MikeBlueP5 said:
I think I would try one of the patch kits before I used fix-a-flat. That stuff is crap. If you have ever used it you would know what I mean. It will stick to the tire and the wheel and it is a b**** to get it off the wheel whenever you do need to get a new tire.
I carry Fix-A-Flat with confidence in all 3 of my cars - In the Miata, it's in lieu of the spare.
I say "with confidence" because it's an excellent product, when used as intended.
It is soley a
temporary measure to get you rolling again, and in many circumstances, it's the best thing going. My wife has used it twice, once on a day like this, when nothing else was open and once at night, in the rain. It beats the heck (especially for a woman) out of trying to figure out how to change the tire and get the donut spare on the car. If you leave it in the tire permanently, eventually solidify and will likely make the wheel/tire unbalanceable.
F-A-F is water soluable, so if you remove it and do a proper tire repair
as soon as practical it can be washed out of the tire (and off the wheel) with just a little soap and water. If you encounter a "tire technician" who tells you the tire cannot be fixed after you've used F-A-F in it (as I did at Sam's Club) then find a better place to buy your tires - He's just admitting that he's too lazy to wash it out, and would rather sell you another tire instead.
As I said, we've used it twice, with great results. Neither time did we leave it in the tire for more than 48 hours.
Don
