Cheap place to buy a tyre repair kit?

[Rave]

Rave man, those bits of rubber control the result of every effort to exert force on a car. I agree with you that I wouldn't trust part worns etc. but I also wouldn't trust even self-repairs and especially not 8 year old or part bald tyres (regardless of legality).

The tyres are in pretty good nick despite being 8 years old- no cracking of the sidewall or anything like that. But if you read my post carefully, you will note that I did say that I am looking to replace them soon as a precaution (and because I want to see how well my car handles on decent modern tyres). You say that you don't trust self repairs but you provide no reason why not. I, as someone who has tried them over several thousand miles, and in a car that's as heavily loaded as it's ever likely to be, do trust them.

P.S I'm currently running Barum Brilliantis (1st gen) and I can't fault the little buggers.

The first tyre I repaired was a Brillantis. Nice enough tyres, squeal a bit when pressing on tho!.

[ipwiz]

You can get rubber insert that you push in from outside of ebay like £1.50 - but only for emergency ie if no spare

[Zak33]

You can get rubber insert that you push in from outside of ebay like £1.50 - but only for emergency ie if no spare

you can but they ted to shoot innocent pedestrians when you cross the next pot hole or speed ramp as they pop out like champagne corks...