Everything a tyre bay has travels to Towcester in the van. Every stage happens beside the car, in Towcester Vale, the racecourse car park or a Silverstone street, and the car goes nowhere.
Hauling a car with a wrecked tyre from Towcester to a workshop is a slog. The nearest garages mean a tow down Watling Street or up the A43, an afternoon waiting, and a lift back to Paulerspury or Blakesley afterwards. For drivers in the NN12 villages that is half a day gone, when all the car needed was a new tyre put on at home.
The van carries the kit: a tyre machine to break the old tyre off the rim and mount the new one, a wheel balancer that measures and corrects imbalance, a torque wrench for the nuts, and tyres in common sizes. Send the sidewall size so the right one is loaded. The wheel comes off in your Towcester street, is done at the van and goes straight back on.
The van parks next to the car, so a Towcester Vale drive, a wide road off Richmond Road or a bay in the leisure centre car park suits it. Watling Street short-stay bays leave no room alongside.
| Postcodes | NN12 |
|---|---|
| Typical arrival | Around 2 hours, confirmed before we set off |
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The mobile job in Towcester needs a car-width of clear space next to the wheel, even ground under the jack, and a position where the van hems in no neighbour or lane. A Towcester Vale drive or a Centre for Leisure bay gives that; Watling Street short-stay bays do not. Private or permit bays are fine with permission. With the changer and balancer both working from inside the van, the car stays put from start to finish.
Tyre fitted where your Towcester car sits: send the size and your address.
