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Originally Posted by John V
Seems like a lot less work to just carry a small tire repair (plug) kit. That'll cover you for any cases where you just get a puncture in the tread surface, which seems like the most likely scenario to happen out on the road.
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I agree, but if locating the puncture and making the repair means standing/kneeling on the shoulder of the Beltway for 30 seconds longer than it would take to change to a spare, I'd rather go with the spare, leaving the repair for a less dangerous and stressful environment.
Only a small portion of my lifetime tire failures have been non-repairable, but at least half of them needed the wheel removed from the car to find the puncture and sometimes finding it took some effort and time.