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rhyds · 23-10-2016, 11:54

I'd never trust a car with only tyre sealant and no spare. There's no guarantee the sealant (even if you can get it in to the tyre at all) will fix the puncture, and you're then stuck wherever you are waiting for the breakdown services. Also, the foam essentially writes off the tyre, so you have to buy a new one rather than getting it repaired.

I've had maybe two or three punctures in 12 years of driving, but they were all ones that no sealer would have fixed and happened in places with no mobile signal and a long walk for help.

I've also stopped to help others in a similar situation. The worst was a foreign couple on a Scottish mountainside. It was wet, no mobile signal and they'd hit the wheel on their rented Focus and holed the sidewall of the tyre. The car had a spare wheel, but either someone had stolen the wheelbrace/"spanner" thing, or the rental co had taken it out. Luckily the one from my Rover fitted and I got them going again.

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rhyds Inactive Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: North Wales Services: Plusnet Phone/BB, Freesat, VM Business BB (Cable) Posts: 821	Re: Car punture repair kit gunge I'd never trust a car with only tyre sealant and no spare. There's no guarantee the sealant (even if you can get it in to the tyre at all) will fix the puncture, and you're then stuck wherever you are waiting for the breakdown services. Also, the foam essentially writes off the tyre, so you have to buy a new one rather than getting it repaired. I've had maybe two or three punctures in 12 years of driving, but they were all ones that no sealer would have fixed and happened in places with no mobile signal and a long walk for help. I've also stopped to help others in a similar situation. The worst was a foreign couple on a Scottish mountainside. It was wet, no mobile signal and they'd hit the wheel on their rented Focus and holed the sidewall of the tyre. The car had a spare wheel, but either someone had stolen the wheelbrace/"spanner" thing, or the rental co had taken it out. Luckily the one from my Rover fitted and I got them going again.