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We earn commissions from purchases you make using links in our articles. Learn more. Getting a flat tire, a puncture, or a slow leak can really ruin your day. Make sure you have a tire repair kit ...

Not to ruin your day or anything, but you should know that there’s a very good chance that you’ll have a flat tire at some point in your life. Even if you drive like a saint and carefully avoid every ...

Getting a flat tire is a surefire way to mess up an otherwise perfect day. Beyond the hassle and questionable safety of swapping to a spare tire on the side of the road, dealing with a flat is ...

If you’ve bought a new car in the last several years, there’s an increasing likelihood that when you take a look in the trunk, you’ll no longer find a spare tire. At best in many cases you’ll get an ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Bridgestone Americas launched its DriveGuard line of run-flat tires in Austin, Texas, during a ride-and-drive event for dealers and journalists on April 3. DriveGuard tires are the ...

Run-flat tires are an increasingly common type of tire on passenger cars. Manufacturers such as BMW are mounting them on new cars instead of equipping the car with a spare tire. Doing so saves weight ...

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. (March 30, 2015) — Customers with run-flat tires are less satisfied overall and replace tires more frequently in the first two years of ownership than do drivers with ...

You may have heard about run-flat tires, which are designed to allow you to continue driving for up to 50 miles after a puncture occurs. They make a compelling case if safety and convenience are your ...

The 2020 Ford Explorer will offer tires that patch their own holes. Drivers may not even know they ran over a nail, but here’s what they should know: The tires allow them to keep traveling after a ...