The obvious can pass your mind sometimes

[basjoos]

My last 2 flats wouldn't have been fixed by a can of "fix-a flat". One was a large sidewall tear, the other was when I was forced to hit a traffic island when a semi moved halfway into my lane on a curve. The impact bent the wheel rim and broke the sidewall's air seal to the metal.

[Arragonis]

Originally Posted by Old Tele man

...using todays' Politically Correct wording, that would be something more like: "...overtly robust..." or "...statuequely stout..." or "...robustly rotund...", etc.

I'm the answer to that age old question handed down from our ancestors :

"Who ate all the pies"

[Frank Lee]

Originally Posted by basjoos

My last 2 flats wouldn't have been fixed by a can of "fix-a flat". One was a large sidewall tear, the other was when I was forced to hit a traffic island when a semi moved halfway into my lane on a curve. The impact bent the wheel rim and broke the sidewall's air seal to the metal.

Well isht happens.

As someone else noted, when you have had none or one or two flats in 11 years, your odds are pretty good.

[katoranger]

I am in the keep the spare crowd. The time lost waiting for someone to bring me the spare or waiting for a tow is not worth the few dollars of extra gas.

My car is 3400lbs so an extra 40 is not a big deal. The lighter weight spare/jack idea is the best compromise I heard.

[euromodder]

The temporary spare and jack weigh in at 17.3kg - that's 38 lbs.

All in all, I tossed 26.5 kg out of the car today
Then poured 17 kg of diesel back in.

[bestclimb]

I wonder how much fuel is saved by not having a tire in the back compared to having the tire in the back.

Then I wonder how much is saved by not making a tow truck come out and do something I should have been able to do myself had I not been a nitwit and neutered my ability to fend for myself.



Honda civic 2200lbs tire and jack 30? that's about 1% weight savings {sarcasam}wOOoOoo!!!111!!1! {/sarcasam} Consitering I get almost everything back from accelerating that tire and jack during my coast back down it seems hardly worth the effort to pop the floor open and lift it.

I've heard that tire service stations HATE those flat kits. The whole inside of the tire and wheel is covered with a sticky goo (latex?) and they don't want to touch it.

When I worked at a tire shop we would charge extra if you used fix-a-flat. due to the sticky mess that would more than double our time to clean out and do a proper repair.