If your car runs tubeless tyres be sure to carry an extra tube along. Puncture repair shops on the way do not have the know-how to repair tubeless tyre punctures and chances are that you’ll have to fit in the tube to have the wheel operational again.

If you chance upon a nail in your tyre, desist from removing it. The air leakage will be more gradual with the nail in place and will allow you to get to a puncture repair shop without changing the wheel.

If you hit a pothole hard and get a flat due to bent rims, chances are that a few hammer blows would get your rim more or less into shape and make the tyres air-tight again.

A pressurised puncture repair kit is a convenient thing to have handy.