JCL,
Good story and fortuitous scenario!

The only chink is in the "normal situ" of Buffy/Biff getting a
nail, noticing it several miles/days later and the tire is shot.
Or, in many parts of non-urban US/CDA, not being near a shop,
let alone a tire shop that can or will or knows how to deal
with RFTs and, esp. in-wheel sensors.

Blathering on, I'm in the hunt for a replacment set of non-RFTs for
my Vette, and realize I'm playing with fire or, I need to stow a
plug kit and mini-compressor in the trunk, as the accomodation
of getting down the road 50-100 miles, sacrificing that tire,
to get a non-existent replacement.

Roundel's Tech Section had a good rant on RFTs this month
and I suspect the technology is "good", if expensive, for
minivanMoms to get home on, but problematic for anyone
not in an urban area with a leading edge tire joint on their
corner.

I've enjoyed the security blanket of RFTs on our Vette for
5 years and 28K miles, but that generation of tire has become
seriously loud and even less feel, as time and miles increased.

They, RFTs, will become ubiquitous as the car mfg'ers do the
monkey-see, monkey-do deal, but it will be an expensive saftey
net for JoeSixPack when he can't cop a new tire at the local
Sears, et al.

Glad you got it patched, (very patchable), and had your handy
situ to get it done.
BR,mD
get home on, but