Dealer dropped Truck during Tire Rotation

[RickLightning]

That's exactly why I said "unless you destroyed one tire and replaced it with something mismatched." My comment was also directed to the F-150 Lightning, which comes with a matching spare tire on a matching wheel. As far as I know, all F-150s do.

If you buy a car with a doughnut or no spare, like my Chevy Bolt did and my Tesla does, you obviously can't include a spare in your rotation.

Irrelevant side point: I decided the Bolt needed a spare, but there wasn't room for something the size of one of the Bolt's wheels in the well under the floor of the cargo compartment under the cargo shelf, so I bought a Vredestein Space Master tire and wheel from a Mercedes. Those are stored uninflated and have a substantially smaller diameter before inflation. Because no wheel with the right bolt pattern and centering fit the tire (yes, I could have had something custom drilled), I had to have an adapter plate made. Once I cut out much of the styrofoam that usually fills that compartment, the wheel, tire, adapter plate and high-speed pump fit beautifully in that space like it was made for them. I didn't lose a single cubic inch of storage space. Maybe it the well was for made to hold a similar tire in some market where spare are required.

When I sold that car, I was incredibly disappointed that I'd never gotten a flat in it.

I suggest you drop your spare when you have a chance so you're not surprised. Your belief is incorrect both for the Lightning and many F-150s.

My 2013 F-150 had a matching tire, on a steel wheel. I don't believe too many have a matching nice wheel, and the Lightning doesn't come close in wheel or tire.

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[SBENKO]

Wow, from now on I'm rotating the tires myself.

 

[SunMar10]

…. I’m guessing they wanted to do two tires at once rather than one at a time to save time.

Slacker!

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