Does the 2013 BMW 3 Series come with a spare tire? Anonymous No, the BMW 3 Series does not have a spare tire or space in the car’s trunk designated for storing a spare. Like most BMW cars and SUVs, ...

Not to ruin your day or anything, but you should know that there’s a very good chance that you’ll have a flat tire at some point in your life. Even if you drive like a saint and carefully avoid every ...

The world of tires is an ever-expanding nexus of increasingly specialized compounds for any situation. There are tires for everyday roads, snow, rain, summer, racing, off-roading and tires that ...

No, run-flat tires are designed to survive some punctures or other causes of air loss and be driven for up to 150 miles (depending on manufacturer) without adding a tire sealant. Low-profile tires are ...

AKRON (July 19, 2013) — BMW A.G. has selected the Goodyear Eagle LS2 run-flat as an OE fitment for the redesigned 2014 BMW X5 model. The Eagle LS2 fitment will be in sizes 255/55R18 (front) and ...

If you’ve bought a new car in the last several years, there’s an increasing likelihood that when you take a look in the trunk, you’ll no longer find a spare tire. At best in many cases you’ll get an ...

EDITOR WES RAYNAL: I was a decided nonfan of the last generation X3--I thought it was far too unrefined to be a BMW. I do like this 2012 BMW X3 xDrive 28i better. It's not a bad little scooter, though ...

Hard driving, aggressive tire wear, and a new set of non-OEM run-flats—the text came in from our test fleet manager, Erick Ayapana, describing the need to source new tires for the 228i xDrive because ...

Run-flat tires appear nearly identical from the exterior — the technology is in the sidewalls and rubber compound. The Achilles' heel of a traditional vehicle tire is a pressure loss. Without ...

In non-April Fool's news, customers who buy cars shod with run-flat tires are nearly twice as likely to have to replace them as people with more conventional tires, according to a J.D. Power and ...

No matter where or when it happens, a flat tire is always an inconvenience. That’s why more auto manufacturers today are equipping vehicles with run-flat tires. Run-flat tires allow drivers to ...

A combination of costs, changing consumer tastes and packaging is why you hardly see spare tires in new cars anymore.