Mobile tyre fitting
in Spinney Hill.

A fitter at your car
in Spinney Hill.

Spinney Hill is house-and-drive country, so most jobs here begin with a tyre that seemed perfectly healthy at teatime. Slow leaks show up overnight, and cars that clip the kerb turning off Kettering Road into the side streets come away with scuffed or bulging sidewalls. A clean tread puncture can usually be saved, while a bulge cannot. Say which it looks like, along with the size, and the right answer is on board before the van leaves.

Drives, bays and car parks.

Paved frontages and drives give the firmest footing in Spinney Hill, and they account for most of the calls. On-street parking in a quiet side road also works, as long as the car is parked lawfully and the kerb side is clear. Failing that, a supermarket bay out at the edge of the car park will do for a car able to crawl there. Not usable: Kettering Road itself, Park Avenue North where traffic has to pass, and any spot on double yellows or across somebody's drive.

The calls here come from the avenues either side of Kettering Road, from the streets running down towards Phippsville and Kingsley Park, and from the Boothville side further out. Many homes here have a paved frontage or drive, and the tyre gets changed right there. For cars kept on the street, lawful parking and a clear gap beside the deflated corner are all that is asked. Kettering Road is a busy main route, so a car stranded on it should be eased into a side street before anyone touches it. The Morrisons and Aldi car parks nearby have room for a tyre change once the store agrees, and Weston Favell Shopping Centre is close enough for a car still able to roll. Emissions charges simply do not exist in this town.