Mobile Tyre Fitting in Old Street

Why Old Street drivers call Fast Tyre

Old Street is where Islington, Hackney and the City meet, around a junction everyone still calls Silicon Roundabout. Glass offices and converted warehouses crowd round it, Moorfields Eye Hospital sits on City Road, and behind the main roads are the older estates and terraces of St Luke's and the quiet of Bunhill Fields. City Road and Old Street both carry buses, cabs and delivery vans all day, and their gutters collect the screws and fixings that building work leaves behind.

When a tyre goes, the junction itself is no place to stop, and the streets off it are mostly resident permit bays and loading restrictions, full by mid morning. We come to wherever the car can legally sit, an office car park off City Road, a permit bay in St Luke's or a side street by Featherstone Street, and fit the tyre there. Typical arrival from our North London base is 30 to 60 minutes, around the clock.

Old Street is a place people pass through rather than stop in, and the roads are built that way: bus lanes, loading restrictions and permit bays wherever there is kerb. Driving a damaged tyre from here to a garage means taking it into the City or up through Islington in heavy traffic, then finding somewhere to leave it. A fitter who comes to the car keeps the rim intact and the working day mostly intact too.

Common tyre problems in Old Street

The situations we get called out to most often across Old Street:

Areas of Old Street we cover

Our mobile units reach every part of Old Street and the surrounding Greater London area, including:

• St Luke's (EC1V) St Luke's mixes council estates with converted warehouses, and its residents' bays fill early, so a quiet estate road is often the best place to work.
• Bunhill Fields area (EC1Y) Streets beside Bunhill Fields, Bunhill Row among them, are calmer than the main roads, which makes them a sensible spot to meet a car with a flat.
• Featherstone Street area (EC1Y) Office blocks around Featherstone Street have basement car parks and loading bays, so it helps to check with building management before we arrive.
• Moorfields side (EC1V) City Road outside Moorfields Eye Hospital is busy with patient drop offs, so we meet cars in a side street nearby rather than on the main road.

Roads and routes we reach you on

We attend roadside tyre emergencies on the main routes in and around Old Street, 24 hours a day:

• Old Street (A5201) Old Street carries buses and delivery vans between Clerkenwell and Shoreditch all day, so a soft tyre is taken into a side street before we start.
• City Road (A501) City Road is part of the inner ring road and rarely quiet, so we never work in its lanes and meet drivers in a side street off it.
• Great Eastern Street Great Eastern Street curves down towards Shoreditch with constant traffic, and the streets off it are where a car can safely be worked on.
• Goswell Road (A1) Goswell Road runs north towards Angel with parked cars along much of it, so we pick a safe stretch or a turning before lifting the car.

Tyre services in Old Street

We bring car, SUV, 4x4 and van tyres in premium, mid range and budget lines to EC1V and EC1Y, so a company car in an office basement and a courier's van in a loading bay can both be dealt with on the spot. Punctures in the repairable part of the tread are repaired to BS AU 159 rather than replaced. Payment is by card or contactless at the car, at the price given on the phone.

Tyres we fit in Old Street

We fit the full range at the kerb in Old Street, from everyday car tyres to 4x4 and van fitments. The size is printed on the sidewall in the form 205/55 R16 91V; read it to us, or just give us the registration.

• Car and hatchback tyres. Ordinary car fitments in budget, mid-range or premium, each wheel balanced at the kerb and the pressures checked against the door plate.
• 4x4, SUV and crossover tyres. SUV and 4x4 fitments matched on load index and speed rating, not just the size, because the wrong rating on a heavy car is a safety issue.
• Winter and all-season tyres. Below roughly seven degrees a summer compound goes hard and stops gripping. Look for the three-peak mountain snowflake on the sidewall, which is the tested cold-weather mark.
• Run-flat tyres. Standard fit on many BMW and MINI models. Once one has been run flat it is a replacement rather than a repair, and we match it across the axle.
• Performance and premium brands. The premium range, Michelin, Continental, Bridgestone, Pirelli and Goodyear, for cars where wet braking and tread life justify the difference.
• Budget and mid-range tyres. There is nothing wrong with a budget tyre fitted properly. We will tell you honestly which axle is worth spending on rather than selling you four premiums.
• Van and light commercial. Van tyres carry a C rating and a higher load index. Fitting a car tyre to a loaded van is both unsafe and an insurance problem, so we match the correct rating.

We fit at your home, your workplace or the roadside in Old Street, usually the same day you call.

Mobile tyre fitting in Old Street, on the map

We are a fully mobile service covering Old Street and Greater London. Tell us your location when you call and a unit will be sent to you.

Mobile tyres in Old Street, FAQs