Picked up roof rack yesterday. Not mounted yet. Grabbed interior floor mats while there, as well as a tyre repair kit which I'm not sure even works with the acoustic-foam-tyres and I don't know how to use yet... Always had a spare tyre and jack in the past.
From what I have heard, the Tesla tyre repair kits will get you rolling again but will require the tyre to be replaced.
True: but they are not very common these days for modern tires in good condition (from what I have read). And we have the roadside assist - assuming not going on long trips beyond metro.
Hmmm... I’ve heard different, that the goop in the Tesla kit is “TPMS” friendly and can be cleaned out afterwards to repair the tyre, while normal goop will get you going again but the inside of the tyre is ruined and yes has to be replaced. Mind you, I reckon in most cases if you need that stuff then the tyre will be beyond repair regardless, so it doesn’t matter. Whenever I’ve taken a tyre in to be fixed the only times it’s been repaired is when there are slow leaks. In all other cases, even in what seem to be fairly simple single point puncture incidents, they say “new tyre”.
Those kits look pretty cool, my only concern is whether it is always possible to get the tyre in a position to get sufficient access to the cause of the damage, remove it, and plug it. Wheel wells aren’t the most spacious of locations, not a lot of elbow room.
In my LEAF we had two sidewall rips in a month once, and that was about 3 months after I did the same in our Camry. Tyres in good condition, done in by ragged kerbs and slightly rushed parking. It can happen pretty easily. After the second incident we took out Beaurepaires “road hazard warranty” for 10 bucks a tyre and it has really paid off, we’ve had 3 new tyres since for free.
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