A complete tyre bay arrives in the van, so in Dunstable the tyre is changed, balanced and torqued on the spot and the car never moves from the drive or car park.
Dunstable is a road town, and a car with a failed tyre is stuck. Towing it from Kensworth or Totternhoe to a depot costs time, and driving along Watling Street on a damaged tyre risks the wheel. A car in the Whipsnade Zoo car park or a Woodside yard cannot easily go anywhere. Bring the workshop to it instead, and the Dunstable car need not budge an inch.
Racked inside the van: a tyre machine to strip the casing from its rim, a computer balancer, an air line, calibrated torque tools and the common sizes Dunstable cars run. Your wheel is unbolted by the car, the new tyre is mounted at the van doorway, weights are set on the balancer and the wheel is bolted back to its specified torque. Ring through the size, your precise location and how much room surrounds the car; that call fixes the price.
Room for the van beside your car is essential: a Downside or Beecroft drive, a Kingsway street, Grove Theatre parking, Ashton Square, a Woodside yard or the Whipsnade Zoo car park. The A5 crossroads and tight permit streets rule it out.
| Postcodes | LU5, LU6 |
|---|---|
| Typical arrival | Typically 60 to 90 minutes |
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The fit needs somewhere flat with space along the damaged side for the van and the jack, and no neighbour or delivery blocked in. A Woodside yard, a Downside drive and the Whipsnade Zoo car park all tick those boxes. Check that a private or permit bay allows the work. Nothing about the job requires the car to move, which counts on a tight street off High Street North where it could not be driven anyway.
A full tyre workshop parks beside your car anywhere in Dunstable.
