Rescue Tyres sends a fitting workshop in a van to Witney: tyre changer, wheel balancer and stock park alongside a car on a Smiths Estate kerb, and the car never has to move.
Getting a car with tyre damage to a Witney garage can be harder than it sounds. The trip may involve the A40 bypass, Bridge Street traffic or the tight roads round Church Green, all of them risky on a damaged tyre. Without a spare, or with a locking nut issue, even the space saver route fails. For drivers in Eynsham or Long Hanborough the nearest workshop may be a fair distance away.
On board are a tyre machine for stripping and mounting, a balancer, a torque wrench and the everyday sizes Witney cars take. With the size and location given on the phone, the tyre is chosen and the cost agreed. At the kerb the wheel is removed and the old tyre levered from the rim; the replacement is mounted, balanced and refitted, the nuts torqued, and the worn tyre loaded up.
The van needs to park alongside: an Eynsham street, a Madley Park drive, a Windrush industrial estate yard, the Woolgate surface car park. Upper decks at Marriotts Walk lack the headroom, so the ground floor is the limit.
| Postcodes | OX28, OX29 |
|---|---|
| Typical arrival | Around 2 hours, confirmed before we set off |
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Picture the space a Witney kerbside job takes: the van beside the damaged wheel, the wheel laid flat next to it and room to walk around both. Level ground keeps the jack steady, so a flat surface beats a sloping drive. Witney's estates have no controlled parking, but the van should never block a neighbour or a junction. The car is not moved at any point. The Woolgate surface car park, the Marriotts Walk ground floor and Windrush estate yards all fit the bill.
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