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Winter Tires
Our Tip of The Week concerns winter tires. At best most cars comes with all-season or high performance all-season tires. The next level up in terms of winter traction is the proper winter tire. If you are thinking of purchasing winter tires, the most frequently asked question is: "do I need two or four?" The answer to that question is in most cases you should have four winter tires. For example, a front wheel drive car with winter tires on the front wheels only with have fabulous straight line traction: it'll go through the snow in a straight line no problem but breaking and turning is going to be a handful. If you don't have good traction on the rear of that front wheel drive vehicle, even though those rear wheels aren't driven you are apt to have pre-mature lock-up of the rear wheels and a situation where the rear of the car is going to want to skid out when turning or breaking and turning. So four winter tires is the answer for a front wheel drive vehicle.
If your vehicle is four-wheel drive or all-wheel drive you want to take advantage of the great traction that it has, so four winter tires are a given if you are upgrading your winter tires. On a two wheel drive vehicle like on my two wheel drive pick-up, winter tires are okay on the rear wheels providing the front tires are a quality tire with lots of tread depth and the vehicle is driven according to the weather conditions. But by far you are much better with four winter tires on a vehicle like that because there is no such thing as having too much grip in the winter.
That's your Tip of The Week.
From the archives...
Fuel Filling TipsBattery Capacity
Breaking In A New Car
Checking Your Brakelamps
Flooded Engines
Fuel System Additives
Gear Shifter Positions On Your Car
Mechanical Fixes For Winter
Punctured Tires
Seized Spark Plugs
Spare Tires
Starter Motors
Proper Tire Inflation Pressure
Tire Noise
Tramlining
Under-Slung Spare Tire
Warming Up Your Vehicle
Winter Finishes
Winter Tires
Winter Weather
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