Car Tyres in Wakefield: How to Choose the Right Tyres for Long-Distance UK Travel

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Some people do not travel much, rarely leaving their city boundaries, and are content with letting their local community satisfy all their needs. Then some occasionally venture away from home, planning their excursions, whether abroad or elsewhere in the UK, like military exercises, filled with mistrust and anxiety about being outside their comfort zone. And then there are the others: those who often travel for work and for leisure, holidaying abroad, travelling the country for work, and generally getting to see as much of the world as possible. 

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It doesn't matter which camp you fall into: staying local to Wakefield and its surrounding areas such as Pontefract, Knottingley, Featherstone and Castleford, among others or if you are always jetting off to the furthest reaches of the globe, or even if you fall (like so many of us) somewhere in between, taking occasional overseas holidays, plenty of day trips – such as taking in the beauties of South Wales: from Cardiff Castle and the Principality Stadium to the beautiful national parks (one lies entirely along the Welsh coast) to the Mumbles. 

However you spend your days exploring out of the house, you will need good tyres fitted to your car. Fortunately, car tyres in Wakefield are not too hard to find: all you have to worry about is ensuring you get the right ones for your car! Let’s see how to choose the right tyres for your long-distance travel in the UK.

Check the Specs 

Before you get your car tyres in Wakefield, first open your car owner's handbook and check out the requirements for your tyres. Most hand-books these days will give you clearly explained makes and models of tyres that will fit your car, but some might give you more general specifications that you should adhere to: for this, you might need to consult the lengthy alphanumeric code embossed onto the existing tyres, for comparison with the new ones. This code can tell you a lot about your tyres, from their width, the sidewall height, the tyre's age, how much weight it can carry and how fast it can safely go, among other things. Once you are sure what specifications your new tyres should have, you can go ahead and source your new tyres. If you are struggling to find car tyres in Wakefield, Reg Greenwood is offering competitive prices with branch fitting and mobile fitting options. 

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Changing Car tyres Wakefield has Options! 

You can get your tyres changed one of two ways: firstly, you can take your car to a garage, and wait several hours as they work on four or five cars all at once – this is perfectly normal for a garage that must maximise the actions of their in-house mechanics, but it can be quite time-consuming – or you can opt to change your car tyres in Wakefield at the landmark or destination of your own choosing! That's right, you can book your appointment and have the mobile tyre fitting van meet you at the place of your choosing. All they need is a fairly modest amount of space and a reasonable guarantee of safety (no parking on the side of a busy road, or in the middle of a thoroughfare, in other words) in which to work.

While the mobile tyre fitter gets on with replacing your tyres – a process that will take about two hours for all four tyres to be changed, aligned and the wheels balanced – you can get on with your errands, visit a museum or do some shopping or otherwise have fun, not thinking about your tyres until you receive the notification that the work is all done. An added benefit of getting to know a mobile tyre fitter is that the service doubles as emergency roadside assistance, so you could call your go-to tyre fitter to come and render aid, should you break down as you travel, whether locally within Wakefield, or even as far afield as South Wales – a Yorkshire car tyre fitter might not travel all the way to Wales, but they can probably connect with their counterpart that works closest to your current destination. 

Closing Thoughts on Car Tyres in Wakefield 

If you aren't used to travelling, you might not be aware that car tyres can degrade much more quickly on long trips due to the extra wear and tear that occurs when tyres have warmed up and been heavily used: a hundred miles over a week, to and from the school or office, for example, is less wearing than a hundred miles all in one go, often at relatively high speeds… 

With this in mind, keep an eye on your tyres and make sure you replace them promptly when it becomes necessary.