Broken covers four quite different things, and they do not all end the same way. A swelling on the sidewall means broken cords underneath and a scrap tyre, no argument about it. A cut needs measuring, because if it has stopped short of the belts it is often nothing at all. Fine cracking across the rubber is age, and age finishes tyres that have barely turned a wheel. Kerb damage is the awkward one, since the alloy takes the visible hit while the bead quietly takes the rest.
So the useful thing is a look rather than a guess. We come out, take the pressure, gauge the tread right across the face, run a hand round the inside edge that is invisible while the car sits parked, and tell you which of those four you are dealing with. Sometimes the answer is that it is fine and you keep your money.
Somebody usually points it out before you notice it yourself. A neighbour, a colleague in the car park, a passer-by who saw the bulge as you pulled in in North Finchley. We come to the car, confirm it, and fit the correct replacement where it is parked, on Ballards Lane or on a driveway, balanced and pressure-set before we leave. A 4am Church End call and a noon Woodside Park call reach the same fitter. Whether it is Woodside Park in rush hour or Regents Park Road at midnight, we answer.
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Between potholes on the High Road, tight parking around North Finchley and the constant kerb hopping on narrow residential streets, damaged tyres are ordinary here. We look at yours where it stands and only replace it if it has genuinely had it.
A hard bang through the steering, then a swelling on the sidewall two days later. Classic pinch damage. The tread had thousands of miles left in it and none of that mattered.
Parking damage that looked dramatic. The wheel lip was gouged, the bead was untouched and the tyre held pressure overnight. He drove off on the same set.
A second car used twice a week, parked outside since new. Both front sidewalls were crazed all over. That is time doing the damage rather than distance, and the pair needed changing.
Dangerous enough that we will not let you drive it to us. The casing has already failed internally and only pressure is holding the shape. They go without warning.
Sometimes, if it is inside the central repair area and has not reached the belts. That call gets made with the casing open in our hands, never by squinting at it while the wheel is still bolted up.
You get a straight verdict either way, including the one where nothing needs doing. Telling people their tyre is fine is how we ended up with a 4.9 star rating.
Not automatically, but it is worth checking. The bead sits exactly where a kerb strikes, and damage there shows up as a slow leak weeks later.
The middle three quarters of the tread has to hold 1.6mm, and that is a floor rather than a target. Wet grip drops off noticeably well above it, particularly on the North Circular in heavy rain.
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