The workshop arrives in Flitwick on four wheels: tyre changer, wheel balancer and stock in one van, so the car never has to be driven, towed or jacked onto a trailer.
A car that cannot move safely is the usual reason Flitwick drivers look for a mobile fitter. It may be sitting on a split tyre in the Leisure Centre car park, stuck on a Flitton drive without a usable spare, or parked at Toddington services after a tyre let go on the M1. Towing it to a garage in Ampthill or Bedford costs time and money when the tools can simply come to the car.
The van carries a tyre changing machine, an electronic balancer, a jack and torque wrench, and a spread of common sizes. The fitter takes the wheel off, removes the old tyre on the machine, seats the fresh casing, pumps it up, spins it true and tightens it, all beside the car. Have the size code and the locking nut key ready; the Flitwick price is agreed in advance.
The van needs a little space alongside the car: a drive, a kerb on the Dunstable Road estates, the Rufus Centre car park or the station car park. The permit roads nearest Flitwick station can be tight for a van to park beside the car.
| Postcodes | MK45 |
|---|---|
| Typical arrival | Around 1.5 to 2 hours |
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A kerbside job needs about a car door's width of clear space beside the wheel, and the jack wants firm, level MK45 ground. On a Flitwick estate drive off Steppingley Road that is easy; in the Rufus Centre car park, an end bay keeps other drivers from being boxed in. A Flitwick permit or private bay works too, provided parking there is lawful. Because changer and balancer arrive in the van, the car is never pushed, towed or driven another inch across MK45.
The fitting van comes to your Flitwick car, while it never budges from that MK45 spot.
