A Banbury car stuck in Grimsbury, at a Wildmere unit or in the Bolton Road car park stays exactly there, because the tyre bay travels to it in the back of the van.
Moving a car with a dead tyre across Banbury achieves little. Crawling to a garage along the Southam Road or past Banbury Cross ruins the wheel, and waiting on a tow can swallow an afternoon. Villages such as Cropredy, Middleton Cheney or Kings Sutton sit further out again. Far better that the whole fitting setup comes to the car, wherever in OX15, OX16 or OX17 it has stopped.
Onboard kit covers the entire job: a tyre changing machine bolted into the van, a wheel balancer, compressed air and a calibrated torque wrench, plus popular sizes on the racks. The car is jacked on the Banbury street, the wheel removed, the tyre swapped and balanced, and the wheel refitted to spec without the car rolling an inch. Size and location on the call, price agreed up front.
Few Banbury homes outside the centre face parking permits, making kerbside fittings easy. Castle Quay's low multi-storey ceilings can shut it out, making a lower level or the canal-side surface car park better. Tight terraces by the station may need a short shuffle.
| Postcodes | OX15, OX16, OX17 |
|---|---|
| Typical arrival | Around 2 hours, confirmed before we set off |
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Room to work is what a Banbury fitting really needs. Picture a space about a door's swing beside the wheel, on tarmac level enough for a jack, with the van parked so it blocks no neighbour's drive or footpath. Ruscote and Hanwell Fields streets usually give that, as do Banbury Gateway bays with a free space alongside. Castle Quay depends on the level. The tyre machine and balancer are carried on board, so the Banbury car never budges while the job is done.
Workshop on wheels for Banbury: call 07473 720871 and keep the car where it stopped.
