Choosing new tyres in Alcester starts with the sidewall code. Decide how much tyre you want, from value brands to premium names, and it is balanced and torqued on your Kinwarton drive or at your Arden Forest unit.
Alcester cars split their time between the A46 bypass and some punishing lanes. Commuters running to Stratford along the A46 or north on the A435 through Studley wear the tread steadily, while trips out to Great Alne and Wixford scuff shoulders on crumbling edges. Parents collecting from Alcester Grammar School often find the fronts low on tread at an MOT. Getting a car to a depot in Redditch or Stratford means giving up half a day.
The size is printed on the sidewall, for example 195/65 R15 91H. Read it out or send a photo. You are offered tyres at each price level, with advice on which handles wet A46 miles best, and the full cost is set before booking. When the fitter arrives the tyres are mounted, balanced wheel by wheel and torqued down, and the old tyres leave your Alcester address with the van.
A drive in Kinwarton, Arrow or off Birmingham Road, a yard on the Arden Forest estate, or a bay in Bulls Head Yard car park. The High Street and Henley Street bays are too narrow for the van.
| Postcodes | B49 |
|---|---|
| Typical arrival | A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours |
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The code on an Alcester car's current tyre is the shopping list. Width, profile and rim come first; after them sit the load and speed ratings, which have to be matched, and so does any XL or run-flat stamp. Matching tyres across an axle is the rule, so replacing one scrubbed on the Oversley Green bend may mean buying two. Leave the locking key in the glovebox. Park on a Kinwarton drive or in Bulls Head Yard, not on Henley Street.
Run-flats are awkward to repair. Many tyre makers restrict it or advise against it, especially once it has run deflated on the A46 bypass. The fitter removes it and looks at the inner wall first. If it cannot be saved, a correctly rated run-flat goes on at your Kinwarton drive or in Bulls Head Yard car park.
Pick the tyre, and it gets fitted on your Alcester drive or at work.
