Several years have passed, and it's time for you to undergo a technical inspection. Arriving at the station, you successfully go through all the procedures, because the car is still, one might say, new, but the mechanic's verdict is harsh: the inspection has not been passed. In the "Wheels and tires" section, a note: too shallow tread depth of tires, too much wear. What do you want? After all, wheel tires are consumables. There is only one way out - replacement with new ones.
Necessary
- - instructions for the car
- - calculator
- - ruler or tape measure with double centimeters-inches measurement system
Instructions
Step 1
First, let's pay attention to the weather conditions outside the window. The tire industry produces car tires for trips in the warm season (summer) - summer tires, and in the cold season (winter) - winter tires. Winter, in turn, are divided into studded and non-studded (all-season). But how do you choose the right ones? Remember where and how you drive.
Step 2
If it is warm outside the window, the sun is warming, or at least there is green grass, then you definitely need summer tires. Driving on tires of this type is assumed at an ambient temperature of +5 degrees and above, this limitation is due to the composition of the rubber compound of the tire. As a rule, summer tires reveal their potential better at higher temperatures.
Step 3
Remember what you wore when you went outside? If you have a down jacket and a hat, you definitely need winter tires. It is recommended to install them on a car when the average daily temperature drops below +5 degrees. If the streets in your city are poorly cleaned, and in winter you hardly see asphalt, the temperature often drops below -15 degrees, do not hesitate to choose studded winter tires. Due to the metal spikes on these tires, it will be safer and more comfortable to move around the snowy year.
Step 4
It would seem that all-season tires should have become an alternative to specialized summer and winter tires, but this is not so, they are only called that. This type of tire is most effective when driving in a narrow temperature range, from plus ten to minus fifteen degrees. They are a spring-autumn option, but they are quite comfortable to move in winter along streets cleaned to asphalt and suburban highways. They perform well on a rough surface, but on ice they will be ineffective.
Step 5
Separately, you should pay attention to the tire tread pattern, it can be directional, symmetrical and asymmetrical. Symmetrical are directional and non-directional. The tread pattern will determine how the car behaves in certain conditions. The directional tread pattern is typical for winter studded tires, it provides additional passability for the car, as well as better evacuation of snow slurry from the contact patch of the wheel and its self-cleaning. Symmetrical and asymmetrical tires are found in summer and winter tires as well as in all-season tires. Their characteristics are about the same, they drain water well from the contact patch, they hold onto the road well. The main difference between asymmetric tires is their better cornering stability at high speeds due to the special structure of the inner shoulder of the tire. So if you like to take turns quickly (within reasonable limits) and not lose control of the car, this is what you need.
