Published: | in Tyre safety, Tyre Tips | Comments Off on Handling A Driving Emergency
If you find your car skidding while you are driving, or the steering or brakes suddenly failing, or perhaps one of your car tyres suffering a blow out, do you know what to do? Unfortunately in those situations it is easy to make things worse by braking sharply, or yanking on the steering wheel, so […]
Published: | in Tyre Tips | Comments Off on Choosing New Car Tyres
Choosing new car tyres is a decision that ideally should be thoroughly researched. Different tyres will suit different driving styles, vehicles and (obviously!) budgets. Driving Style Do you drive slowly and carefully, or do you prefer to take the corners a little faster in your high performance car? A high performance car deserves high performance tyres, […]
When we think about mobile tyre fitting, we generally think of a car sitting on someone’s drive or by the side of the road while a professional mobile tyre fitting service fits the tyres. What if you enjoy offroading in your 4×4, or just spend a lot of time driving on bumpy country roads in […]
Published: | in Tyre Tips | Comments Off on Saving You Time And Money
It is easy to make the mistake that the price of the car is the biggest outlay, but actually the bigger costs are still to come at that point. Fuel, insurance, maintenance, accident repair; these all add up until they dwarf the original cost of the car. This is why it is worthwhile asking a […]
Published: | in Tyre Tips | Comments Off on Do You Know How To Deal With A Flat Tyre?
Well? Do you? If your response is ‘call a tyre fitter’, it may be time to do some swotting up as not only is waiting around for an emergency tyre fitter not much fun, you may find yourself somewhere out of the way waiting days rather than hours! And what if you are in a […]
Published: | in Tyre Tips | Comments Off on The Difference Between Wheel Alignment & Balancing
People understandably get confused between wheel alignment and balancing. So here is a quick guide to both. Wheel alignment is simply making sure that all four wheels are pointing in the right direction. During the course of your car’s life it will have to make it over speed bumps, up and down curbs and across […]
Published: | in Tyre Tips | Comments Off on The 20p Test American Style!
We have probably mentioned the 20p test before on this blog; the quick and easy way to check the treads on your tyres without resorting to any special equipment. But what if you find yourself in America, driving a car whose ‘tires’ look a little suspect? No left over 20 pence pieces in your wallet? […]
Published: | in Tyre Tips | Comments Off on Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Tyres
We’ve mentioned before that tyres are the only product that currently need to be completely reused or recycled (as they aren’t allowed to be dumped or added to landfill), and shared a few different uses for tyres. But is there anything you can do yourselves? Reduce – this one is fairly easy. Just drive a […]
Published: | in Tyre Tips | Comments Off on Judging When To Replace Your Tyres
Sometimes it is obvious that you need new car tyres – for example, when you discover a nail stuck in the tyre, suffer a blow out, or hit a kerb and gouge out part of the tyre wall. However, hopefully those are all rare occurrences, so how do you know that the normal wear and tear […]
Published: | in Tyre Tips | Comments Off on What Makes A Good All Rounder Tyre?
As the weather in southern England has been demonstrating lately, it is best to be prepared for anything when you are driving on our roads. In the last month we’ve had gorgeous sunny days, torrential rain, fog, brief snow flurries and even hail. In conditions like these, you really need to choose a good all […]