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Show Spare Tire of Quality One of Big Essentials Why spoil the pleasure of a motor trip by setting off without a spare tire? With a view of economy many drivers are carrying no spares today, but it is a form of economy that docs not pay. A spare tire of good quality is one of the absolute essentials for a car. It is the tire you depend on to bring you home. The spare ought to be covered to protect it from the effects of sunlight and heat. Sunlight has a bad effect on rubber, even in the coldest weather, for it produces a "cracking" or "checking" on the surface which rapidly rap-idly extends to the interior, causing deterioration. Heat has an even more destructive effect. Spares sometimes are carried uncovered near the exhaust. ex-haust. This is poor practice If the heat strikes an uncovered tire directly. |