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dfeldt91 · 12-23-2015, 04:00 PM

There has to be a good risk to reward ratio and in this case there is not.

Saving 10 or 20 pounds by not bringing a spare will save you probably not even a dollar per year and when it comes down to the 2 hours you are going to spend on the side of the road trying to fix it, well.......I value my time as I could be working from home. Those two hours would lose me 50X whatever I could have saved by not bringing a spare..

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dfeldt91 EcoModding Apprentice Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Salem, Oregon Posts: 128 Mazda 3 - '06 Mazda 3 iTouring Thanks: 7 Thanked 20 Times in 17 Posts	There has to be a good risk to reward ratio and in this case there is not. Saving 10 or 20 pounds by not bringing a spare will save you probably not even a dollar per year and when it comes down to the 2 hours you are going to spend on the side of the road trying to fix it, well.......I value my time as I could be working from home. Those two hours would lose me 50X whatever I could have saved by not bringing a spare.. Last edited by dfeldt91; 12-23-2015 at 04:05 PM..