A car with a flat tire once parked safely out of harms way isn't life threatening. A fire is and can destroy the whole car and more. Also, if you don't mind waiting an hour or more for the tow truck, you don't need a spare tire. Cars didn't come with seat belts for a long time either. Can you find one now that doesn't have them. Just because the auto makers don't put in or on the car, doesn't mean that it isn't a good idea. Thanks, Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: Stephen Rice Date: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 8:31 pm Subject: Re: [DML] Importance of a Fire Extinguisher To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > You call someone and let them deal with it. > > Incidentally, cell phones have made spare tires obsolete too. > In today's > society, all you have to do is pickup a phone, call AAA, and > someone will > tow your car to a tire shop. There is no need to carry around > the excess > weight of a spare tire. > > -Steve Rice > DMCToday.com > #16510 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnewsYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/