same here! No one asked me! Some obscure email came through in early March '22. I checked my configuration a hundred times, never made a change and never saw a spare tire as an offered "OPTION". Obviously I would have bought it. Imagine you're on your adventure in the Wilderness, be it Moab, Texas, or the Everglades. You pop a tire, can't reinflate, AAA can't or won't service. Let the adventure begin!!!