Lots of people in a huff over the spare tire in the trunk. Well, if you are in any other pickup that's loaded, you still have to unload it to jack it up, unless you carry a 3 ton floor jack. I would rather get a clean spare tire out of the trunk than crawl under a pickup in mud or slush to get it out under the bottom. Provided that you can get the thing down in the first place. Those things are usually seized up anyway.