UK drivers will spend three full days of their lives waiting in garages just to get their tyres changed, according to AA Tyres. Motorists who got their tyres changed last year spent an average of an hour and ten minutes in garages doing so and in a lifetime this means the average UK driver will spend around 76 hours waiting for tyres to be fitted – the equivalent of driving non-stop from London … [Read more...]
Newslines 30 June
McLaren fans will have a chance to build a 720S at Goodwood - out of Lego. The model will arrive at the motoring festival assembled from 267,300 bricks but fans can add the final 12,700 over the event, and then it’ll weigh 1.6 tonnes, more than the real car. An alarming number of Brits could soon be driving on unsafe part-worn tyres, as new research by AA Tyres, the AA’s mobile tyre fitting … [Read more...]
Newslines 30 May
Subaru and the Caravan and Motorhome Club have teamed up to offer the Club’s members a Caravanning Accessory Pack free of charge when they purchase a Subaru Forester or Outback. The pack worth consists £1,400 worth of Subaru accessories; a tow bar, 13 pin electrics kit, full size spare wheel and tyre. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has launched its comprehensive annual … [Read more...]
Newslines 1 October
The average Welsh driver spends about six months sitting in a traffic jam through their entire motoring life, according to a new poll for AA Tyres, the AA’s mobile tyre fitting service. That’s enough time to backpack half-way around the world. The Department for Transport has proposed a change in legislation that will allow UK operators to use trucks that run on gas fuels without having to … [Read more...]
Tradelines 21 September
The UK’s appetite for on-demand services continues to gather pace as AA Tyres has grown its fleet of vans by 40% in response to escalating demand. The ten new Volkswagen Crafter vans will allow AA Tyres to push into the West Country, where the demand for mobile tyre fitting in Bristol, Bath and the surrounding areas has surged. Volkswagen is making slow progress in repairing its illegal … [Read more...]