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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr
Even if the risk of sidewall damage was lower, I'd still rather carry a spare tire. What does bother me is when some cars have a mismatching spare tire, such as the Thai Toyota Yaris available in my country with a tire of the same size (a little smaller) fitted to the Toyota Etios.
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A compact spare smaller than the main tires is very common in the USA. It works fine as long as you put the small spare on a wheel that isn't driven. That is easy to do with FWD but a little sketchy for RWD (Mismatched braking with the little tire on the front. With AWD you need a tire the same size as the rest even if it is narrower.
I still have the compact spare for the Astro - I need to check if it will work for the Bolt. I might just need to buy a steel wheel.