Using all-weather tires instead of changing between all-season tires and winter tires to cover the year might sounds like the best thing since sliced bread and you might wonder why not everyone is using these tires. All-weather tires are basically hybrids between all-season and winter ties that can be used all year around. But they …
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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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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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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All-season tires are not approved for winter use because they have not passed required criteria in snow testing and therefore do not hold the “Three Peak Mountain Snowflake” symbol. This emblem is only held by winter tires and all-weather tires to signify that they can be considered severe service rated for snow and ice. It …
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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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When it comes to winter/snow tires, not all manufacturers have products in this category, as it is a more challenging tire to build tires that can cope with winter conditions. The pioneer within this field is Nokian Tyres that have from they invented the category, been leading it in terms of safety and performance. Developed …
One tire manufacturer is superior to the rest when it comes to winter tires Read More »