With all this snow, ice and temperatures still at freezing, those motorists who were wise enough to have winter tyres fitted are certainly reaping the benefits. When the snow and ice were forecast last week our mobile tyre fitting teams were manically busy fitting sets of not only winter tyres but standard tyres too when drivers realised they […]
Those piles of car tyre mountains are set to become history with a new tyre cutter and flat packaging system that has been launched by Symphony recycling. The cutter has the capability of reducing a tyre in just one minute making the recycling process a lot faster and easier. The machine is small enough to fit in a garage […]
Published: | in General Tyre News, Tyre News | Comments Off on Mystery of car tyres washed up on a beach
A mystery remains in Granton in Scotland as to how a beach ended up with hundreds of worn and used tyres over the Christmas period. Residents of Wardie Bay discovered 250 tyres, many of them covered in barnacles. This is an indication that they had been in the water for some time before being washed […]
According to recent research carried out only 17% of new cars purchased have been sold with a full size spare wheel. If you look in your boot or wherever you’re spare may be kept its likely you will see a puncture repair kit or a space saver tyre. So why are so many car manufacturer’s […]
At a first glance it appears to look like a grate on the road but it is in fact a highly sophisticated scanner that has the facility to detect a vehicle’s tyre tread depth as it passes through it. Monitoring whether the tyres are in fact legal to be on the road this new device could […]
The new EU legislation for tyre labelling has been put into effect this month, with manufacturers now legally obliged to provide ‘traffic light’ ratings for their tyres’ performance in three areas: wet braking, noise, and rolling resistance – each rated between A and G. These ratings are intended to help consumers choose the best possible […]
Apparently more than a third of British motorists are worried they are spending too much money on tyres because of their lack of knowledge, according to a recent survey. Over 50% also admitted they didn’t know what brand of tyres were currently on their car. This lack of awareness included simple tyre maintenance, such as […]
Published: | in Tyre News | Comments Off on Why Part Worn Tyres Can Be Dangerous
Part worn tyres may seem like a valid option if you are looking for cheap car tyres, but the truth is that you don’t really know what you are getting. While they may simply be tyres that another motorist has changed for whatever reason while they still have plenty of wear left, part worn tyres […]
Published: | in Tyre News | Comments Off on Is Three Criteria Enough For New Tyre Labels?
Only a month to go until the new EU tyre labels are mandatory, and not only are there still questions as to whether the labels will be effective, over 70% of motorists still haven’t heard of the labels at all. When magazines test car tyres they usually test 15 different criteria, and when premium tyre […]
Published: | in Tyre News | Comments Off on Yet More Cases Of Illegal Tyre Dumping
As we have mentioned before, it is a legal requirement that all tyres are recycled or reused or repurposed. No tyres are allowed into landfill. That obviously extends to people illegally dumping car tyres anywhere. Despite that, police have discovered around 60 car tyres dumped near a beauty spot on the Isle of Man. Fly […]