A tire shop with no shop
Istanbul Mobile Tire Service started in 2011 out of a single van and a set of
torque sticks, working out of the Bridlepath area of Richmond Hill. The idea was
simple and it hasn't changed: most tire work doesn't need a building. It needs
someone who knows the torque spec, owns the right equipment, and is willing to
show up when they said they would.
Fifteen years later the van is bigger, the compressor is quieter, and the
customer list runs from single-car households in Unionville to landscaping crews
with nine trucks. We still answer the phone ourselves. We still tell you the
price before we leave the driveway. And if a job turns out to be something we
can't do properly on site, we say so instead of improvising.
Winter is our season — from the first hard freeze in late October through the
thaw in April, the schedule fills two to three days out. Book the swap early.
The rest of the year we handle flats, batteries, brakes and the maintenance
that's easier to ignore than to book.