As my wife always states, changing a flat tyre is pretty much one of the last things she wants to have to experience, and I have to agree, as a man and a car dealer, I still hate having to change a tyre.

However, if you find yourself in a the predicament of a 'flattie' make sure you have read the below quick guide to changing a flat tyre...

Normally you will be driving along and hear a loud bang and then the 'thump, thump, thump' noise which is a big tell tale that you have flat tyre. At this point...

• Find a safe spot to pull off to the side of the road - make sure you are not going to get run over by other motorists while you are changing the trye!
  
• Locate your car's spare tyre, jack and tire iron, normally the spare is located underneath the floor mat in the boot, while 4WD vehicles often have the spare tyre mounted on the back of the tailgate, and utes underneath the vehicle.
  
• Remove the flat tyre. To do this, make sure the car is in gear (or in park if it is an automatic) and the emergency brake is set. Do not attempt to change a flat if the car is on a slope. It's also a good idea to block the tire opposite of the flat tire. Blocking the tire makes the car less likely to move when you are raising it.
  
• Use the tyre iron to loosen each wheel nut, and will normally involve using brute force!
  
• Move the jack underneath the car. If you don't know where the proper jacking points are then you will need to look them up in the owner's manual.
  
• Manoeuvre the jack underneath the jack point and start to raise the jack. Most car jacks these days are a screw-type scissor jack, which means you simply turn the knob at the end of the jack using the provided metal hand crank. Raise the jack until it contacts the car's frame and continue expanding the jack.
  
• Once the car is high enough that the flat tyre is completely raised off the ground, position the spare tyre over the wheel studs. Once you have the spare tyre hanging over the wheel studs you can screw each of the wheel lugs back on.
  
• Once the spare tire is on, carefully lower the jack. Pull the jack away from the vehicle. The final step is to tighten down the lugs completely. The reason you tighten the lugs now is that the tire is on the ground and it won't rotate around like it would if it was still hanging in the air.