Is it wise to keep a spare tyre in case of needing replacement at short notice?

I had a puncture on Christmas morning and I asked the RAC on Boxing Day to fit the space-saver wheel onto my Fiat Panda. All local tyre firms were closed until Wednesday, and it then took three attempts to find a garage with the correct size in stock, as I was taking a friend to hospital for treatment that afternoon. I'm hoping this won't happen again, but wonder whether there is any sense in my buying a tyre of the appropriate size to keep in the shed/take on longer journeys with me just in case - or do tyres 'go off' like rubber bands?

Asked on 30 March 2012 by MM, Stratford-upon-Avon

Answered by Honest John

No reason why not to buy a spare wheel and tyre. A new 14-inch steel wheel is about £100 from Fiat, but a lot less from www.partsgateway.co.uk/. The tyre is about £60. New tyre life markings start this year.

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