DerekACS

There is no need to not enjoy your car "because of fear of getting a flat". For long distance road trips, I am ready with a Plan A and Plan B response to a potential flat tire. Plan A consists of a TireFit kit (compressor + goop) to re-inflate a flat tire. Plan A worked perfectly when my car developed a flat while driving through the mountains in SE Utah. Being stuck with a flat tire, some 120 miles from the nearest town, Moab, and in temperatures of 100F was no joke. Fortunately, my TireFit kit worked as designed, so that I was able to continue on with my drive to Moab.
If my flat tire were badly damaged, I would then resort to Plan B: use the onboard jack/tools to change over the flat tire to a full size spare (a mounted snow tire). On a long road trip, I store the bagged, full sized spare behind the driver's seat. No matter where I drive, I always carry a TireFit kit, given the speed and distance limitations for a deflated RFT (max of 50 miles drivable distance @ 50 mph). By the way, a donut spare would have the same speed and distance limitations as a deflated RFT.

canucklehead

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