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I’m 69. Been driving a car or truck of my own since 17. I’ve never had a flat (or blow out) while out driving anywhere. Over the years, I’ve had two flats on two different vehicles right at home, as in coming out to the vehicle in the garage and discovering a tire had gone flat at home over night. (A nail in one tire, a screw in the other.)

Back when I bought my 2006 Tundra new, some SOB stole the spare tire in the first year. Cranked it down and stole it. I never replaced it. When I sold the Tundra privately last year, the buyer noticed the spare was missing and questioned me about it. I told him someone stole it back in 2007 and I never bothered to replace it.

I guess I’ve just been pretty lucky when it comes to tires.

 

You are lucky. I remember drivers training at age 15 at Sears. My first time in the car with the instructor we got a flat as I was driving. He had me pull into a gas station and said today is your lucky day and walked me through how to change a tire.

 

Then a few years later I remember around 18 towing my now boat home from the dealer (my Grandfather) had purchased it. We were in the interstate with a Ford Econoline van pulling the boat and boom tire pops on brand new boat trailer.

So I got my experience at changing tires early on. Stopping a trailer with a flat was no easy chore thankfully not much traffic that day

 

I gave my spare tire away once. It was about 7yrs ago. At the time I owned a Hyundai Sonata. Someone on the side of the road was sitting there with a flat. I thought I would do a good deed and offer to help them change their tire. Turns out, they had a spare tire on their car already and got ANOTHER flat.

I didn't want to give up my spare tire, but I thought that was God's way of telling me something. Whatever... I did it. I changed their flat by giving them my spare tire. It wasn't a full sized tire, it was the donut. But I never used it during the entire time that I owned the car. When I sold it I admitted to the dealership when I traded it in that it didn't have the spare. The sales guy asked me why and I told him. He was shocked, but in a good way.