Dear Tom and Ray: Whenever I find a pesky nail in my tire, I take it to a service station or tire store and have them "plug" it. A friend of mine told me I should have an internal "patch" installed ...

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. You can now pull out the object that has created the leak.

One of the annoying things about being a car owner is that, no matter how good and careful of a driver you are, it's still completely possible for your car to get damaged. For example, even if you're ...