# Car Gurus: Tire Problem

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-gurus-tire-problem/1007447>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 18, 2024, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-gurus-tire-problem/1007447 "2024-09-18T23:47:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-gurus-tire-problem/1007447/9 "2024-09-19T20:22:06Z")

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They make the spares ugly so you don’t ‘forget.’

Here’s an older thread of mine:

> [@Why are a lot of spare tire wheels yellow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-a-lot-of-spare-tire-wheels-yellow/913320/23):
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> Ah. Bought at a scrapyard and it arrived with four good tires worth more than the rest of the car put together. Plenty of donuts in the yard so, voila, a really cheap beater. With sawdust in the tranny.

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