This might be a stupid question but I will ask nevertheless.
When I switch my winter tires on, I also switch the donut to a full size spare, same tire with the tires on the car.
It's almost time to take the studded tires off, and started wondering about the full size spare. The reason is that I would like to try for the first time an All Terrain tire (split between the Nokian Outpost APT and the Yokohama Geolandar A/T but leaning towards the Yoko for now, final decision time within days), and I would not mind saving a few bucks by keeping one of the old stock Open Country for full size spare.
I know you are supposed to have identical tires for an AWD vehicle otherwise transmission might get stressed, but being a spare it would be used only to get me home and/or to a garage in case of a flat, so fairly small distances, in the event of a flat, however infrequent that might happen.
What are your thoughts on this? Bad idea, or it should not matter for just a few miles/ under one hour of driving once in a blue moo?
Any input much appreciated as I am genuinely curious!
When I switch my winter tires on, I also switch the donut to a full size spare, same tire with the tires on the car.
It's almost time to take the studded tires off, and started wondering about the full size spare. The reason is that I would like to try for the first time an All Terrain tire (split between the Nokian Outpost APT and the Yokohama Geolandar A/T but leaning towards the Yoko for now, final decision time within days), and I would not mind saving a few bucks by keeping one of the old stock Open Country for full size spare.
I know you are supposed to have identical tires for an AWD vehicle otherwise transmission might get stressed, but being a spare it would be used only to get me home and/or to a garage in case of a flat, so fairly small distances, in the event of a flat, however infrequent that might happen.
What are your thoughts on this? Bad idea, or it should not matter for just a few miles/ under one hour of driving once in a blue moo?
Any input much appreciated as I am genuinely curious!
