[Bearhawke]

Yet it seems that vehicles as a whole are becoming heavier. :scared:

 

[Bearhawke]

I really hope that they're going to build them without removing the ability to hold a spare, or at least without removing the mounting-points for the spare tire mechanism...

I may well go around-town without a spare; it wouldn't be especially hard to have it fetched from home if necessary, but on a road-trip I would not want to be without one.

I would pull the spare-tire retainer cable assembly from a junked van and find a wheel and tire if I had to.

And to run with your ball further; with the insane proliferation of tire/rim sizes these days; getting a correct replacement tire (or wheel) may become problematic in a few years.