and in so doing americans become diy hands-on experts and tradesmen who can survive and improvise to outlast a disaster when shit hits the fan. sinkies on the other hand rely on cheap foreign labor to do the dirty work (their towkays are fellow sinkies who hire cheap foreign labor at dealerships and auto repair shops) while paying hefty sums to sinkie conmen, but they proclaim on every online auto forum that they know more than the average american when it cums to auto matters. i like to see one of these so called "experts" change a tire.
From about 6 years ago, i started not needing to change tyre when having a flat unless the tyre or its side wall is already torn. Fixed about 8 tyres including those of friends, only cases it can't help much is when there is multiple holes or holes too close to each other to seal properly.
Just get the tyre repair kit from Tesco and buy a inflation kit (powered by 12v dc cigarette lighter). Less than 40 RM in most cases and good to have in the car. There was one case where we didn't have the repair kit and just the inflation one. Every 3-5km, we would stop and inflate back and go (rinse and repeat). Managed to get to the tyre shop and paid 5 RM for the tyre repair.
Most tyre shops even the most heartless ones will still inflate your tyre even when near or at closing time for goodwill.
For the inflation kit, as long as you don't turn it on for more than 10 minutes at a time, most will last you a long time. Just remove the nail, fix the hole and pump back to the norm. Back on the road in 15 minutes max. Or if you have a can of instant tyre fix, will be slightly faster. Connect it, invert the can before opening the valve and go but ensure the hole where the nail was removed is rolled facing down and partially or sealed by the road first before using it for better effect/larger holes.