Commuting the A34 between Bicester and Didcot, or driving Birmingham's Stratford Road every day, wears tyres out on schedule. Settle on replacements over the phone; the fitting itself happens on your drive or at work.
The two A34s wear tyres in different ways. On the Oxfordshire trunk road, long runs from the M40 at Wendlebury past Abingdon to the M4 at Chieveley grind the tread evenly at speed. Through Sparkhill, Sparkbrook and Perry Barr, the Birmingham A34 is stop-start, with bus lanes, junction kerbs and constant turning that scrub the front shoulders. Either way, a worn pair is better replaced by appointment than forced out by a failure near Hinksey Hill.
Tell us the size moulded into the tyre wall, including the load and speed markings, and how the car is used, whether that means Oxford ring road commuting or Walsall school runs. We suggest budget, mid-tier and premium tyres to suit and agree a price on the phone. The fitter arrives with them, fits and balances each wheel, torques the nuts properly and loads the worn tyres into the van for disposal.
Harwell campus roads and Milton Park addresses, with site permission, a Kidlington drive off Langford Lane or a Hall Green side street all suit a booked fitting. Never an A34 lane; a tyre that fails on the trunk road first means 999 and National Highways.
| Road | A34 Oxford to Chieveley and Birmingham Stratford Road |
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| Operator | National Highways (Oxfordshire section); local councils (Birmingham section) |
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A careful look at the sidewall saves a wasted run down the A34. After the size come two short codes, such as 94W for load and speed, and extra letters count: XL signals extra load construction, while run-flat lettering demands a like-for-like replacement. A matched pair per axle, identical in size and tread, is the aim. Leave the wheel lock key in the door pocket, and the car on a drive in Kidlington or Great Barr, or at a Milton Park unit with the estate's say-so.
An RFT or SSR stamp on the tyre wall means a like-for-like replacement. After a pressure alert on the Oxfordshire A34, which has no hard shoulder, drive on within the handbook's limits to Oxford Peartree services at the Peartree Interchange. On Birmingham's Stratford Road, turn into a Hall Green side street. A car that will not move safely means 999 and National Highways.
New tyres for your A34 car, fitted where it parks in Oxfordshire or Birmingham.
