subaru or saab?

In article <someone-F1DEB2.22044024072005 DeleteThis @news.telus.net>,
Moon Guy <someone DeleteThis @hell.low> wrote:
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>Full sized spare tire included.
>
>Unfortunmately an increasing number of vehicles no longer have a spare
>well to take a full sized spare, much less install one.
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My '04 STi doesn't have a full-sized spare. What spare it has, I'm not
sure - I've never needed to use it - but it's certainly different and
smaller. It does come with tire iron and jack, at least, but I don't
think a full-sized spare would fit in the well in the bottom of the
trunk.

-- Mark

In article <bocae1hu40nj70afsrh33d67dg047nupii RemoveThis @4ax.com>,
Catherine Hampton <spamtrap RemoveThis @spambouncer.org> wrote:

> >> What attributes (or combination thereof) are unique to Subaru? Well, to
> >> start, there's the full time all wheel drive throughout the model line.
> >> There's the boxer engine. What else?
> >
> >Full sized spare tire included.
>
> This isn't true of my 1998 Subaru Outback Sport -- the spare was one of the
> temporary use only abominations. I replaced it with a full-service spare, but
> that means giving up significant trunk space.
>
> Has that changed?


Interesting that so many Subaru models also don't have a full sized
wheel compartment.
I was thinking of the Forester which my friend has. The Forester I saw
a few months ago had a full sized spare as does my friends '99- I
believe that's the YR.
A few years ago he was saved by the full sized spare when he got a bad
flat on a logging road 100 miles from service.
An Aussie friend just visited me and told me a spare the same as the
tires on the vehicle is a legal requirement down there.

--
Someone ?