Roundabouts feeding into roundabouts, bus lanes on both flanks, an underpass, and four busy roads arriving at once. There is no good place to stop in the middle of that and no place whatsoever to stand beside a car swapping a wheel. Destroy a tyre in the thick of it and the sensible move is to get clear of the moving lanes, into a side street or whatever space presents itself, and have somebody come to the car.
That is our whole job, around the clock, every day of the year. Your size rides with us, budget through mid-range to premium, we agree the total with you before a nut is loosened, and the new tyre is balanced on site rather than approximated. Torque goes on to the manufacturer's number. Payment is card or contactless at the vehicle, and the ruined tyre leaves in the fitting van. Set that against recovery plus a garage bill plus a car left somewhere in SE1 that you now have to go back and collect, and the arithmetic is not close. It also means the vehicle never has to roll a yard on rubber that has already failed.
When a tyre is finished, the useful question is how quickly you can be legal again. We answer it by bringing the replacement to you in SE1 instead of asking you to drive to it, which matters when the tyre in question is split, shredded or down past the wear bars. Whether it is the Heygate area in rush hour or Newington Causeway at midnight, we answer. On London Road, day or night, New Kent Road included, arrival across SE1 runs 30 to 60 minutes. A SE1 address in Walworth and one in Newington are the same round.
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Nowhere near this junction is a good place to be stationary, and the streets behind it are parked solid, so the practical answer is to stop somewhere safe and let the tyre come to the car. Nothing about a garage trip through these roads is quicker.
A tyre let go in traffic and the car was steered onto a side road before it deflated completely. The casing had torn open along the shoulder, so there was nothing to discuss. A replacement of the same size went on where the car had stopped.
A sharp edge in the road surface split a front tyre in a way that no repair covers. The wheel had survived, which is not always the case. New rubber fitted and balanced, with a word of warning to watch for any pull to one side afterwards.
A wrecked tyre at nine at night with an early start the next day and every counter in the area shut. We came out the same evening, put the right size on, and the vehicle made its morning start as though nothing had happened.
Yes. Somebody is on call around the clock, every day of the year including the ones everybody else takes off, and you can normally expect somebody with you inside 30 to 60 minutes of ringing, depending where the car has ended up.
Send us a photograph of the sidewall. The numbers are moulded into it, and reading them off a picture takes a moment and saves us both a wasted trip.
No. There is a spread from value tyres through mid-range to the premium names, and you choose. Nobody is talked up the range and nobody is talked out of a budget tyre either.
Two years of manufacturer cover comes with new tyres, and the fitting is balanced properly as part of the job. We also take the old one away.
Usually, provided there is headroom for the fitting van to get in or the car can be brought to a level spot near the entrance. Tell us on the phone and we will work it out.
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