Kerb strikes at the One Stop junction and Aldridge Road potholes sell more new tyres in Perry Barr than plain wear does. Read the sidewall, choose a make, and it is fitted at the car.
Perry Barr is a crossroads, and the rebuilt One Stop junction where the A34 meets the Outer Circle has kerbs that catch a wheel every day. Add the A453 Aldridge Road's potholes and the daM6y grind of Walsall Road traffic from M6 J7, and a Perry Beeches or Birchfield car needs new rubber sooner than the mileage suggests. Look for the code on the sidewall, something like 205/50 R17 and the letters that follow, and send it with the make and model.
Budget, mid-range or premium: the three are quoted for your size and you decide which suits the car. Before anything is loaded, tyre, fitting and callout are totalled, read out and agreed. The fitter then mounts, balances and torques the new tyre on your Booths Farm drive or in a One Stop bay, and the worn tyre goes in the van. Mention whether it is a drive, a Birchfield terrace kerb or a car park level, and give the registration.
Driveways in Perry Beeches, Booths Farm and Perry Village, kerbside on the Birchfield terraces, standard bays in the One Stop car park, and workplace units off Wellhead Lane with the site's say-so. Never on the A34 red route.
| Postcodes | B42, B20 |
|---|---|
| Typical arrival | A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours |
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For the right tyre first time in Perry Barr, photograph the entire sidewall line, which runs from width, profile and rim size to the load index and speed letter, plus any XL or run-flat symbol. A car used daily on the A34 up to M6 J7 needs a speed rating at least equal to the original. Match the pattern across the axle where possible. Keep the locking key with the car, parked in a One Stop bay, on a Booths Farm drive or at a Birchfield terrace kerb.
Never wait on the A34 through Birchfield with a run-flat warning on the dash. The tyre is built to carry the car for a limited distance at reduced speed, as set out in the handbook, so use that to get to Perry Barr's One Stop car park or turn into a road off Wellhead Lane. Ring from there and a matching run-flat can be arranged.
New tyres for a Perry Barr car, chosen from the sidewall and fitted where it is parked.
