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Wolvercote Common, Oxfordshire · OX2
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Wolvercote Common.
Wolvercote Common lies inside the ring of roundabouts where the A44 Woodstock Road, the A34 and the A40 all come together, a little way from Oxford Parkway. Rescue Tyres fits the replacement where the car has come to rest, drive or bay.
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Tyre trouble in Wolvercote Common?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Wolvercote Common.
Three roundabouts define this part of OX2: Wolvercote, Peartree and Cutteslowe, fed by the A34 Western BA40ass, the A44 Woodstock Road and the A40. A tyre that suffers on one of those approaches is rarely noticed until the car has been parked up in Wolvercote or over towards the Banbury Road. That is the point at which a mobile fitter becomes the sensible answer, because nobody should be crossing Oxford on a wheel they do not trust.
| Postcode districts | OX2 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Woodstock Road (A44); Wolvercote Roundabout; North Way (A40); Western By-pass Road (A34) |
| Nearest stations | Oxford Parkway (National Rail) |
| Distance from our base | about 48 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 Wolvercote Common
Tyre work in Wolvercote Common.
Most calls here are one damaged tyre and a spare that is either missing or a space saver. A new tyre is brought in the size marked on the sidewall, then fitted and balanced at the car. Where the damage is a clean tread puncture within the limits BS AU 159 sets, the repair goes in from the inner face instead, and a sound tyre stays in use. Any locking nut lacking its key comes off before that work can start.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Wolvercote Common
Drives, bays and car parks.
A drive is best and a good many houses here have one. Otherwise a wide residential turning off the Woodstock Road, with the car kerbed properly and the van tucked in behind it. The park and ride is a genuine option for anybody already sitting in it, on firm tarmac with space to work, subject to the site's own rules. Ruled out altogether: the roundabout entries, the A34, the A40, and the length of Woodstock Road where traffic queues to join them.
Callers come from Upper and Lower Wolvercote, from the turnings off the Woodstock Road, and from drivers who have pulled clear of the by-pass at the first roundabout they reached. Peartree park and ride is the obvious meeting point at this end of the city, firm and level under a jack, though it belongs to its operator and the bays by the bus stands are the wrong ones to pick. Oxford Parkway is not far up the road and is railway ground, where the same rule holds. The streets through Wolvercote itself are narrow in places, which decides where the van can sit more than anything else does. No wheel comes off on a roundabout entry or a by-pass slip road.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Wolvercote Common.
Traffic on the by-pass carries on through the night and so does the phone. A driver who has come off the A34 at the Peartree roundabout with a tyre going down can ring at any hour of any day, and have the size confirmed and the cost agreed before a van leaves north London.
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What drivers say.
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"Great service, fixed my punctured tyre quickly and the best prices for mobile repairs."
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Wolvercote Common FAQs
Questions from Wolvercote Common.
Can you meet me at Peartree park and ride?
Peartree suits this well: wide bays, firm ground and simple access off the roundabout. Whether a van may work on the site is the operator's call, so park away from the bus stands and tell us which row you are sitting in.
The tyre has gone down on the A34 near Wolvercote. Where do I stop?
Leave at the roundabout rather than stopping on the by-pass, and get the car onto an ordinary road or into the park and ride. Then ring, with the size and a description of exactly where you have stopped. Nothing is fitted on a trunk road or its slip roads.
Are the lanes around Wolvercote too narrow for your van?
Narrow streets are normal on this job and the van is a working vehicle, not a lorry. What counts is that the car is not left blocking the road with the wheel off. Say what the spot looks like when you ring and the fitter works out where to pull in.
My spare is a space saver. Can I drive on it until you get here?
A space saver is a get-you-home tyre with its own speed limit marked on the sidewall, so keep it for short local journeys and get back onto a full size tyre once one can be fitted. Ring with the size off the damaged tyre.
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Around Wolvercote Common.
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Wolvercote, the Woodstock Road turnings or Peartree park and ride: the tyre is fitted where you stand.