Flat Tyre question post SHTF

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Speaking of hand tyre levers -- I had to change a tyre using one a few weeks ago, and had a hell of a job doing it.
Initially I was worried that the dainty looking jack wouldn't be able to lift our SUV, but once I worked out where to position it, the wheel was off the ground in no time. However, trying to get the wheel nuts off using the hand lever just resulted in bending the bloody lever and a sore back.

In the end we had a specialist come and do it with his machine (run off a dodgy bank of batteries in his van), although he didn't swap the tyre - he just fixed the puncture with his kit and its worked fine since. He had a good laugh when he saw our bent tyre lever and mentioned that most of the jacks, tyre levers and other tools provided with vehicles these days are worthless and recommended a couple of shops we could get decent gear to replace ours. Unfortunately he wouldn't tell us what his miracle fix was though.

Anyway, we took the car in to get serviced last week and asked them for a new tyre, however they couldn't work out which one had been fixed, so we figure we may as well just leave it and see how long it lasts.