Tim in Scotland wrote:

these are very unusual tyres and your local depot has only 2 in stock and we are shipping the other 3 from Maidstone

Tim in Scotland wrote:

That’s some white van man that can get from Maidstone to Central Scotland in 3.5 hours- so there really isn’t anything quicker than a Kwikfit fitter (in a white van!)

discomog wrote:

urm - Skoda taxi parked outside my neighbours a couple of weeks ago, one of the rear tyres looked like an F1 slick so I quickly looked round at the others. There were three different makes and all had different tread depths. So much for professional drivers. I somehow don't think they're the best people to advise on tyres

Tim in Scotland wrote:

Probably wouldn’t have offered me an appointment today, online I had today or tomorrow Morning after buying on Monday.
Tomorrow I cannot do as I have a video conference in the morning

Now here’s a question - nothing to do with KwikFit - why would JLR set the MINIMUM recommended pressure for the spare at 50psi, I nearly burned out my little plug in compressor to clear the “low tyre pressure” TPMS warning on that tyre, the fitter left it at a, to me, perfectly reasonable 40 when the other tyres are 33.5 at the front and 36.3 at the rear? All the others were less than 1Lb out.

Despite not being able to use his balancing machine on my drive, I’ve just been for a blast onto the motorway and a run to the next junction at 70 and could feel any wheel wobble on the fronts, but as I have a free balancing I’ve been told to go in tomorrow once my meeting is finished and they’ll put them on the machine at the depot. When he arrived the fitter did say that he occassionally couldn’t get bigger than 20’s onto his in van balancer and mine was so tight on the spindle he could even rotate it by hand. You would think with so many cars running > 20” wheel/tyre combos that the person who designed the workshop in the van might have considered that big wheels are so common now.

Keep an eye on them at all times when you take it in. Years ago I was away near Oxford caravanning and had two offside tyre on my RR classic puncture on some barbered wire, the only place I could find open to replace the tyre was Kwikfit, I had the vehicle recovered to the depot, I sat having a free coffee while they did the work, the girl on the reception called me over to tell me they had the balancing to do and it would be finished. I looked through the window behind her and to my horror saw that this you kid was about to wind up the on vehicle balancing machine, I raced out of the reception screaming for someone to stop him, He turned round and came over saying its okay sir we know what we are doing while the manager and other fitters tried to stop me from getting to the vehicle. I had to point out that it was a four by four an automatic box. They could not comprehend what damage they could cause. Don't make old people mad.
We don't like being old in the first place,
so it doesn't take much to us off.

Richard

Tim in Scotland wrote:

He’s got a nifty Air powered jack in his van, looks a bit heath robinson but it certainly works well.
There is a problem though - the wheel/tyre combo is too big to fit his balancing machine in the van so I get a credit for that and a free appointment at my local branch to get them balanced tomorrow or Friday.

That looks very much like and air suspension bag that been put to another use. Don't make old people mad.
We don't like being old in the first place,
so it doesn't take much to us off.

Richard

Tim in Scotland wrote:

... Now here’s a question - nothing to do with KwikFit - why would JLR set the MINIMUM recommended pressure for the spare at 50psi, I nearly burned out my little plug in compressor to clear the “low tyre pressure” TPMS warning on that tyre, the fitter left it at a, to me, perfectly reasonable 40 when the other tyres are 33.5 at the front and 36.3 at the rear? All the others were less than 1Lb out. ...