★★★★★
"Fast & efficient service, had me sorted within the hour!"
ANAliyah NawiGoogle review
Summertown, Oxfordshire, near Oxford · OX2
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Summertown.
Summertown's shops stand right on the A4165 Banbury Road, with Marston Ferry Road and Moreton Road leading off it. Rescue Tyres works on the tyre where the car already is, be that a drive, a side street or a pay and display bay.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·Around 2 hours, confirmed before we set off
Tyre trouble in Summertown?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Summertown.
A shopping parade changes what tyre trouble looks like. In Summertown the damage is low speed and parking related: a wheel dropped against a kerb reversing into a bay on the Banbury Road, a sidewall scuffed on a delivery round, a slow puncture that only shows after the car has sat outside the shops for an hour. The A4144 Woodstock Road and Marston Ferry Road supply the rest. The car is already stationary, so the tyre gets dealt with where it stands.
| Postcode districts | OX2 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Elsfield Way (A40); Northern By-pass Road (A40); Cutteslowe Roundabout; North Way (A40) |
| Distance from our base | about 47 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Around 2 hours, confirmed before we set off |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Oxford |
What we do in Summertown
Tyre work in Summertown.
Most Summertown jobs are a single tyre. A repair is attempted first wherever the damage allows it, the tyre taken off the rim and sealed from within under BS AU 159 rather than trusting a plug pushed in from outside. If the tyre has had it, the replacement goes on, gets balanced in the bay, and the scrap one is loaded into the van. Locking wheel nuts, burst tyres and overnight callouts all form part of the same service across OX2.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Summertown
Drives, bays and car parks.
Drives behind the parade come first. A pay and display bay works well where the car is already sitting in one, provided the ticket covers the time and the wheel can be reached without borrowing the bay alongside. A side turning off the Banbury Road is the usual compromise for a car stuck on the main road. Loading bays, bus stops and the frontage outside the shops are unusable, and a car left in a supermarket car park needs the store to agree first.
The parade is the busiest ground in OX2 and the least suitable for taking a wheel off: short stay bays, loading going on outside the shops, and a steady queue on the Banbury Road behind. A turning off it, or the Alexandra Courts pay and display, gives the fitter room without a line of waiting traffic. The shop car parks attached to the supermarkets on the parade are their operators' property and need their say-so. Behind the parade, the streets towards Moreton Road, Marston Ferry Road and the Waterways side are residential and considerably easier, and a fair number have drives. Nothing gets done in a live loading bay or across a cycle lane.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Summertown.
Summertown goes quiet once the shops shut, which is when trade vehicles and anybody home late off the A40 tend to notice a tyre. The line stays open right through the week, whatever the hour, and the size and the total are both dealt with while you are on the call.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"Good and reliable service in all conditions."
LOLeo OduorGoogle review
Summertown FAQs
Questions from Summertown.
My car is on the Banbury Road itself. Can the tyre be changed there?
On the parade it is awkward: bays are short stay and traffic runs close behind them. Moving the car into a side turning, or into the Alexandra Courts pay and display, makes the job simple. If it cannot move at all, ring and describe the bay.
Is a supermarket car park in Summertown an option?
That ground belongs to the store, so the manager's agreement comes first and it is usually easier to get away from the entrance. Park at the far end, stay inside the time limit on the signs, and tell us the row when you ring.
Do you take the old tyre away?
The old tyre leaves with the van and goes for proper disposal, so nothing is left on the pavement or riding around in your boot. The replacement goes on, is balanced and gets torqued to the figure the vehicle maker sets before the fitter signs off.
There is no locking wheel nut key with my car. What happens?
A master tool bites onto the collar and winds the nut off with the alloy coming through unmarked, then a standard nut replaces it. The tyre change follows straight after. Say on the call that the key has gone, so the right tool is aboard.
Nearby
Around Summertown.
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The Banbury Road parade, Moreton Road or a drive off Marston Ferry Road: the tyre comes to you.