Keeping your tyres in check

Grey Lynn Tyreworx owner David Stoddard says his uncle Ray started a car grooming business in this Surrey Crescent location more than 35 years ago.

David started working here in 1991 and in 2007 when his uncle Ray was about to retire, he took the opportunity to keep it in the family and buy the business.

Today, Grey Lynn Tyreworx supplies and sells most brands of tyres and stocks a number of tyre brands some of which include Michelin, Pirelli, Yokohama, Goodyear, Hankook and Nankang. If it doesn't have a particular tyre in stock it will do its very best to source it.

The tyre shop also offers a full range of tyre services including wheel alignment, puncture repairs, mag wheel and tyre packages and batteries.

Most of David’s staff have had previous training but says much of what he knows he has taught himself through the experience he has had from his 26 years working here.

“Road safety is very important," says David, “and now the Warrant of Fitness checks have been stretched out to one year for 10-year -old vehicles and two years for those less than 10 years. I strongly encourage people to check their tyres well before the warrant is due.

“The inside of the tyre can wear more than the outside. This often goes unnoticed until it wears through and collapses all of a sudden while driving. We do free pressure checks and when checking your pressure we will notice a bad tyre.”

David and his team like working in Grey Lynn, they get to meet all types of interesting people and they especially like helping people out with their car issues.

GREY LYNN TYREWORX, 27 Surrey Crescent, T: 09 376 0051
www.greylynntyreworx.co.nz