Am 26.06.17 um 21:52 schrieb Toralf Lund:
I think most new cars no longer have a spare tyre as standard equipment around here, although it may be available as an option. Instead, some kind of repair kit is included. Typically a contraption that will fill the tyre with a mixture of air and a gluey substance. I guess it works pretty well on simple pinhole type punctures, but if you get a proper tear you're in trouble...
There is another major drawback to this. A punctured tyre can usually be vulcanised in a workshop and will be as good as new.
But not after the chemical repair kit has been used. Then it will only be good for the way to the next garage at no more than 80 km/h. There, you'll have to buy a new one. Now, have this happen with a tyre that's worn by more than, say, a third and you'll have to buy not one but two new tyres where you'd have had a simple 20 euro repair before.
With all my driving around in ports and former industrial sites I end up with a punctured tyre about once a year. Buying one or two new tyres each time would soon add up to a lot of money.
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