S&K Mechanics Ltd

As a mobile mechanic in Redditch, we get asked this a lot. Do I need to take it to a garage, or can you sort it on my drive? The honest answer is that it depends on the job. Here's how we'd think about it. What a mobile mechanic is good for A lot more than most people expect. Servicing, brake pads and discs, batteries, starter motors, alternators, suspension parts and tracking down warning lights can usually all be done at your house or at work, anywhere in Redditch and the surrounding areas of Worcestershire. We bring the tools and the parts with us, and you carry on with your day. You can see everything we do on our services page . The biggest win is time. There's no dropping the car off first thing and no waiting around for a phone call to say it's ready. For busy people, and anyone with kids to get to school, that can matter more than anything else. When a garage makes more sense Some bigger jobs need the car up on a ramp or heavy equipment that won't fit...

The cold mornings are back. Every year the first frost brings the same phone calls around Redditch. Cars that won't start. Windscreens that won't clear. Most of it can be caught early with a few checks you can do on your own driveway in about ten minutes. 1. Tyres The legal minimum tread in the UK is 1.6mm across the central three quarters of the tyre. Grip drops off well before that though, especially on wet or icy roads, and a lot of people in the trade suggest around 3mm for winter. Here's an easy test. Put a 20p coin into the main grooves. If you can see the outer band of the coin, get your tyres looked at. Check the pressures while you're down there. Cold weather drops tyre pressure, so a tyre that was fine in September might be low now. The right figures are in your handbook, or on a sticker inside the driver's door or fuel flap. 2. Battery Flat batteries are the most common winter breakdown we see. Cold makes it harder for a battery to do its job, and...