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This. Deffo carry a hefty extendable brace with a decent quality socket. All the manufacturer-supplied ones are a token gesture at best, made from horse hair and rusk.
Use plenty of copper slip when re-fitting wheels to make sure they’re less likely to fuse to their hub.
Wheel theft is much less common these days; back in the day a mate had a lovely Seat Ibiza Mk1 SXi with the original multi-spoke wheels which were constantly targeted to the point where he just stuck it on steels…
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I have changed numerous tyres at the roadside. It can be done quite easily. I had issues with one wheel which had ‘stuck’ to the hub - severe kicks with my size 11s didn’t make any difference. Luckily I was able to be a hammer which sorted it out. If you are going to buy a spare wheel and tools, make sure you get a decent wheel brace - I’ve had one bend (Renault I think) to the point it was unusable.