I feel your pain. The other day I must have hit something and I got a flat and the hole was in the shoulder and Discount Tire does not patch in that area. Of course no one in town carried the 19 inch tire. They tried putting on a 275/35/19 loaner and that was a disaster. I found the only used tire in town and got lucky. I've driven to Albuquerque and Tucson and luckily had no problems.