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Going skiing for Feb half term?

If you are going skiing for the Feb half term don't forget to pack your snow chains. If you are in the French mountains and the snow chains signs have been turned on it is a legal requirement to put your snow chains on. You...
 

Locking wheel nut removal on a BMW X5 in HA7

New customer called needing 4 new tyres on their BMW X5 in HA7. Tyres sizes where 275/40/R20 and 315/35/R20 both run flats and both to be Bridgestone. Gave him a price which he was happy with and arrange to meet him that afternoon at...
 

4 tyres on a Horse box in Radlett WD7

Customer needed 4 tyres fitted to their horse box in Radlett, they did not want to have to take it to a fitting centre so our mobile service is convenient. The horsebox needed 4 175/80/13 95 commercial tyres, we picked GT Maxmillers for...
 

Puncture repair in N11 on a Mercedes E class

Customer called to say they needed 4 new tyre for their Mercedes E Class. Took the details 245/40/18 97Y for the front and 265/35/18 97Y for the rear. Ordered the tyres and arranged to see him on Saturday when it was convenient for...
 

4 TPMS valves (Tyre pressure monitoring valves) on a Bentley in EN1

New customer called to say that he had to MOT his Bentley but he was getting an error on his dash board saying his TPMS valves had failed. Arranged to meet him in 15 minutes (he was only around the corner) to investigate the problem. ...
 

4 225/40/R18 Continentals tyres on Mercedes in NW7

Customer called to say that he needed 4 Continental 225/40/18 tyres on his Mercedes. Ordered the tyres and arranged to meet him the next day to fit them. Turned up at the job and the first thing we do is inspect the tyres that...
 

New French ‘clean air’ sticker for vehicles

The French have introduced a new range of 6 stickers that need to be displayed on all vehicles (including disabled vehicles) to show their pollution levels. At present the only 3 cities that are part of the scheme are Paris, Lyon and...
 

Puncture repair / Run flat tyres / Tyre sealent and spare tyres

Puncture Repair A Tyre Puncture, or as most people call it a flat tyre, is cause if the integrity of the tyre has been compromised (i.e. you have a nail in it), the rim has started to corrode, the tyre valve has failed or maybe the pressures...
 

Tomorrow is plate change day

If you brought your car in March 2014 you will be up for your first MOT in the next couple of days. If you need tyres call Hometyre on 0800 783 93 10 and get them replaced before...
 

Direct TPMS against Indirect TPMS

As the name implies direct TPMS gathers tyre pressure data directly from the TPMS tyre valve. Each wheel is equipped with a sensor that transmits to the car the pressure information in real time. As indicated in the...
 

10 items to prepare your car and van for Winter

Well winter is now well on the way and the temperature is dropping and the evenings are now dark. Here are 10 items that could keep you going or warm if something goes wrong on your journey
 

BMW 3 series in car park 3 at Heathrow

One of our customers from the midlands had a tyre changed at home just before they were going to go on holiday via Heathrow. The only problem was that when the technician in the Midlands inspected the vehicle they found that the car actually...
 

Plate change day is almost here

September is the second plate change day of the year. This will bring in the 66 number plates. If you brought your car 3 years ago in September (plate with a 63) then your car could will soon be due an MOT. Headlights and...
 

Will you be driving in France this summer?

These are the things that you must carry in the car. Headlamp convertors, either the black out type or the beam benders, personally I use the beam benders as the black out type reduce the amount of light that is projected on to the...
 

Locking wheel nut removal in N20 on a Ford Focus

New customer called to say they had a set of locking wheel nuts on their Ford Focus that they needed removing. They had just had a tyre fitted at a well-known high street fast fit centre and the new tyre had gone down. They...
 

Heading off for your summer holiday soon

Well the schools are about to break up for the summer (private schools have already broken up) Most people will be heading off on the annual holiday, all booked up and ready to go. The car will be loaded (probably at some...
 

Holiday season is almost upon us

Well the schools are about to break up for the summer (private schools have already broken up) Most people will be heading off on the annual holiday, all booked up and ready to go. The car will be loaded (probably at some...
 

Goodyear Efficient grip 235/65/17 on a jeep in N8

This is my own car. The old tyres had reached 3mm and it was time to change them as my Wife was about to go on a long trip to Ireland. Even though 3mm is well within the legal limit (1.6mm) the performance of tyres falls dramatically once they...
 

BMW in N20 with a damaged locking wheel nut key

Had a customer on Saturday who had damaged his locking wheel nut key while trying to remove his locking wheel nuts. Looks like the locking wheel nut had been gunned on. He had been trying to remove them because he only had 3...
 

TPMS valve replacement or an extra set

Had a job last Saturday where an existing customer with a Peugeot had ordered 4 new wheels for his car so he could keep his winter tyres on the existing rims and just swap the wheels when summer came. We would be fitting Goodyear Eagle 235/20/19...
 


 


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