Driving in Manchester, and what it means for your tyres
The city's reputation for rain is not entirely deserved, but there are plenty of grey, damp days, and that makes tread depth the most important thing on a Manchester car. Grip in standing water falls off well before the 1.6mm legal minimum, so most fitters suggest changing tyres at around 3mm, sooner if you do a lot of motorway driving on the M60.
Metrolink trams run on street track through the centre and out along several routes. The rails are smooth steel and can be slippery when wet, so brake gently when crossing them and give them plenty of space. They are also a reason to keep the tyres on the same axle evenly matched.
Greater Manchester does not charge private cars under its Clean Air Zone plans, so getting to a garage does not cost extra. What it does cost is time: the Mancunian Way and the approaches to the centre are slow at rush hour, and a mobile fitting saves the round trip.
Mobile tyre fitting in Manchester
A lot of Manchester lives in terraces and apartment blocks, so the best place for a mobile fitting is often a work car park, a supermarket you are visiting with permission, or a residents' car park rather than a busy terrace street. Tell us where the car will be and how the fitter gets to it, and they will bring the tyres, fit and balance them and take the old ones away.
Workshop fitting near Manchester
If kerbside fitting does not suit, choose a workshop on the network. Each one shows its distance and its fitted price before you book, and a garage is the place for an alignment check if the steering has started to pull.
Where this page covers
Roughly 10 miles around the centre of Manchester, across M1, M2, M3, M4, M8, M9, M11, M12, M13, M14, M15, M16, M19, M20, M21, M22, M23.
Areas: City centre, Ancoats, Northern Quarter, Hulme, Rusholme, Fallowfield, Withington, Didsbury, Chorlton, Levenshulme, Gorton, Cheetham Hill, Blackley, Wythenshawe
Main roads: M60, M602, A57(M) Mancunian Way, A6, A56, A5103 Princess Parkway, M56