"However, we do have the choice whether or not to buy a car than has a can of sealant rather than a spare wheel.
The choice is ours."
A friend and his wife were touring Scotland in their new, goo-equipped Qashqai - and a tyre blew in the middle of nowhere; the tyre was ruined. They had breakdown cover so, when the breakdown chap arrived, all he could do was phone for a pick-up lorry ...... and the whole recovery process took ages. At least, if they'd had a space-saver, he could have changed it for them and they could have gone on their way.
Twice, I have been out at night to swap wheels for the space-saver on my wife's car; she was fortunately able to pull over on a not-very-busy country road. We could get her home (only 4 or 5 miles), then get the tyre changed next day. BUT .....
Even if you have a space-saver that you know is perfect 'cos you pumped it up the previous day - you don't want to be changing it at night at the side of a loony motorway. When the breakdown chap arrived, he was able to park his truck with its 3 massive flashing orange lights behind, and work with the light of his headlights. He was also able to shield us with his truck when we pulled out back onto the road. Without the space-saver, we would have needed a full recovery job but, as it was, we were only delayed by about 1hr20m - which I thought was very good going.
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