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Mobile tyre fitting
in Coundon.
Coundon is the CV6 suburb of Coventry strung along Moseley Avenue, Keresley Road and Radford Road. Rescue Tyres tends to the car at home, on the drive or the street outside, with the correct size aboard.
A fitter at your car
in Coundon.
Coundon is laid out on residential avenues more than main roads, yet several of them carry plenty of traffic: Moseley Avenue and Engleton Road on the B4107, Radford Road and Keresley Road on the B4098, and the A4114 Holyhead Road along the edge. Most punctures here are the slow sort, a screw or nail discovered when the car is next used. Say whether the tyre is completely down or merely low, quote its size, and a new one travels too in case mending proves impossible.
| Postcode districts | CV6 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Holyhead Road (A4114); Pickford Way (A4114); Moseley Avenue (B4107); Engleton Road (B4107) |
| Estates and parks nearby | Alvis Retail Park, Central Six Retail Park, Arches Industrial Estate |
| Distance from our base | about 81 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Coventry |
Tyre work in Coundon.
Coundon calls split between replacements and repairs. A nail sitting in the tread means dismounting the tyre for an internal look, and it earns a patch-plug only when the hole satisfies BS AU 159 on both size and location. Failing that, or if the tread is simply worn out, a brand new tyre goes onto the wheel and is balanced there on the drive. Burst tyres give way to new ones after the wheel itself is inspected, missing locking keys are no obstacle, and the phone is manned overnight.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Drives, bays and car parks.
Driveways do most of the work in Coundon. When the car is at the kerb, a quiet stretch of a side road is fine, ideally with the flat wheel on the pavement side. If the car can make the trip, Morrisons or the Alvis Retail Car Park offer public bays with space to spare, given the operator's agreement, and an Aldi car park can serve the same purpose. The trunk road and the busier B-roads are not used for jacking a car.
Calls come from all over the CV6 streets between Holyhead Road and Keresley Road, from the houses along Four Pounds Avenue and Coundon Wedge Drive, and from the Radford side where the two suburbs meet. A drive is ideal where there is one. For a car on the road outside, the fitter needs a clear side to work from and level ground for the jack. The B4107 and B4098 carry steady traffic, so a car parked on one of them may be better moved into a side road first. Holyhead Road, as a trunk road, is off limits for the work. There is no railway station within reach of Coundon, so this is a home-address patch rather than a commuter one.

24 hours in Coundon.
Coundon night calls tend to be domestic: a flat spotted on the drive late in the evening, or a driver back from a late shift across the city who hears a rumble on Keresley Road. Whatever the time on the clock a person answers, and the charge gets spelt out before a booking is made.
What drivers say.
"I called out for a mobile repair. The service was quick and quite reasonably priced. Would recommend."
Questions from Coundon.
Is this the Coundon in Coventry?
My car is at the kerb on Moseley Avenue. Can you work there?
Can you fit two new tyres at once on my drive in Coundon?
How do I pay for a tyre fitted in Coundon?
Around Coundon.
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Moseley Avenue, Keresley Road or Coundon Wedge Drive: whichever kerb or drive the car is on, the tyre goes on there.
