Buying new tyres in Edgbaston need not involve a depot on the Hagley Road. Read the size off the sidewall, pick a grade, and the pair is fitted on your Calthorpe Estate drive.
Cars in Edgbaston do serious mileage for a city district: consultants commuting to the QE from beyond the M5, academics on the Bristol Road every working day, families on the Calthorpe Estate crossing Priory Road for school. Tread wears down evenly and goes unnoticed until an MOT advisory or a long wet stop at Five Ways. Replacing tyres here usually means an axle pair on a car that lives on a private drive, which suits a mobile visit far better than a Saturday queue.
Send a sidewall photo or the registration and we match size, speed rating and load index. Choose budget, mid-range or premium; the cost of each option is given on the call and settled before the booking is made. On the day the fitter lifts the wheel on your drive, mounts the new tyre, balances it on the machine in the van, torques the nuts to the manufacturer's figure and takes the old casing away with him.
A drive on the Calthorpe Estate, a staff street near Metchley Lane, a campus car park once the fitter has been met at the barrier, or a turning off the Pershore Road. Not the Hagley Road bus lanes and not inside the QE multi-storeys.
| Postcodes | B15, B16 |
|---|---|
| Typical arrival | A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours |
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Before ordering, kneel beside a front wheel of the Edgbaston car and copy the whole code, say 235/40 R18 95Y. The 95 is the load figure and Y the speed class; the new tyre must match or better both. XL, RSC or a run-flat logo beside it changes what gets loaded at Brent Cross. Front pair or rear pair, both sides of an axle wear identical tyres. Mention where the wheel-lock key hides, then leave the car on the Calthorpe Estate drive with the wheel side clear.
With run-flats the car can feel almost normal after losing air, so the dashboard pressure alert is the real safeguard. When a replacement goes on at a Calthorpe Estate drive or a university car park, sourced to the original size and speed rating, that alert is checked and reset where the car requires it. Keep the Hagley Road bus lanes clear.
New tyres brought to your Edgbaston drive, campus bay or hospital street and fitted right there.
