Does BR2 mean you will arrive in a fixed number of minutes?

No. Traffic in Bromley, and how far the technician has to travel, set the time for BR2. We tell you that time before you accept it.

What should I say when I call from BR2?

Say the street in Shortlands, the code BR2, what the tyre looks like, and whether you have the locking wheel nut key. A photo helps if you can take one safely.

Can every flat tyre in BR2 be repaired on the street?

No. A repair in BR2 is only suitable when the damage is in the central tread and the tyre can come off the wheel for an internal patch. Sidewall cuts in Shortlands are replacements.

BR2

Mobile tyre fitting in Shortlands

Mobile tyre fitting in Shortlands means a technician comes to the vehicle in BR2, checks the tyre, and either patches a suitable puncture from the inside or fits a replacement.

What BR2 refers to

BR2 is in Bromley. BR is the Bromley postcode area, including Orpington and Beckenham. It is Greater London, with suburban drives and the A21 corridor.

Shortlands is one district in BR2. The same outward code also covers Keston (BR2), West Wickham (BR2), Biggin Hill (BR2), and Hayes, Bromley (BR2).

Places near Shortlands

BR5 (Petts Wood), BR3 (Beckenham), and BR1 (Bromley) are in the same postcode area as BR2.

Other places in this postcode area include St. Pauls Cray (BR7), West Wickham (BR2), Beckenham (BR3), Biggin Hill (BR2), Bromley (BR1), Chelsfield (BR6), Chislehurst (BR7), and Downe (BR6). Also nearby: Downham is BR1, Green Street Green is BR6, Hayes, Bromley is BR2, Keston is BR2, Orpington is BR6, and Park Langley is BR3. Book Shortlands with the postcode on the vehicle.

The locking wheel nut in Shortlands

A large share of delays on a BR2 call-out are missing locking wheel nut keys, not missing tyres. Before you call from Shortlands, look in the glovebox, the boot wallet, and the service book. If the key is lost, say that at the start. The visit can still happen, but the time and the method change, and you should hear that before anyone sets off.

What BR2 does to the clock

Arrival in Shortlands is the drive from a free technician plus the traffic on that route. We do not publish a minute count for BR2. You get a window on the phone, and you can decline it. Night, school-run, and match-day traffic are different journeys even when the postcode is the same.

The inside of the tyre

The finished repair for a puncture in Shortlands is a patch from the inside, after the tyre is off the rim, in the manner of BS AU 159. A rope plug pushed in from the outside is not that repair. We will not describe it as one. If BR2 is a roadside spot, we still need enough room to take the wheel off.

Booking Shortlands

Wheel nuts on the BR2 car are checked before the jack is lowered. In the same visit, A soft verge in BR2 is a poor place to stand a jack. A sloping BR2 bay is often abandoned in favour of a flatter street. Call 020 8088 3978 for Shortlands.

For BR2, call 020 8088 3978. Cars and light vans. The figure is agreed before the wheel comes off.

Questions about Shortlands

Need a technician at the vehicle? Call or get a quote.