As fuel prices continue to rocket upwards, many of us are wondering how we can squeeze a few extra miles out of our tank. In response, there’s been a surge of ‘how to’ articles appearing on news and motoring websites…. read more
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When the Russian army rolled into Ukraine in mid-February, the outcome seemed inevitable. Expert opinion predicted that resistance would be crushed within days. After all, the Ukrainians were facing the world’s 5th largest armed forces, a mighty war machine of… read more
In writing this article, we’re not trivialising or ignoring the enormous human tragedy unfolding in front of us in the Ukraine. But reporting or discussing global events is well beyond our scope — all we can reasonably do is comment… read more
So, you’re googling tyre-fitting services in one of the counties we serve — Oxfordshire, Berkshire or Buckinghamshire — and you stumble across BK Tyres. The site looks OK and you can see we have a big range of tyres. The… read more
In Part One of this article, we reported on an ingenious driving system that’s in the pipeline — a gas jet that automatically blasts away surface water to prevent aquaplaning. This time, we’ll look at another clever development that centres… read more
As tyre experts, our job is to know what tyres are available on the market right now, so we can fit the most appropriate products and advise our customers. But we’re also interested in what’s coming up next in the… read more
Did you know that October is Tyre Safety Month? The idea behind it is straightforward: a month-long bout of awareness raising, encouraging vehicle owners to think about tyre safety. It’s hard to disagree with when poor tyre maintenance still claims… read more
In Part One of this post, we looked at the reasons behind the new changes in UK tyre labelling. In case you really don’t have five minutes to read it, we can sum up the reasons like this: at the… read more
At BK Tyres, we’re all in favour of customers having all the key information they need to make informed buying choices. A quick glance through our extensive stock shows that we prominently display all the tyre label information next to… read more
In Part One, we looked at the challenges that EVs (electric cars) are creating for tyre manufacturers — and why they’re not quite as bad as we first thought. In this part, we’ll look at how manufacturers are… read more