There's a couple of sounds you hear that are unmistakable. You might hear a summer cicada bug rattling and think for a second it's a rattlesnake, but when it's really a rattler, there's no mistaking it. Same is true for a flat tire. It's that quick and rhythmic thump thump thump that rolls your stomach south and your mind starts reviewing plans.
That was me last weekend ago and it was my passenger front. I limped into a parking lot and went about changing the tire and it was so hot. The asphalt was like a stove top and heat radiated off the ground and cooked my knees. Add the heat from the engine and it was a thoroughly miserable affair.
I was finishing up when a county police car rolled by. There were two troopers in the car and the passenger asked if I needed help. I told them I was about done. They said they were sorry they didn't see me earlier and held a gatoraid out the window. "Here ya go, man" and I told them I had something in my truck. "Go on take it, you look hot", said the driver. "Thanks, really, but I got plenty to drink". Then the driver says "I ain't asking" and it made me laugh and I got up and took the gatoraid. Then I looked at the other cop and said "Driver's a pest" and he let out a laugh and right then I hear a WOOP WOOP when the driver turned on his siren. They were both laughing.
I don't suppose you're going to see this on "Bad Boys, Whatcha gonna do" TV show, but I think they ought to.