In that case I'm guessing you grew up when 99% of vehicles on the road had steel wheels in which case the BS spare would fit the bill. If they were styled, it was a snap-on hub cap which is likely why they were all matched. if Ford only offered one wheel style on a product line they'd probably still match the spare to the car. I'm failing to follow what the issue is. If you wanted a matching spare, you should have bought a different vehicle like a Jeep Wrangler with the spare on the rear door. Ford doesn't hide it so I'm lost as to how it's a deceptive practice on their end. It takes 5 minutes to swap a wheel back to the factory one once it is fixed and you're back to matching. Getting a flat has never been convenient, regardless of what era one grew up in.In the world I grew up in, a full size spare was a wheel and tire that was the same as the wheels and tires on the vehicle. When you had to use it, it became the permanent tire and the flat got patched and became the spare. It might as well be a donut since you have to do the same double work as you have to do with the donut, and the donut gives you more storage height that's lost with the so-called full sized spare.
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