Use the old school tar twisting thing those work. https://youtube.com/shorts/cXBgZXZtB3o

I tried to get this to work a few months ago and failed as well. Granted I had a 2-3cm hole in my tire. It kinda worked when I rotated the tire so that the hole was at the bottom... But the hole was just too big for the foam.

The tow truck guy told me those kits only work with tiny nicks.

Only time I had the option to my rim was bent so the kit didn't help. I hit a pothole and it somehow punctured the sidewall and bent the rim. Ended up buying 4 aftermarket rims because Kia wanted to charge $600 for one rim. Aftermarket was way cheaper.

For single punctures, I’ve had success with the foam you spray in there. It’s only generally good enough to drive to the shop, but I’ve had it successfully get me there a few times.

As has been said by a couple other folks, plug kits are the way to go. I had a hole in the tread of my car a couple of months ago and the cheapest plug kit Walmart had to offer had the tire repaired in 15 min for like $10. Plus, I have a bunch of spares for when i inevitably catch another nail.

Don't use the slime shit, it may work, but it makes an enormous mess inside the tire that is going to piss off the next mechanic that takes your tire off.

I've had a puncture a grand total of once, and to remedy it I used a repair kit. It worked without any issues. I even had a mechanic inspect the tyre after and he said it was completely fine to drive on it after because of how well sealed the puncture got, which is to be fair not the recommendation from the kit manufacturers, but as I understand, the tyre held up fine for a long time after that. This was not my car, I don't own one and I drive quite rarely

You are bloody unlucky to have 3 tyre punctures in the last little while! In 20 years of driving, I've had 3 punctures. Are you purposefully driving over sharp gravel or am I particularly lucky?!?

Considering mine expired sometime in the previous decade I suppose it’s past time to just take it out to get the space back, and plan for a tow. I don’t believe that there’s a spare that fits properly in my car.