The roads around here punish tyres in two quite different ways. The A505 and the A602 are quick, and quick roads mean a pothole gets hit at speed instead of nursed over. The lanes out past Oughton Head throw flint, thorn and hedge cuttings at them instead. Then the Town Centre adds its own contribution: old kerbs, tight corners and cars easing into spaces laid out long before anything was this wide.
So a lot of tyres here are damaged rather than worn out, and damage deserves a verdict instead of a guess. Cuts, splits, a swelling in the sidewall, chunks torn from a shoulder, cracking on rubber that has aged where it stands: some of that finishes a tyre and some of it does not. We come and look, with the wheel off when the outside is not conclusive, and give you the answer. If the tyre is marked but sound, that is what you hear, and nothing gets sold. If the cords have gone, that is said too, with the reason, and a replacement can go on during the same visit. A bulge in particular is not something to keep an eye on. It is a failed casing, and it gives way without notice.
"It still drives fine" is true of almost every dangerously damaged tyre we replace. We do that where the car is parked, in Bearton, Walsworth or anywhere in between and fit the correct replacement on the spot if that is what it needs. Tight in Bearton, easy in Town Centre: neither stops the job. Level in Poets' Estate, sloping in Walsworth: we set the car straight first.
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Drivers here cover A-road miles and lane miles in the same week, and the two damage tyres differently: one hits things hard, the other cuts them open. Either way the car tends to be a long way from anywhere that could give an opinion. Having the assessment happen at your own address, in Westmill or out on the Poets' Estate, means a damaged tyre never gets driven anywhere just to be looked at.
A sharp stone off a lane near Oughton Head opened a slice across the tread deep enough to show the belt underneath. Not mendable, and exactly the sort of thing people drive on for a week without noticing. It was changed and the other three were checked while the fitter was there.
A wheel dropped into a broken edge at speed and a lump appeared on the inside face, which is the side that never gets inspected. The owner found it by accident. That casing had already failed internally, so it came off before the car went any further.
A driver in Walsworth was certain a kerb strike had wrecked one. It had scuffed the sidewall lettering and nothing more. We said so, refitted the wheel and left. The tyre is still on the car, which is a better outcome than a sale nobody needed.
The cords inside have broken and the air is forcing what rubber is left outwards. It cannot be mended and it will not settle. At A505 speeds that is a failure with no warning, which is why it is treated as urgent even while the tyre still holds air.
Fine surface crazing on an older tyre says the rubber is drying out. Deep cracks, or cracks at the base of the tread blocks, say it has gone too far. Age matters most on cars that stand still for days at a time, which describes a lot of them here.
Yes, and that is the usual result of driving on one that has lost its pressure. The outside seems unremarkable while the liner has broken up. It is another reason the tyre is taken off the rim before anyone pronounces on it.
Quite possibly. A hard impact moves the tracking, and a rim knocked out of true makes itself felt through the steering as well. The tyre gets examined and you are told if the trouble looks like it goes beyond it.
Whatever the visit costs is agreed with you on the phone before anybody sets off, and nothing is added to it afterwards. There is no penalty for asking the question.
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