On Fri, 23 Dec 2016 01:29:43 +0000 (UTC), Frank Baron
wrote:

On Thu, 22 Dec 2016 17:27:44 -0500, Ed Pawlowski advised:

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In the past 20 years I can
think of three tires needing repair.

Wow. I seem to have at least one a year, and sometimes more (lately).

I canvassed the neighborhood, and we found one sedan with two punctures on
the same side of the vehicle (she's buying new tires as we speak so we may
repair hers for practice when they're dismounted at the shop and brought
home).

If flats were as uncommon as you seem to feel they may be, then why hasn't
the spare tire gone the way of the dashboard oil pressure gage?


Well, since they've gone to gone to those mini-spares, I've never had
to use one. I have seen them used, but that's pretty rare.
It depends on where you live somewhat, and luck. I used to pick up
more nail/screw punctures when I lived in Chicago 20 years ago.
I plugged my last tire about 10-12 years ago. Drove into Just Tires
with a slow leaker about 8 years ago and they fixed a nailed tire.
Think it was 15 bucks then.
Over the years I've plugged about 8 tires on the rim. A few times on
the road. Every time it was a permanent fix.
But I used quality plug kits.