Term-time cars on Tiverton Road, family cars on Selly Park drives and a hatchback that limped into Battery Retail Park off the A38: new tyres in Selly Oak are fitted where each of them stands.
Selly Oak buys tyres in two seasons. September brings cars down from home to Bournbrook with tread that was borderline in July, and the first MOT of term shows it. The rest of the year it is Selly Park households replacing a worn pair before a holiday and hospital staff whose Bristol Road commute chews through fronts. In both cases the car is parked on a terrace or a drive, and moving it to a depot in Northfield adds nothing but an afternoon.
The size comes from the sidewall or the registration; a photo of the marking is best on a hand-me-down car. You are offered a budget option, a mid-range one and a premium brand, each priced on the phone so the decision is made before the van leaves. On Dawlish Road or a Selly Park drive the wheel is removed, the old tyre stripped off, the new one mounted, balanced and refitted at the correct torque, and the worn casing goes away in the van.
A Bournbrook permit street where your permit or visitor voucher is on display, a Selly Park or Weoley Park driveway, a Battery Retail Park bay away from the store doors, or a side road off Harborne Lane. Not the Bristol Road bus lanes.
| Postcodes | B29 |
|---|---|
| Typical arrival | A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours |
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Hand-me-down cars in Bournbrook sometimes wear a mix of sizes, so read all four sidewalls. The string gives width, profile and rim, then a load number and speed letter, both of which a Selly Oak replacement must meet. XL or run-flat markings should be copied across. Tyres sharing an axle ought to match. If the car came from home, ask whoever gave it where the locking nut key lives. A permit bay on Tiverton Road with the permit on show, or a Selly Park drive, suits the fitting.
A secondhand car may have come with run-flats nobody mentioned. Check for an absent spare and a sidewall code such as RFT, ZP or DSST, and include it with your photo. The fitter can bring the correct run-flat to a Weoley Park drive, a Selly Park side road or a retail park bay in B29, though never to the Bristol Road bus lanes.
New tyres brought to Bournbrook, Selly Park or the retail park and fitted at the car.
