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   On 4/30/2023 12:21 AM, 😎 Mighty Wannabe ✅ wrote:   
   > On 4/29/2023 7:19 PM, Maxmillian wrote:   
   >> In your experience, what percentage of your flat tires have to have the   
   >> tire replaced versus just having the flat repaired?   
   >>   
   >> I realize everything is up to chance, but in the last couple of   
   >> years, my   
   >> household has had three flat tires, all due to nails or screws (there is   
   >> always some construction going on nearby) where I took the tires to   
   >> GoodYear and all three had to be replaced.   
   >>   
   >> One, as I recall, was too close to the shoulder, the other had been   
   >> driven   
   >> on (they said) when they removed the carcass, and just yesterday, the   
   >> third   
   >> they said was worn to a wear bar (as it had uneven wear) but it   
   >> seemed to   
   >> me to be barely above the wear bar at the one wear bar he pointed to as   
   >> most of the tread was about two or three mm above the wear bars so he   
   >> picked the lowest one at about a millimeter or less above the wear bar).   
   >>   
   >> After waiting two hours in the waiting room, the guy came back and   
   >> said he   
   >> can't repair a dangerous tire, so again, for the third time, I had to   
   >> buy a   
   >> new tire, where it took another hour for them to have the car ready   
   >> for me.   
   >>   
   >> Given I had to remove the tire anyway to put on the spare, the whole   
   >> ordeal   
   >> took about five hours or so in elapsed time just to fix a basic flat.   
   >>   
   >> Could I have more easily just repaired the tire at home?   
   >>   
   >> I realize everything is up to chance but has it been your experience   
   >> that   
   >> almost all the tires you want to repair, they say can't be repaired?   
   >>   
   >> Then there's the added cost of sales tax of around ten dollars, mounting   
   >> and balancing at around fifteen dollars, and the tire valve of five   
   >> dollars   
   >> and the disposal fee of about another five dollars. It all adds up.   
   >>   
   >> I'm wondering if it's worth it to buy a "tire press" or whatever it   
   >> takes   
   >> to change a tire (I have a small portable compressor already) at home.   
   >   
   >   
   > I have seen how the mechanic pried open a tire. I'd rather pay him the   
   > $20 to patch a nail puncture than trying to buy a machine to do it   
   > myself.   
   >   
   > I had a slow leak in one of my tires for many years. Recently I bought   
   > a can of tire sealant to pump into the tire. It worked. No more slow   
   > leak.   
   >   
   > https://www.walmart.com/ip/Slime-Thru-Core-Emergency-Flat-Tire   
   Sealant-60186/807544377   
      
      
   I actually used this tire sealant:   
      
   https://www.amazon.ca/Slime-60184-Thru-Core-Tire-Sealant/dp/B07NVZQQ2N   
      
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