Feathermercan: "With a plug kit and a compressor, you would have had the tire fixed in way less time than you have spent on this thread."
To repeat, not everyone has the strength, or the (minimal?) mechanical experience to plug a tire. I have excellent hand/arm strength, and I plugged a tire the other day, OFF the (different) car, meaning I had excellent leverage, and...it...wasn't...easy. Successful, but not...easy...
ON the car? Rear tire? Sidewall pancaked and 3-4" ground clearance? No way!!!!
I'm off on a road trip into the wilds of NW TX, NE NM, SE CO...driving from Ft. Worth, TX to Denver. Will buy a small (but sufficiently strong) shop jack today, will secure it somewhere. In 50 years of driving, I've had less than a dozen nail/screw punctures, only ONE blowout (HAHA: Michelin Premier, 20 k miles, sidewall blew out) in my family's experience. Hoping I don't add a 2nd blowout on this trip, since I'll have no spare.
Not everyone has the experience to do what your advising.