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 ...

Flat tires happen so often, they're practically an inevitability for the millions of American drivers out there on the road. If you break down the math on the 220 million flats reported a year on ...

Needle-nose pliers help get the plug into the plug insertion tool. You want to center the plug in the tool before inserting it into the tire. See All 11 Photos11 You can now pull out the object that ...

What do you do when you don't have a spare tire? Do you have any other options? 7 On Your Side's Michael Finney partnered up with Consumer Reports to find out if the alternative is a good one. Gloria ...

The bad news is, new technology is altering Homo sapiens' evolution such that, in one generation, few of us will know how to change a tire, a basic skill man has been performing for millions of years.

I consider tire punctures a rite of passage in driving cars. Flat tires are a nuisance, yet are part of the driving experience. It won't matter how careful you drive, since nails, screws, and other ...