Nearly every interwar semi on the Weoley Castle estate has a drive, which makes new tyres a home job: size from the sidewall, make of your choosing, fitted and balanced on Alwold Road.
Tyres on Weoley Castle cars wear in predictable ways. The steep, pitted descents of Barnes Hill and Shenley Lane towards Selly Oak hammer the fronts, the daily run to Queen Elizabeth Hospital adds the miles, and the tight junctions round the Square scuff the outer edges. When the tread is down to the wear bars or the MOT is looming, there is no need to drive to a depot on Bristol Road: the size is printed on the tyre wall and the fitting happens on your drive.
Note the code moulded into the sidewall, 185/65 R15 for instance, and say what the car is and how it is used. You get three choices in that size, a budget make, a mid-range and a premium, each priced with the fitting, and the one you pick is what you pay. Park on the drive or hard standing, not the grass verge, and on Gregory Avenue each wheel is mounted, balanced and torqued before the old set is carried away.
On the drive or the hard standing of any house from Barnes Hill across to the Woodgate Valley edge, in Shenley Fields, or on a firm kerb off Castle Road. Not on the soft verges, and not in the short-stay bays at the Square.
| Postcodes | B29 |
|---|---|
| Typical arrival | A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours |
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Choosing a Weoley Castle tyre begins with the sidewall. After a size such as 185/65 R15 comes a code like 88T for load and top speed; a Weoley Castle car marked XL or run-flat needs that same marking on its new tyre. The two fronts, or the two rears, are best kept to one make and pattern, so read the partner tyre before ordering. Keep any wheel nut key handy in the glovebox, and park on the drive or a tarmac kerb off Castle Road, off the grass verge.
Drivers in B29 sometimes ask about moving from run-flats to conventional tyres. That is possible, yet cars built for run-flats rarely have a spare, so keep a sealant kit aboard, and never run one of each type across an axle. The fitter uses your drive or hard standing off Castle Road for the job, and keeps off the soft verge.
New tyres brought to your Weoley Castle drive, fitted, balanced, old ones removed.
