Re: New tyres
Be careful they don't try and charge you for "tracking" the wheels. An old trick to get more money out of you.
This causes one part of a tyre (usually the front) to have more wear on one the edge than the other edge.
if the centre of the tread is worn then the tyre pressure is too high preventing the whole width of the tyre tread to be on the road
how do you check tyre pressure?
handy little tool anyone can use (makes checking spare wheel tyre pressure a doddle)
all you do is remove the tyre valve dust cover and press the tool nozzle over the valve thread . will be a little hiss of air but not enough to worry about when first placed over valve
Hold it there for a second and the tyre pressure shows in the screen. Then just check that with what is on the tyre or in the hand book
another little hady tool is this tyre depth tread guage
just put the little spade end into the tread recess and slide the casing down to the tread itself. the reading on the end gives the depth of tread left
Both tools can save a shed load of money , if still not sure a neighbour will be able to do it for you
halfords also do a very good tyre inflator compressor
Those squerty tyre inflators for a puncture are useless.
Always carry a proper spare wheel even if it is a space saver type.
TRUE STORY
Sue said not don't bother to get a spare wheel (space saver)
infact was quite annoyed when I insisted, she was happy with a squerty thing
Not wanting to pay dealer prices I spotted new ones on ebay for a fraction of the price so bought one for her car anyway
Sue was not at all happy UNTIL. only a few weeks later
She was seeing our son in Brighton and the car went down a deep pothole ripping a tyre. So she called out one of the services and their first question was "Do you have a spare wheel"
She said I had insisted that she had one and he said best thing she ever got ,at least she could go to a garage or home without a tow/piggyback instead