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Brabus Smart car

Just did a very nice Brabus Smart car, 225/35/R17Y with reverse rims, nice and easy and the customer was jubilent. If you need tyres, a pucture repair or an allignemt please call us on 0800 783 93 10 and let us help you stay on the road.

New member of staff

Well it has been go go go for the last couple of days, we have a new member of staff that has just started. He is at present going through some basic training before he heads off to Birmingham to the best trainers in the country before he touches a customers car, this means that the high level of customer service that we have achieved is maintained. Once the training has been completed he will be off on the road offering our fantastic service to even more customers.

Autosport show

Attended the Autosport show at the NEC in Birmingham yesterday, lots of exciting stands but the stand out operation was Maxxis. They had a wide range of tyres on display as well as the chapionship winning drift car and driver, lots of information was available and the 'Maxxis babes' looked stunning and generated a lot of intrest from the public. Also on the stand was Shane from boyzone who was talking to the public and being photographed with his fans.

Cracked alloy wheels

Had another customer on Friday with a suspected puncture, turned out to be another cracked alloy wheel from a pot hole. Keep an eye out for pot holes as they can turn out very expensive.

Pot holes and Alloy wheels

Had a customer yesterday who had a puncture, went to look at his wheel and turned out he had cracked his alloy wheel on a pot hole. Try to keep an eye out for pot holes as hitting one can turn out costly, he will now have to find a replacement wheel and then have a new tyre as he had driven on the deflated tyre. This is especially true of low profile tyres as the amount of air between the rim and the road is reduced.

Working on a Ferrari 430 Scuderia

Got a job yesterday working on a Ferrari 430 Scuderia, the car had special wheel nuts that need a special key to remove, the local garages did not have the tool but we do. Be aware of this as if you have a puncture out on the road you might not have the tool as part of your tool kit.

Winter tyres

7 Reasons to Consider Winter Tyres After a week of snow and ice on UK roads people are finally starting to take winter tyres seriously. A legal requirement in most of northern Europe winter tyres are very misunderstood in the UK. Here are 7 reasons you might want to consider swapping to winter tyres. 1) Winter tyres are NOT SNOW TYRES

More snow next week

More snow is scheduled for next week so check out your tyres and ensure you have plenty of tread.

Run flats

Just went to a customer who had ignored the low tyre pressure light on his car. One of the rear tyres was badly damaged on the inside wall, he had been driving around with his family in the car like this for 4 weeks. Luckily nothing nasty happened. Changed the tyre and now he is safe. Just remember that the tyres might look ok on run flats but you could have a hidden problem on the inside tyre wall that you cannot see.

Weather

Just put my winter tyres on the van so the snow will not stop me getting out

Locking wheel nuts

Went to see a customer today but his locking wheel nut was missing from his boot, seems the dealer forgot to replace it in the boot when he had his wheels replaced. We called the dealer and they sent along a selection so I could remove the wheel, good thing he found out at work and not on the side of the motorway. Tyres all fitted and the customer was very happy, another good outcome.