I'm a big fan of my Falken Ziex 512 darkside rear tire. (I'm also a big fan of Discount Tire Direct and the big brown truck.) When it picked up a nail or screw in December with less than 9K miles on it, I was tweaked. Pocket Plugger to the rescue! ...except for the fact that it still leaked about a pound per day...
Yesterday, I took the loose wheel/tire minus rotor to my local Discount Tire to ask if they could demount the tire and patch if from the inside while trying not to lose the Dyna Beads and being careful about the in-tire TPMS sensor. They said it would take about an hour and that they'd call my cell when it was done . Perfect, as it was time for lunch.
When I went back to pick it up, they told me they had snipped my plug, and scuffed and patched it AND found another nail protruding into the tire that was not visible from the outside. (Could this have been the source of the ongoing leak???)
Other than knowing the leak(s) are patched properly, the best part of the whole experience was that
IT WAS FREE! 
