Town-centre fumes from Fairfield to the Purley Way
Driving around central Croydon means a lot of time in close traffic. The roads around Fairfield Halls and No. 1 Croydon feed onto Park Lane and Wellesley Road, where multi-lane traffic runs beside tram tracks and signal-controlled crossings stop it every few hundred yards. Trams cross the roads around the loop, so you wait at their signals too. With the fan on fresh air, the car is drawing in the exhaust of whatever is in front of it.
That's where the choice of cabin filter matters. A standard pollen filter is good at trapping dust and particles, but lets most smells and gases through. An activated carbon filter adds a layer that absorbs some of them, so the cabin smells cleaner in heavy traffic. For private-hire and delivery drivers who spend all day in Croydon traffic, and anyone who regularly queues on the A23 Purley Way, it's the version we'd usually suggest.
High-mileage cars also clog their filters faster. A car working the town centre every day can have a filter that's dark and choked well before its annual service, and you'll notice it as weak airflow, slow demisting or a smell when you first switch on. We replace it, clear the housing, check for damp and run the fan through every speed. Some cars take two filters, and we replace both. If the air conditioning also smells, we can quote for an antibacterial treatment.
From the centre, take the Flyover to Fiveways and follow the A232 west through Waddon and Beddington to Wallington, then turn north up London Road to Hackbridge, around 15 minutes. Most cabin filters take 15 to 30 minutes, so drivers can be back at work quickly, and evening slots up to 8pm help if you drive days. We give a written quote before we start, and a 3-month workmanship warranty on the work.