You need to e patching your own tires. This solves the entire problem. Buy a plug kit. It takes 5 minutes to plug a tire, also it seems to really impress girls when you can save them the hassle of a trip to the tire store.

I have a kit just for that. Same as my ATVs. They carry a kit each.

I don't care about impressing the girls though. At least not unless it leads to something "extra" for me. Quid Pro Quo. I plug up the hole in your tire and you let me plug up..........

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

It's better to patch or plug-patch a tire than to just plug it and only a tire store has the equipment to do that. To minimize the chance of trouble I only bring the wheel to them instead of the whole car. I used to go to one GoodYear store that seriously overtightened my lug nuts. I never went back.

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2004 VW Jetta TDI (manual)

Past MB's: '96 E300D, '83 240D, '82 300D, '87 300D, '87 420SEL

Yep. Where I buy my tires, they patch and replace stems and balance for the life of the tires (and that is without purchasing the road hazzard package).

I used to buy my tires off tire rack until I added up shipping, mounting, balance, and several repairs to Jeep tires during the course of a year.

By that line of thinking it's better just to replace the tire outright instead of patching or plugging it. I’ve plugged many more tires than I could remember in all kinds of applications (street, track, and off-road) and have never had a single problem. If you ask me, you’re just burning money if you insist taking your tires to a shop to have them patched when plugging is possible.

I’d be interested to hear someone describe a scenario in which a correctly done plug job failed.

The local Firestone does them for free if you bought the road hazard package from them.


Plugs suck I lost count of the number of them that I have seen leaking.

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2016 Corvette Stingray 2LT
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

If they're leaking........... someone didn't put them in correctly. I'm not sure how you screw up a job as easy as plugging a tire, but who knows...

When I go to Walmart, Burger King, Mcdonalds or any other in and out discount chain I expect to deal with morons, that way I am pleasantly surprised when i deal with smart folks.

Lets recap the 5 years I worked for Sears 2 decades ago and the fun I witnessed:
- Isuzu Impulse came in for new wheels & tires. Left rear wheel & tire made it to the highway. The Impulse didn't.
- Lincoln Town Car nearly got 5 GALLONS of oil instead of 5 QUARTS. "Timmy" thought the jug was a quart....
- A2 Jetta was lifted by the add-on side skirt instead of the chassis. car made it 3 feet off the ground before it came crashing down.
- "Timmy" fried the clutch of a Fiero because he thought the parking brake lever was broken. Anyone with a C4 Vette knows how the parking brake release works.
- Ruined a trans on a MINT 76 Seville.
- Engine on a Buick Le Sabre
- no oil added during the oil CHANGE
- A car or two (being generous) falling off the lift

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Sharing my partner's 2012 Forte 5dr SX til I find my next 123 or 126..
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Do I miss being a service advisor ???

The first time I took my Jeep CRD into the dealership for an oil change, they put 12 quarts in instead of 6.3, and did the same thing to my dad's CRD. They had absolutely no explanation as to how the mistake happened, or how they didn't notice afterward that the oil went about four inches too far up the dipstick. Good stuff.

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1987 300D, arctic white/palomino--314,000 miles
1978 240D 4-speed, Euro Delivery, light ivory/bamboo--370,000 miles
2005 Jeep Liberty CRD Limited, light khaki/slate--140,000 miles
2018 Chevy Cruze diesel, 6-speed manual, satin steel metallic/kalahari--19,000 miles
1982 Peugeot 505 diesel, 4-speed manual, blue/blue, 130,000 miles
1995 S320, black/parchment--34,000 miles (Dad's car)

I'm at a local Chevrolet Dealership (the place where the S-10 actually came from) getting a LOF change.

As part of their "1,001 Points Of Inspection Plan" - the SM comes out and tells me that the right front side-marker lamp is "poofed" and is it OK to replace it? "Sure, go ahead.." I say...

The next thing I see is: The truck is out of the building, in the parking lot, w/two employees huddled around the driver-side lamp fixture (the side marker is part of the whole headlight assembly), but these two clown are "cranking" on the two controls that adjust the lamp's elevation and axis. WTFH?????

ME: "What's going on?"

ONE OF THE IDIOTS: "We're trying to get to the side marker lamp."

ME: "Have you EVER CHANGED a lamp on an S-10 before??" (My voice is approaching glass-breakage tone/level.)

THE OTHER IDIOT: "Uh-h-h-h, (Clue #1: He might be lying...) yah...we....have...."

ME: "Then why are the two "tabs" still attached and the fixture is still attached to the wall? Here, let me take care of that and one of you go get John (SM) and have him come out here."

IDIOT #2 takes off to get the SM...

JOHN: "OK you two...head on back in...."

ME: (After NN#1 and NN#2 have left ear-range.) John? What's going on?"

JOHN: "New kids...they're still in training."

ME: "Suggestions John? How 'bout having a "trainer" with one of them all the time? We'll need to head in and get the headlights, realigned after this SNAFU..."

JOHN: We'll take care of it, N/C..."

ME: "BTW John, you said it was the right-side marker lamp, right? Then, why are we over on the driver's side?"

JOHN: "Good point. We'll really take care of it..."

They did...I double-check everything before I leave their lot since then...

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M. G. Burg
'10 - Dakota SXT - Daily Ride / ≈ 172.5K
.'76 - 450SLC - 107.024.12 / < .89.20 K
..'77 - 280E - 123.033.12 / > 128.20 K
...'67 - El Camino - 283ci / > 207.00 K
....'75 - Yamaha - 650XS / < 21.00 K
.....'87 - G20 Sportvan / > 206.00 K
......'85 - 4WINNS 160 I.O. / 140hp
.......'74 - Honda CT70 / Real 125
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“I didn’t really say everything I said.”
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You missed a good opportunity for a date Friday night in addition to extolling the virtues of owning a diesel.

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"It's normal for these things to empty your wallet and break your heart in the process."
2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

Rule 1) no chicks from wal mart

Rule 2) no chicks larger than me

Rule 3) refer to rule two and one

I thought that all chicks were larger than you..............???

pretty much


if they can crush me with one azz cheek.. I'm out