Can this be repaired (Tyre)

[Nodz]

Think I'm gonna do that tonight and see what happens as a few in the yard have had this and got away with it, if it does leak I'll put the spare on until I can get it changed.

[scooba]

If the screw is pointing in to the middle off the tyre away from the sidewall id guess it was ok , Also the front rear thing  id have thought as you steer with the fronts and in the wet etc I would go with put your best on the front.

Looks like from reading all the posts above I am wrong on both points. To be fair for £250 id just buy a pair and be done with it sell the old pair on sh*t bay  wording it one needs a repair /puncture fixed and recover some cash there better to be safe and all that

[Andy]

Even if the screw is pointing away from the side wall it still is to close to the side wall as the patch or mushroom will be on the side wall which will come away eventually

[Frenzy]

Also the front rear thing  id have thought as you steer with the fronts and in the wet etc I would go with put your best on the front.

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You have more weight over the front tyres = more grip. weight distribution of a mk5 golf is approx 59% front / 41% rear.

Add to that another 70kg give or take when a driver is sat in it, more still if you have someone in the passenger's seat. kids in the back don't weigh as much