I also use blackcircles, they use a network of franchise operators around the country. Once you have been to your local one then have a chat and go direct to them. They will provide the same service but without the additional charge that Blackcircles make, so are even cheaper. My local "blackcircles" place is superb. My car has a booked in time, I don't wait around and have never been there longer than 20 minutes. The only disadvantage is that most don't carry any stock so you can't juist go there on spec. This isn't usually something that Kwik Fit or ATS do anyway for these cars, so not much difference. When I first had my xfire I had a puncture and it took Kwik Fit 3 days to find tyres !! I gave up.

Just linking this to the thread on warranties. When I had my puncture ( more like a gash, probably caused by the metal roads they roll out across the fields) at Goodwood last year on the Friday, getting a tyre almost became a nightmare. Chrysler couldn't source one until the Monday and was going to have my car recovered to a dealer near there and give me a courtesy car. After explaining I really needed my Crossfire because I was meeting a bunch of fellow Crossfire owners at Chatsworth the service manager at the local dealers found some at a local specialist performance tyre centre. From calling Mondial Assist from a field being recovered and being on my way took less than 2 hours. The best thing was that both my rears were down to nearly 2 mm anyway so had both changed and got the Chrsyler trade discount for Sport Contact 3s. This was the sort of situation that you expect to be ripped off, stuck in a field at the mercy of Chrsyler and needing new tryes. I have since bought a set of spares from e-bay to keep in the garage. As I have personal RAC cover as well from my other car I could choose to be recovered home through the RAC as the Chrysler option doesn't do this. As I bought a set of 4 wheels with almost new tyres I will be selling a pair eventually when the tyres wear down. I got all 4 wheels and tyres for £430 !!

Just as an aside Goodwood provided free AA cover at the event. They were very nice but ineffective. their best option was to leave my car in the field for 4 days and get a tyre fitter out on the Monday because no-one within 50 miles or whatever the AA man said, had a tyre for my car that could be fitted on the Friday or Saturday !!!

Personally reccomend being prepared with a plan for what you would do if you have a puncture and are miles away from home and your tyre can't be repaired. It's happened to me twice in 18 months covering over 20,000 miles !

I have calculated that my rear tyres on their own have cost me 4.5 pence per mile that I have driven !! I'll stop now.... otherwise my tyre stories will turn into a novel.

regards,

Paul ( punctured ) Gough