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On the tyre changing business....
We were on the way to the woods when the kids were baby and toddler and had a flat. I thought it was the perfect time to just call the breakdown cover. I can't remember their time frame, but it was totally unrealistic so I did it in a bus stop on a hill.
It was totally stuck. I tried kicking it. Nothing. So thanks to the joys of modernity I watched a YouTube video, which helpfully explained that I should put it on my garage lift and tap round the inside of the rim using my rubber mallet.
Not having either with me, I wrapped a plastic bag and bungy around the wrench to make a rubber mallet and followed the same method. It worked!