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Originally Posted by speed_demon
I personally would forgo the spare and just have a can of fix a flat in the car for the weight reduction.
The genuine fix a flat stuff washes off with water. If you are scraping it or complaining about having a hard time with it then you are either just trying to jack up the price for a customer or are lazy. Grab a garden hose and it washes away. Really. No kidding.
OEM tire fix stuff may not be so easy to deal with though. Go for the good stuff.
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The problem with Fix-a-Flat isn't the fact that it just washes away, but the fact that it gives the illusion of an actually fixed tire. People dump that stuff in and sometimes will drive for days or even weeks before taking the tire in.
That stuff does not inflate the tire enough to provide a proper fix. Most people usually end up destroying an otherwise fixable tire. It's called a heat ring it happens when an underinflated tire is drove on. It just destroys the sidewall. You can't fix that. Very rarely I saw people with fix-a-flat and a compressor do it properly. But that stuff is still nasty.
But others like Slime means it can't be fixed. It coats the inside of the tire so there's no way to attach a patch properly.
So if you're going to use fix-a-flat make sure to get a compressor, otherwise you'll just end up having to buy a Tire anyways.
As for if I want a Spare or not, I could go either way. It's going to be my weekend warrior car. So if something were to happen I could get a Tow and drive my DD around.