The performance and safety of your tires will depend on the quality and the depth of your tread. With diminishing tread depth your properties will gradually decline. Once you reach the threshold value of 5/32 inches the properties go below the recommended safety level. This is more important for winter tires as they have to …
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All-season tires are great for most seasons but not for all seasons as the name suggests. The name all-seasons would mean that they are suited for winter, spring, summer and fall however this is not the case. The all-season tires do not hold the “Three Peak Mountain Snowflake” emblem like dedicated winter tires or all-weather …
When you are about to purchase new tires for your car, you should start with knowing which dimension of winter tires that you are looking for. If you have checked on your current tires what the dimension is or checked in the owner’s manual, you can then visit a tire shop or then search for …
The reason for changing to winter tires during the winter season is to have improved safety. The advantage with winter tires at low temperatures they will remain soft and flexible. When all-season tires will turn hard at low temperatures, decreasing it’s friction with the road, the safety decreases. Hard tires will not be able to …
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All-weather tires are approved for winter use. This is because hold the “Three Peak Mountain Snowflake” emblem which signifies that they have passed required performance criteria in snow testing and are thereby considered severe snow service rated. This is in fact, the same emblem held by winter tires. All-weather tires have one great advantage over …
Now when you face winter condition, it is not enough that you managed to change from all-season tires to winter tires, you also need to check that the winter tires are in good condition. Winter conditions are so challenging to drive in, that you definitely need to get the best performance from your car tires. …
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The tires destined for use with SUVs tend to be larger dimension tires. They are also made to handle the additional weight of the SUVs and should also be able to handle the type of driving you expect to do with your SUV. It also needs to be considered what kind of weather you will …
This may be the situation you have feared, because you have postponed your tire change. The thing is, you should have changed to winter tires much earlier. Now you are in a situation that you have all-season tires on your car and they are not safe to drive on snow. It is definitely not recommended …
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Studded tires are limited to winter use. This makes them less flexible than all-weather tires that are also rated for winter use. In fact, the all-weather tires hold the same “Three Peak Mountain Snowflake” emblem as winter tires, signifying that they have passed required performance criteria in snow testing, making them severe snow service rated. …
When it comes to changing tires from your all-season to winter tires, people seem to want to make sure that they change to tires the day the weather changes. It is almost like it is a sport guessing it precisely. What they don’t realize is that it is associated with danger to change your tires …
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