Punctures in the middle of nowhere!

[Ken Figenus]

I got a nail in the DD the other day 60 miles away but topped it up to finish my jobs and managed to get a new 21" the next day. I was lucky though as many said 3 days for that tyre!

I have cold sweats over such things and am going to the Outer Hebrides in a couple of weeks with the wife and kids so just bought this tyre plugging kit for the Rapide https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08D69MDW8?th=1 I also have a new bottle of the Volvo gunk they use as std in a belt and braces approach.



Does anyone have any experience of such a kit and the practicality for finding a nail and doing it roadside? I don't intend taking my heavy floor jack and torque wrench really, so could be tricky. Its just trying to mitigate the nightmare scenario of a ruined holiday over a rogue nail on a bank holiday Sunday 100 miles from the nearest garage and a tyre fitter that doesnt want to fix it!

[Jon39]

A modern day worry for most drivers now.

Remember the 'old days'?
Tyre and wheel ready in the boot. Small jack ready in the boot. Jacking points easily accessible from the side of the car.
Only need to take a block of timber, just in case the jack has to be used on soft ground.

Could be worse though. Worrying about punctures and also having electric range anxiety.

[magpie215]

Yes used one of those kits got sick of picking up screws and nails on the tip run shed so just fixed with that kit.

[john ryan]

I have used that kit in remote France with a can of Holts Tyreweld to reinflate. I also carry a small screw jack and wheel brace, because it's easier to do off the car. All fixed in less than 30 minutes.

[Jon39]

Ken Figenus said:

Anyone else spot the 'deliberate error' ?

Remove nail from groove 1.
Place plug in groove 3.

[Ken Figenus]

Jon39 said:

A modern day worry for most drivers now.

Remember the 'old days'?
Tyre and wheel ready in the boot. Small jack ready in the boot. Jacking points easily accessible from the side of the car.
Only need to take a block of timber, just in case the jack has to be used on soft ground.

Could be worse though. Worrying about punctures and also having electric range anxiety.

I might sleep even more soundly with a small bottle jack... Bog std in the old days as you say!

And on anxiety, just test drove a Taycan Turbo (OMGG - astonishing) but I'm already anxious and checking charging station apps without even having bought the b thing!!

[Cold]

Like others I have used a similar repair kit to good effect. It's supposed to be a temporary fix, but y'know...

[Jon39]

Ken Figenus said:

And on anxiety, just test drove a Taycan Turbo (OMGG - astonishing) ....

I must have missed the invention of a turbocharger that works with an electric motor.
Very clever.

Wonder if that could be fitted to a stairlift?
It might help solve that problem of reaching the top of the stairs, only to realise you had forgotten why you went upstairs.

[onny]

The repair kit works great. You might have trouble pushing the rubber insert through the small hole in your tyre. This kit is perfect for home repair as you can get a drill to make the hole slightly larger to get the rubber bit through.

I carry the repair kit and a can of tyre weld with me at all times. The tyre weld is last resort if i can't get the rubber bit through the tyre on the side of the road.

[NMNeil]

I was living in Vegas during the building boom; nails on every road and at least one puncture a month.
Yes they work very well.

[David W.]

These get good reviews and are a neat solution. http://www.dynaplug.com/