Lucy Cosgrove

Tyres are one of the most important areas a motorist can check on their car. They are the vehicles main point of contact with the road and subject to a huge amount of wear and tear!  Key triggers for checking your tyres are, before long journeys, when temperatures fluctuate (particularly the cold) and after any contact with the kerb or pothole.  The symbol on your dash that lights up for tyre pressure checks typically looks like this.

Tread depth – The legal limit is 1.6mm and above and your tyre has small square wear indicators -as shown in this picture – that quickly shows you at a glance how they are wearing.  Anything close to…

Our vehicles are a little like us, a bit of regular maintenance and we generally stay in good working order…

How does that translate to your car?

Regular ‘cheaper’ vehicle inspections ‘Health checks’ will catch those small problems before they become painfully bigger and more expensive. Let’s take your brakes for example, it’s cheaper to change just the pads earlier rather than the pads AND discs because they wear down to the metal!

In addition, dirty oil and filters can be like poison to a car, they no longer do their job, and the bad stuff thickens the oil which contaminates the engine!

A good garage is rather like your dentist or Doctor, they get to know you, your car and its history…