Q: My daughter had a flat tire recently, so I helped her put on the full-size spare. The next day I brought the flat to my neighborhood tire store and asked to have it repaired or replaced. It was too ...

In the early days of motoring, you could buy cars with "twin sidemounts," which meant not one but two spare tires. It's been downhill ever since for the driver's peace of mind, and now the traditional ...

I have a donut spare tire for my '99 Jeep TJ Wrangler, as sometimes you want just the bare-bones Jeep and shed all the weight. I know people sneer at donut spares, but they are tough little buggers ...

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Tragedy struck Andrews County Tuesday when a head-on collision between a pickup truck and a van killed nine people. The van was transporting a university golf team back to campus ...

Maybe you’ve been in this situation: stuck on the side of a road, a punctured tire needing to be changed out for the spare one in the trunk. You have a pair of options, do you choose to change the ...

An increasing number of new cars are sold without a full-size spare tire. A surprising number don’t even come with “run-flats” or a temporary “donut” spare tire. It’s not that the manufacturers are ...

The spare tire is disappearing, not just from EVs but from most modern cars. None of the reasons why are too convincing. In my quest to find an electric vehicle that can truly replace my 230,000-mile ...

A spare tire is a helpful safety net, but most are not meant to replace your flat tire indefinitely. Not all spare tires are created equal, so check your vehicle owner’s manual to get a better ...

A Consumer Reports 2011 Top Pick, the redesigned Hyundai Elantra is an impressive small sedan, one whose praises I have been singing for months. But today, our silver Elantra GLS left me flat.

JEFFERSON CITY - Thanksgiving weekend is one of the busiest in terms of drivers on the road, but about 29 million of those vehicles aren't equipped with a spare tire. New data from AAA shows that more ...