Re: Customer takes carmaker to court over small-sized spare wheel Let's face it, we are living in an era where a good majority of car owners don't know how or where to fill the windshield washer, let alone changing a wheel. More and more owners are purely dependent on the service walas and care less about the nitty grities of maintaining a car, especially true in Tier 1/2 cities.
Space savers and run flat tyres are more suited for developed countries with better paved roads, where the chance of having a puncture is quite negligible. Not to mention the stone like ride quality of run flat tyres due to their thick sidewalls.
In India, we always have the "friendly neighborhood tyrewalla" with his rudimentary pressure guage (I'm still amazed at the number of people who still visit these champs), who is quite eager for a quick buck. They have quite generously scattered the area with nails, thorns and whatever that can rip out tyres. Also sidewalls of tyres are more prone to damage in India due to poor road conditions.
So we are more likely to have punctures and blow outs in India due to sub-standard conditions, and also the scorching heat in summers. This is more of an issue for highway users, where reliable garages are scarce.
A full size spare wheel may be more suited for Indian conditions, as other options are not so practical. And puncture repair kits are not really welcome in this smart phone generation, where a wireless charging pad is preferred as "it's so difficult to plug in a normal cable"!! |