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I was talking to tire shops and they hate that stuff and some charge extra to clean it out. Also, supposedly it can mess up your TPMS sensor. Some say no but who knows.
I have used Slime a couple of times with no ill effects. American Tire did not even mention it when they fixed the flat.
If you have ever been on the open road doing 50 MPH in a Corvette, you know why you carry a compressor. People cannot understand why you are going that slow in a Corvette and act like idiots!
When driving my C7 I store them in my pocket......a cell phone and a credit card. I have a mini compressor and a jump starter for flat tires and dead battery, a tow hook and permanent jacking pucks, other than that a shop can handle the repair. I suppose one could subscribe to Onstar.
I also have a nice tire plug kit in a zip up pouch in the cubby. Amazon has them for under $20.
Have used it on my wife’s suv and sons hot hatch but not on my Vettes.
Take tire to DT and get a free replacement if you have their certificates. Tires with a plug are considered non repairable and are replaced.
If I have a flat, I want a new tire so I always put a plug in it.
Just curious, do you carry a spare tire? If not, why the lug wrench?
Items I carry: removable tow hook, tire plug kit, tire slime, air compressor, and battery jump starter. Those are pretty easy to store in the small cubby.
Did you ever try to put a tire plug on a low sports car? You will quickly realize there's little room between the ground and rockers and zero leverage to rasp through so many layers of steel belts. I know I tested it on my own C7 and have plugged so many other tires in my lifetime. The jack and lug wrench is to get the tire off. I'm trying to figure a lightweight solution to enlarge the hole because the rasp might be too big and without a drill it won't go through. I'm thinking some sort of hand drill.
When I visit my mother it's a 5 hour drive through a provincial park, all there is are trees and lakes, no cell reception. You might be lucky to walk 20-80 kilometers to get to an emergency phone. Getting a tow truck is several hours of wait or a full day. I had to let my vehicle on the side of the road hitch a ride and call a tow in town and get your car the day after. The tow truck driver asked me where the car was, I said between two firs and one pine tree! The tow might cost might you a 1000$. So 350$ of tools to patch a tire in 30 minutes is worth it for me.
Had a rear wheel bearing go out when we were staying at a cabin in the Smokies on vacation. My trusty set of tools I always take (plus quite a few I had to buy), and the nearby AutoZone allowed me to fix it in try the driveway. Imagine if I would have had tried to find a “good” dealer.
I typically put the tools in the back but this post has inspired me to find a better solution like a bigger box instead of a bag.
On the same stretch I was talking about(5 hour provincial park drive), I had to change my alternator in heavy snow, I had a trail truck at the time and carried many spare parts. The alternator went kaput, the first battery finally died, so I had to change the alt out, switched to battery #2 and kept on.
Just remembered I had this tool box sitting empty in the basement. Thanks mickeyone who said he carries a jump starter, I'll get one of those. What's cool it matches the adrenaline red interior of the car, it's Craftsman tool box. I'll probably drill a d-ring on the side of the box and attach a carabiner in between.
Obviously you have a coupe. My 2017 GS coupe had tie down points on the floor of the hatch area. Get one of those "spider web" bungies with the hooks on the corners and put it over items you want to contain. Probably won't contain a floor jack in a crash but will keep reasonable weight items under control. Works good in my 4 Runner to keep things in place.
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I can see the headline now: Driver survived crash but was killed by jack hitting him in the head
That could be serious. 30 yrs or so a guy in our town died in a car crash. It took them a while to find what killed him. Turned out he had an umbrella sitting on the rear window parcel shelf (old type 4 door sedan). When he hit whatever it was, he and the car stopped, but the umbrella speared him in the back of his head just at the neck. It had a dull enough point that it didn't make a bloody hole but it got to his spine.
I have my tools in a cheap fabric tool bag and I made a net from 1 inch black webbing that fits right under the black stretch fabric privacy net. It connects to the same D rings that the net does at the front but I had to add D rings at the rear. You can see the bags w/ the red piping. They are cheapies from Walmart. They had some bright logo stuff sewn into them that I blackened w/ a marker.
Over the past 31 years and in more than 970,000 miles I have had excellent dealer service in:
Texas
Oklahoma
Colorado
New Mexico
California
Oregon
Washington
Florida
Tennessee
West Virginia
Virginia
New York
That may be true but I have trouble finding it in Austin much less BFE Tennessee for the example above. Not to mention our Vette travel vacay would have been seriously interrupted otherwise which actually was the biggest issue.
I hope I never need to use the tool bag again other than maybe the plug kit and small air compressor.
Stealerships for service make my blood pressure go up. 😉
I can appreciate trying to prepare for all contingencies, but in reality almost all flat tires are the result of a puncture of a nail, screw, etc that result in a slow leak with the nail still in place. Don't pull it out. Even with non-runflats all you need is a small portable compressor to get where you are going without doing any type of plug, etc. I think most of you guys are over thinking this.
I can appreciate trying to prepare for all contingencies, but in reality almost all flat tires are the result of a puncture of a nail, screw, etc that result in a slow leak with the nail still in place. Don't pull it out. Even with non-runflats all you need is a small portable compressor to get where you are going without doing any type of plug, etc. I think most of you guys are over thinking this.
There are auto parts stores and Wal*Marts all over the place. I can get an air compressor there if needs be. The run flat should go that far. If not, you have more serious issues.
Obviously you have a coupe. My 2017 GS coupe had tie down points on the floor of the hatch area. Get one of those "spider web" bungies with the hooks on the corners and put it over items you want to contain. Probably won't contain a floor jack in a crash but will keep reasonable weight items under control. Works good in my 4 Runner to keep things in place.
I think the tie down points in the C7 Coupe are all for holding the multi-part cargo shade. They will hold light objects but probably not, as you said, anything heavy in a significant crash.
Perhaps use the tie-downs, but also put stuff in a "too big to go over/around/between the seats" container.
Did you ever try to put a tire plug on a low sports car? You will quickly realize there's little room between the ground and rockers and zero leverage to rasp through so many layers of steel belts. I know I tested it on my own C7 and have plugged so many other tires in my lifetime. The jack and lug wrench is to get the tire off. I'm trying to figure a lightweight solution to enlarge the hole because the rasp might be too big and without a drill it won't go through. I'm thinking some sort of hand drill.
When I visit my mother it's a 5 hour drive through a provincial park, all there is are trees and lakes, no cell reception. You might be lucky to walk 20-80 kilometers to get to an emergency phone. Getting a tow truck is several hours of wait or a full day. I had to let my vehicle on the side of the road hitch a ride and call a tow in town and get your car the day after. The tow truck driver asked me where the car was, I said between two firs and one pine tree! The tow might cost might you a 1000$. So 350$ of tools to patch a tire in 30 minutes is worth it for me.
I have plugged a tire on my corvettes, doable usually but not fun unless it’s on the front
"Perhaps use the tie-downs, but also put stuff in a "too big to go over/around/between the seats" container."
While that sounds reasonable, it assumes the seatback can withstand the forces of a "heavy" large container hitting it at significant force. The seatback seems pretty flimsy to me. I think it would be good in a relatively slow speed crash into say an immovable object (tree/telephone pole) but not at higher speeds.
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I'll take "safety" in a slow-medium speed crash, over less/no safety in the same situation.
In my case, the C-6 T-bone impact was at about 35 mph. There was a medium-size duffle bag in my trunk, weighing about 35 lbs and full of hard objects. It was stopped by the seat back(s) that were not damaged.
What we really need is something that will keep the cargo from hurting the people in any crash that would otherwise be survivable.
I don't think that exists, practically speaking. Hopefully, someone will come up with a better system.
Besides a cell phone and a gun what more could you need?
Bullets and a CCW permit. What do you want to do? Point the gun at someone and yell "BANG!"? Wallet in case the place doesn't take contactless pay and your ID. I forget who I am without the driver's license.
My emergency road kit is my cell phone and a credit card. Other than that, I have a pair of vise-grips and a roll of duct tape in the trunk cubbyhole (My C7 is a convertible). Now, for my 1962, I carry a few of the parts most likely to fail and a decent small tool kit - but then, the '62 has a good sized trunk!
Totally understandable.
I have AAA and they have been VERY good at responding to emergencies over the years. I basically only carry tow straps (like yours) in my cubby in case the flatbed they send doesn't have proper devise for pulling the C7 up on the bed.
Like I stated above, I pretty much just rely on AAA and my tow straps for my Corvettes and family vehicles as they have always given me quick and reliable service.
I find myself in some pretty desolate areas in my Tacoma so I carry pretty much everything I could ever need below + survival and first aid kits and 9mm for getting myself out of a jam.
The tow might cost might you a 1000$. So 350$ of tools to patch a tire in 30 minutes is worth it for me.
much less BFE Tennessee for the example above. Not to mention our Vette travel vacay would have been seriously interrupted otherwise which actually was the biggest issue. 
I forget who I am without the driver's license.
