Helpful Tire Tips – Tire Discounters
Do you know your way around a tire? Ben Sweger, Regional Manager of Tire Discounters teaches us some important things to consider before you purchase your next tire.
- Consider your needs: Every tire is labelled with a code that gives insight into its size and capabilities. When choosing the best tires for your car, it is important to consider a variety of different factors: Do you plan to drive long distances? Will you be driving in mostly dry conditions, wet conditions or a mixture of both? Will your car be carrying a high load capacity or a low one? Which tire is designed to best fit your car and provide you with the feel and handling you love?
- VISUAL: Bring a tire to illustrate how it is designed to push away rain or snow.
- Check the warranty: In a perfect world, our tires would last forever and we’d never fathom being stranded with a flat. However, we don’t live in a perfect world. Between potholes, road debris and curbs you swore you never saw coming, tires inevitably make contact with different obstacles that shorten their lifespan.
- Plan for the long run: Make sure you consider the value of your tires in relation to longevity. While a tire with a higher mile warranty might be more expensive upfront, you are actually receiving a lower cost-per-mile rate than if you were to purchase a less expensive tire with a lower mile warranty. While you might be paying more upfront, in reality, you are paying less in the long run.
- Take care of your tires: Just because your tires say they have a mileage warranty of 60,000 miles, you will only get those miles if you take care of your tires. Make sure you get them rotated every 5,000 miles and check your alignment. If your vehicle is out of alignment, it will cause accelerated wear on your tires. When you purchase tires, look for installation packages that include these lifetime tire services or an initial alignment.
- VISUAL: Bring a tire with you to highlight where the “wear indicator” is…and what it means.
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