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Sunnymead, Oxfordshire · OX2
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Sunnymead.
Sunnymead is the stretch of OX2 either side of the Banbury Road between Summertown and Cutteslowe, with the A40 at Elsfield Way behind it. Rescue Tyres comes to the car itself, on the drive or out at the kerb.
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Tyre trouble in Sunnymead?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Sunnymead.
Tyre trouble in Sunnymead is mostly the quiet sort. The A4165 brings the through traffic, the Cutteslowe roundabout and Elsfield Way put the A40 within easy reach, and a tyre that gathers something on either is often flat on the drive next morning rather than out on the road. Marston Ferry Road contributes its share of kerbing on the turns. None of that stops you parking at home, which is where a fitter would rather meet the car anyway.
| Postcode districts | OX2 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Elsfield Way (A40); Cutteslowe Roundabout; North Way (A40); Woodstock Road (A44) |
| Nearest stations | Oxford Parkway (National Rail) |
| Estates and parks nearby | Elsfield Wastewater Treatment Works, Woodeaton Wastewater Treatment Works |
| 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 Sunnymead
Tyre work in Sunnymead.
Punctures make up the bulk of it. Off comes the wheel, and the tyre is parted from the rim so its inner surface can be examined for damage an external plug would leave hidden. A hole within the middle of the tread gets a BS AU 159 repair and the wheel is rebalanced before it returns. Where a tyre is past saving, a matching size is fitted on the spot. The callout line runs day and night across OX2.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Sunnymead
Drives, bays and car parks.
A driveway is the straightforward answer here and it covers the bulk of calls. Kerbside on a side street serves too, with the fitter working from the pavement and the car pulled in clear of the flow. What gets avoided is the Banbury Road frontage in the middle of the day, where a van stopped alongside a parked car holds up everything behind, along with Elsfield Way and the Cutteslowe roundabout approaches, which are no place for a jack under any circumstances.
This is residential ground, laid out in streets running off the Banbury Road, with Summertown a few turnings one way and Cutteslowe the other. A great many of the houses have parking of their own, so most jobs are done on a drive with the vehicle standing exactly as its owner left it. Where there is no drive, the streets have room for the wheel to come off at the kerb, provided the car is in tight and the van is not sitting across a junction. Sunnymead has no car park worth directing anybody to: the pay and display and the shop parking both belong to Summertown and are run by their operators. Oxford Parkway is a little over a mile up the road for anybody commuting.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Sunnymead.
The overnight calls from Sunnymead are the ordinary kind: a flat spotted last thing before an early start, or somebody home late off the A40 who can hear the tyre before they can see it. Whatever the clock says, somebody picks up, and the figure is agreed before anything gets loaded.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"Great service. Friendly, fast and saved me at a late hour."
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Sunnymead FAQs
Questions from Sunnymead.
I commute from Oxford Parkway. Could the tyre be sorted while I am away?
The car has to be somewhere a fitter is allowed to work, and station car parks are the railway's ground, so permission there comes before anything else. Many people leave the car at home on a Sunnymead drive and arrange a time when somebody is in.
My drive slopes. Is that a problem for a wheel change?
A level, firm surface is what a jack needs, so a steep or heavily gravelled drive sometimes means rolling the car forward onto the flat. Mention the slope on the call, and the fitter picks between the drive and the kerb outside.
Is a tyre with a nail still in it safe to drive on?
Leaving the nail in often holds the pressure up for a short local journey, but the damage grows with every mile and a tyre driven flat is scrap. Park it up, check the pressure, and quote the size stamped on the sidewall when you ring.
Do you supply part-worn tyres to keep the cost down?
Rescue Tyres does not deal in part-worn rubber. New only, across budget, mid-range and premium, each carrying the manufacturer's warranty, and the figure for the size you need is confirmed on the call before the fitter sets out.
Nearby
Around Sunnymead.
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Banbury Road turnings, a Sunnymead drive or the Cutteslowe end: the fitter brings the tyre out.