spare kit.