Grantleys Limited

18/12/2025

It has been a pleasure to keep you all on the road this year.
We will be closing for the Christmas break on the 23rd December and reopening on the 5th January to allow our team a restful time with their family and friends and be back refreshed and ready to go in 2026. Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year 🎄

15/12/2025

Another year of donating to the Foodbank to help families and bring them some Christmas cheer.
Thank you for inviting us to donate for another year and for all the organisation that goes into this. I do believe more businesses got involved this year and donations however big or small are really welcomed so if it's something you want your business to get involved in for next Christmas then contact Paul

11/12/2024

If you are planning a trip over the Christmas break the RAC have a great map which shows you where the major roadworks are allowing you to plan for that extra time needed or maybe a new route to take. 🚗

RAC Traffic News lets you plan your route by giving you live traffic updates along a route you select or a traffic report for a location of your choice in the UK.

11/12/2024

Wishing all our customers a very Happy Christmas and New Year.

We will be closing for the Christmas break on the 20th December and will reopen on the 2nd January at 8am.

10/07/2023

Are you driving to France this summer. We learnt some new information this weekend and wanted to share it with you.
Crit'air scheme which has been around in France for some time now has made some changes coming into effect this summer.

In January 2017, the French government introduced 'clean air' windscreen stickers as a legal requirement in some of its cities. These identify a vehicle’s emissions levels and, in some cases, restrict access in order to improve air quality.
British drivers heading to France are advised that driving without a sticker, called a Crit'Air vignette – which costs just €4.61 (including postage) per vehicle – makes them culpable for an on-the-spot fine of up to €135.

Although there were changes made in the summer of 2019, the French government has updated the Crit’Air Scheme for a post-pandemic era.
French low emission zones (ZCRs)
Permanent low emissions zones (known as ZCRs) restrict access (both for driving and parking) to certain vehicles based on their Crit’Air vignette, only allowing access for those displaying a certain category.

These restrictions are in place permanently (usually between certain hours and/or on certain days) and all vehicles seeking entry will need to physically display a sticker regardless of their category, or risk landing a fine.

As of July 2023, ZCRs that might affect drivers arriving from the UK are currently implemented in the following locations in France:

Aix-Marseille-Provence region
Bordeaux
Clermont-Ferrand
Grenoble
Lille
Lyon
Montpellier
Nice
Paris
Reims
Strasbourg
Toulouse

The French capital actually has two permanent low-emissions zones in place – the Greater Paris ZCR and the Central Paris ZCR.

The Central Paris ZCR (also known as the City of Paris ZCR) was France’s first low-emissions zone. The ZCR was introduced back in September 2015 and currently covers the entire area within the Boulevard Périphérique ring-road.

From July 2023, more stringent rules have been introduced in the ZCR, meaning that only vehicles displaying Crit’Air vignettes E, 1 or 2 are allowed to enter the city between 0800 and 2000, Monday to Friday. From January 2024, the scheme becomes more restricted with all diesel vehicles set to be banned from entering and only vehicles displaying Crit'Air E or 1 vignettes being permitted. A zero-emissons zone is planned for 2030.

The Greater Paris ZCR (also known as a ZPE - Zone à Faibles Emissions) is a permanent low-emissions zone established in July 2019 that largely corresponds to the area within the city’s A86 ‘outer’ ring road.

In participating areas, only vehicles displaying Crit’Air vignettes E, 1 and 2 are allowed to enter between 0800 and 2000 from Monday to Friday. From 2024, diesel vehicles will be banned and only cars with Crit'Air 1 vignettes will be valid.

If you're caught in the French capital breaking any of these bans, you risk a fine of up to €68 for cars and motorbikes, or €135 if you're driving a truck.

To also add the sticker once received must be placed on the right hand side of your windscreen.

The website address to apply for this is as follows -

https://www.certificat-air.gouv.fr/certificat/demande/ext/vehicules

Please be aware there are other websites running scams on this

24/04/2023

Do you need an MOT?
We have some spaces this week!

24/04/2023

Smart motorways are a contentious topic. The Department for Transport has even been forced to pause the rollout of all-lane-running (ALR) smart motorways as many of us will have seen in the recent news.
What is a smart motorway?
A smart motorway is a section of a motorway that uses traffic management methods to increase capacity and reduce congestion in particularly busy areas. These methods include using the hard shoulder as a running lane and using variable speed limits to control the flow of traffic.

Tips for driving on a smart motorway.
Never drive in a lane closed by a 'red X'
Keep to the speed limit shown on the gantries
A solid white line indicates the hard shoulder - never drive in it unless directed
A broken white line indicates a normal running lane.

If your vehicle experiences difficulties, exit the smart motorway immediately if possible and find a place of relative safety to stop.
Emergency refuge areas (ERAs), or SOS areas, are located on smart motorways and designed to offer a place of relative safety for stranded vehicles on roads without hard shoulders. More often than not they are painted orange for improved visibility, they appear up to every 1.5 miles on ‘all lane running’ smart motorways.

Stationary vehicles are detected on smart motorways through CCTV cameras and technology through a system called MIDAS, which picks up slowing traffic because of an incident. More intelligent radar technology known as ‘stationary vehicle detection’ (SVD) is used on a few stretches of ‘all lane running’ smart motorways, which automatically picks up a stranded vehicle. The technology can detect stationary vehicles up to 16 minutes quicker than a camera-based system. Unfortunately the SVD isn't available on many of the smart motorways!
The key to this is keep your car well maintained. Regular servicing will ensure you vehicle is safe on the road but sometimes we get these unexpected breakdowns which cannot be foreseen!

06/04/2023

Wishing all our customers a Happy Easter Break.
We will be back open on Tuesday 11th April.

24/02/2023

We have one MOT slot available next week. Thursday 2nd March at 3pm.
Our next available slot after this will be Friday 10th March 🚗

23/02/2023

Is your service and MOT due on your car during the Easter holidays? Why not book a slot with us, we are a short walk across to the leisure park. So we can keep your car safe on the road whilst you entertain the kids with a trip to the cinema, bowling, swimming or even some ice skating!

23/12/2022

Wishing all our Wonderful Customers a very Happy Christmas. 🎄

We are now closed and will reopen on the 3rd January. 🚗

Enjoy the holidays and stay safe 🚗

09/12/2022

Sorry we couldn’t be there for the delivery! But how fantastic that we could provide these to families in need 🥰

Our Christmas mission is complete. 🎄

The Christmas boxes have now all been successfully delivered to the great team at the Basingstoke food bank.

Thanks again to the kind people and Grantleys Limited for helping us deliver even more goodies this year.