What all those numbers on your tyre actually mean
205/55 R16 91V. Five pieces of information, and two of them are legally required to match what the vehicle was built for.
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The questions people ask at the kerb
Written by the fitters, mostly because the same six questions come up every week and the answers online are written by people selling tyres.
No sales pitchSeveral of these cost us money
Written hereNot bought in or spun
UpdatedWhen the answer changes, so does the page
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Send the size and the question. We would rather answer than have you guess.
Price quoted before the van leaves. Nothing added at the kerb.
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Repair or replace? What actually decides it
There are three rules and they are not negotiable. Everything else is a judgement call we will talk you through.
Why part-worn tyres are rarely the bargain they look
Half the price of a new budget tyre for about a third of the life, and a history nobody can see.
1.6mm is the legal limit. It is not the safe one
What happens to wet braking between 3mm and the limit, and why the gap is bigger than most people expect.
The tyre pressure light is on and the tyres look fine
Usually a sensor rather than a puncture. How to tell which, and what it costs either way.
Load and speed ratings on a van, and why they are not optional
Fitting a car tyre to a van is more common than it should be, and it is an MOT failure as well as a bad idea.
Are winter tyres worth it in the Midlands?
An honest answer that costs us a sale most of the time, and the one case where it genuinely does not.
All sizes carried · 13in to 22in · run-flats
Why a tyre fitter writes any of this
Tyres are one of the few things people buy for a vehicle without being able to judge what they got. You cannot feel the difference between a good fitting and a rushed one until something goes wrong, and by then the van is long gone.
Several of these articles cost us money. The part-worn one talks people out of a cheaper option we do not sell anyway, and the winter tyre one tells most readers not to bother. That is the point — if the honest answer loses a sale, it was not a sale worth having.
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