Two things wreck tyres in this part of Northamptonshire, and neither of them is a nail. The first is the road edge: verges, drainage channels and the broken tarmac along the quieter stretches of the A6003 and the lanes between the villages, all of which pinch a sidewall against the rim if you hit them at the wrong angle. The second is speed, because damage picked up at seventy on the A14 is a different kind of injury from a kerb graze in a car park.
So the verdict matters. A bulge means the casing cords have snapped, with the air pushing what remains into a lump. Tread depth is irrelevant at that point. A split or a cut deep enough to show fabric is also done. A scuff across the sidewall lettering from a kerb in the Town Centre is very often nothing at all, and you will be told so rather than sold something. Perished, cracked rubber on a car that does low mileage from a driveway is a real and underrated problem, and we look for it as a matter of course.
You will get a straight driveable-or-not answer before anything else happens. A broken tyre is usually a slow discovery rather than a bang: a kerb strike, a pothole on a road like the A6003, a cut picked up who knows where, a bulge spotted while it sat parked up in Burton Latimer. Tight in Burton Latimer, easy in Mawsley: neither stops the job. Level in Rothwell, sloping in Town Centre: we set the car straight first.
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Because we run a van out from North London rather than a local depot, damage calls around Kettering work best when you send a photograph and read us the sidewall size on the phone. That way the right stock travels with the van and the visit ends with the job done rather than with a return trip.
A car pulled onto the edge to let something past and caught the broken tarmac hard. The sidewall was already swelling by the time we arrived. That is a replacement, and it went on the same visit.
A deep scrape along the outer sidewall that had thoroughly alarmed its owner. The casing was untouched. We told her to leave it be and charged for the trip out, not for a tyre she did not need.
A well kept car in Rothwell doing a few hundred miles a year, with tread to spare and sidewalls crazed all over. Age had beaten wear to it, and both fronts were replaced.
You do not need to, since we come to the car. If the tyre is bulging or split, keep the car still and let us come out.
Run your palm round the sidewall. A bulge is a distinct swelling that is easy to feel and easy to miss with your eyes alone.
No, but it is worth checking after a hard one, especially if the steering feels different afterwards. Impact damage often turns up on the inner sidewall, out of sight until somebody looks behind the wheel.
If the size is with the van, yes. If not, we will say so up front and arrange a return with the right tyre rather than fitting something that is merely close.
We look at it while we are there. A tyre that is close to the 1.6mm limit is worth knowing about before it becomes the next call.
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