Winter tires

Winter tires. A correct choice

So the winter comes, and, hence, any motorist should will take care of a choice of winter tires. In this article we will talk how to choose winter tires that thus it is necessary to consider, the prices for the most popular winter tires and other questions.

All seasonal tires are undesirable

Many motorists believe what to buy all seasonal tires much more favourably. But this benefit consists only in the price. The matter is that summer tires from winter strongly differ: both under rubber characteristics, and on drawing. Therefore in different climatic and weather conditions the same tires will behave differently, sometimes even is unpredictable. Try on summer to leave in ice... Here even matters not wheel thorns (about it we will talk more low). Imagine a pickle, which half - with taste of chocolate. Here approximately and all seasonal tires work. In them developers tried to combine not joint: properties of summer and winter tires.




In the first case it is possible to renounce any characteristics, they practically influence safety. But here in "a winter component" all is much more difficult. Winter tires for this purpose also have been developed to secure the driver on snow-covered or that is even worse, on iced over road. Here it is already necessary to speak about real failures which are made not because of inexperience of the driver or any reasons, namely because of a condition of road and behavior of the car on such road.

All seasonal tires approach, if you go around the city, on well cleared roads and is rare when leave for limits of a route the house - work - shop. Here really there is a sense to get "all seasonal". Well, and if you still go to the country (on a summer residence to drive on skis, to on fishing and etc.) - it is necessary to get winter tires, of course.

How to choose winter tires

In general, winter tires differ on types of drawing of a protector. Happen the European and Scandinavian drawing. Tires with different type of drawing are intended for different winter roads.

The European drawing of tires

Such drawing is very similar on summer against a rain. Its prominent features: diagonal construction with the developed network of taking away channels, a considerable quantity of protectors and powerful for a ground on protector periphery. Tires with such drawing very well behave on road with the become limp snow. Are maintained on roads which are regularly cleared, air temperature rather high. Therefore drawing also is called "European": you in Venice saw snowdrifts? Representatives: GoodYear Medeo, Pirelli SnowSport, Marangoni Meteo ESC, Barum Polaris.

The Scandinavian drawing of tires

For of this kind drawing are characteristic: presence of a considerable quantity of the rectangular or diamond-shaped "drafts" placed in chessboard order. It is made that coupling with snow-covered or iced over road was the best. Very well behave in deep snow. However anything terrible if you use them in the conditions intended for "the European drawing". They will Behave also. Representatives: Nokian Hakkapeliitta 4, Norman, Marangoni M100W, Brigestone BM-Z2.

Thorn on wheels

In conditions, it is far not similar on European, it makes sense to dress thorns or to buy tires with thorns. Quality of thorns will be the main criterion. This procedure is better for spending in specialized workshops or in car-care centers. How to define why the thorn has fallen out? Look at a nest where there was a thorn: if it equal and round - bad thorns if a nest fragmentary - your style of driving is incompatible with "life" of thorns.

Usually thorns on wheels the minimum for two seasons, but frequently no more than four suffices. The subsequent thorns hardly will bring to you the big confidence on road: tires grow old. And still council: change driving wheels with conducted so thorns will wear out more uniform more often.