A flat tyre at Parkgate or on a Monkspath drive should not be driven along the Stratford Road to a garage. Leave it where it is in Shirley and ring; the fitter decides the fix beside the car.
In Shirley a flat may only show after the car has sat parked for a time. A shopper returns to the Parkgate car park and finds a corner sagging; a commuter comes back to Whitlocks End station to a wheel on its rim; a Dickens Heath household opens the curtains to a tyre flat on the courtyard. Moving it even across a retail park crushes the sidewall and turns a patchable puncture into a scrap tyre, so keep it still.
Give the B90 postcode, the car park or drive, and the size from a sound tyre. The fitter pumps up the flat to locate the leak, then removes the tyre so its liner can be inspected. A tread-band hole within BS AU 159 limits takes a patch-plug; a crushed casing, sidewall wound or damaged valve means a replacement, fitted where the size is on board. Which it will be, and at what cost, is agreed before any tool is used.
On run-flat tyres? They behave differently once deflated, so check the handbook's limits and read our page on run-flat tyres; we fit replacement run-flat tyres at the car in Shirley as well.
Other services from the same Brent Cross team: broken tyre replacement and emergency tyre replacement in Shirley.
Parkgate car park in an ordinary bay, Shirley or Whitlocks End station car parks, a Dickens Heath visitor bay, or a drive in Monkspath or Solihull Lodge. A flat on the Stratford Road frontage should only be moved while it still holds air.
| Main roads | A34 Stratford Road; M42 J4; A3400 |
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| Typical arrival | A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours |
Flat tyre: the first steps →Flat tyre help on the Shirley page
Driving on Tanworth Lane or Blackford Road, both on the B4102, and the tyre feels soft? Find a residential turning or wide entrance before pulling up. Salter Street, also the B4102, offers similar spots. Keep hazards on, check the wheel from the pavement side and message your exact location.
A flat on a Cheswick Green drive or a Monkspath street: first see whether the other three are sound, then search the flat one for a Stratford Road screw, a valve gone brittle or a gouge left by a kerb. Inflating it and driving to a garage along the A34 crushes the inner casing. Use a space-saver only for a short, slow trip if you must. Otherwise leave the Shirley car parked where it is and ring.
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Flat tyre in Shirley? Keep the car where it stopped and ring 07473 720871.
