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I carry a full sized spare in my Mk4, strapped down in the boot space.It takes up quite a bit pf space but I can still fit a medium sized suitcase laying on top of the tyre and quite a lot of luggage to its side. More remaining volume than the total boot space in my 2007 Yaris.
The last 2 punctures I had, decades ago, no bottle of anything would have fixed those
It's very wise to include a trolley jack as aphybrid has done, I found it next to impossible to use a regular screw jack, the car is extremely heavy, we bought an electric one, press a button & up she goes. Only had to use it the once but a Godsend.
In this situation of a slowish puncture, and you decide to carefully drive on to the next (motorway) services, I had heard that the breakdown companies won’t attend; as they would if you are on the hard shoulder.I would love to have this possible myth dismantled!
Quote from: davejazz on May 04, 2024, 09:44:19 AMIn this situation of a slowish puncture, and you decide to carefully drive on to the next (motorway) services, I had heard that the breakdown companies won’t attend; as they would if you are on the hard shoulder.I would love to have this possible myth dismantled!As I have not yet experienced this dire situation far from home yet (fingers crossed!) I cannot tell you about the demeanour of breakdown companies.My only "slow puncture" so far occured only five miles from home and I was able to go to the tyre shop of my choice and they were like: "What do you want? - Everything looks okay!" - Yes - That's because I inflated the tyre before I drove to you!Turned out there was a screw in the tyre and they were able to remove it and safely fix the puncture because I didn't apply the gunk.So, I'm a bit at a loss regarding the "myth" part of your posting - care to clarify?
I haven't had a puncture requiring a spare for over 20 years, that one happened in Cornwall on a country lane after I'd passed someone repairing a wall, managed to pick up a nail somehow.More recently our Seat Mii picked up a nail in one tyre but we didn't even realise for several weeks as the puncture was so slow, it was picked up when we had it serviced. The car had only done about 1000 miles so it was annoying having to buy a new tyre when the damaged one had done so few miles. Perhaps todays tyres are more resilient than the older type as suggested by Nicksey
Quote from: Kremmen on May 03, 2024, 05:16:23 PMThe last 2 punctures I had, decades ago, no bottle of anything would have fixed thoseIn addition to @Kremmen's thoughts please keep in mind that a tyre once exposed to this gunk cannot officially be repaired and be used any longer! On the upside: Modern tyres are much more forgiving of normal punctures and our chances are good to safely reach next service station thanks to the on-board air compressor (just don't use the gunk!)