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Originally Posted by fatpanda
ok so the sensor will tell u if its leaking, but if happen to smash into a pothole n crack the tire n rim... u r dead straight away. it has happened before & luckily we had a spare wheel n the boot, eg. the ford focus ST has a full spare in boot.
so the TPMS cant solve every situation. if volkswagen can put a full spare into their golf gtis, y cldnt BMW do same for M3? i know its coz of the xos design but still they shld have designed to fit a full spare to begin with.
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The E46 M3's were the first to appear without spare tires. I had a fairly direct (but fruitless) conversation about it with the BMWNA M brand manager at the time at a BMWCCA dinner in 2002 or 3. I don't remember his name, but he was a very arrogant guy. It's just like no dipsticks. BMW Germany has decided that's what they are going to do and that's it. Our choice is to not buy the cars if we don't like it.