Cars that live parked up in SE1 and SE16 and get used at weekends develop a particular set of problems, and none of them are about mileage. Tyres flat spot where the weight has been standing. Sidewalls perish faster on the side facing the sun. Rims corrode where they meet the tyre bead, especially on older alloys, and that produces a slow leak nobody can find in the tread because there is nothing there to find.
So the inspection is aimed at those things rather than at tread depth, which is usually fine on a car like that. The wheel comes off, the walls are read inside and out, the date code is checked and the bead seat is looked at properly. Corrosion can often be cleaned back on the spot and the tyre reseated, which fixes the leak without a new tyre. Where the rubber has genuinely aged out, you get told that with the date on the sidewall as the evidence rather than an opinion.
Most damaged tyres are not dramatic. They come from a kerb taken slightly too fast on Southwark Park Road, a pothole nobody saw, or a bulge noticed while walking back to the car in Bermondsey. Nothing is towed out of Bermondsey or Rotherhithe; the work finishes there. Pressures set before we leave Surrey Quays, and the same on Jamaica Road. A SE1 address in Grange and one in Tower Bridge Road are the same round.
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Bermondsey has a lot of cars that sit still for most of the week in permit bays and estate parking, which is a harder life for a tyre than most owners realise. Nothing about standing shows up as worn tread. Reading the walls, the date codes and the rim seats is what actually tells you the condition, and it is the sort of check that is worth doing before a long drive rather than after one goes wrong.
A car used at weekends from Rotherhithe had a persistent slow leak. Corrosion on the bead seat was cleaned back and the leak stopped.
A little-used car near the Grange had plenty of tread and crazed sidewalls. The date code showed the tyres were long past useful life.
A car near Surrey Quays that had not moved in weeks shook badly on its first drive. Two tyres had deformed permanently.
They age rather than wear. Flat spots, perished walls and corrosion at the rim all develop from standing, and none of them show as reduced tread.
Frequently corrosion where the tyre seals against the rim. It is common on older alloys and on cars that sit, and it is only visible with the tyre off.
Often yes. The seat is cleaned back and the tyre reseated, which deals with the leak. It is one of the more satisfying jobs to get right.
There is a four-digit code on the sidewall giving the week and year of manufacture. Read it out to us and we can tell you a good deal before setting off.
Yes. The roads around South Bermondsey and Rotherhithe are tight and permit-controlled and the car stays exactly where it is parked.
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