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The Time To Buy Your Winter Tires Is Now
Now is the time to buy winter tires. Not tomorrow, not next week and certainly not next month. The reason for this is that by mid-November, there will be nary a winter tire in the manufacturers’ warehouses. All of the 2010 winter tires will be at dealers and tire distributors. The racks will be […]
Why winter tires? There are many reasons
We all like to save a little money, but scrimping on the number of winter tires on your car is not an option. Winter driving is all about traction, we all agree on that. But traction goes beyond just the power to go forward. Traction also includes the ability to stop and turn. In […]
Why you need four winter tires
This is the time of year when the same discussion is heard in many offices, coffee shops and homes: should I put winter tires on my vehicle? The answer is a definitive and resounding “Yes,” if you want maximum safety. Whatever you have on your car, high performance summer tires or all-season tires, […]
Now manufacturers are making ‘all-weather’ tires
Why were all-season tires so bad in snow and ice? Why were winter tread patterns so noisy on pavement? Why did winter tires degrade so quickly in summer driving? Was there a way to service people who really had no room for two sets of tires? The huge dissatisfaction with all-season tires in winter […]
Winter tires tested in steamy Florida
FORT WALTON BEACH, FLA.—It’s 35C this summer day on the Florida panhandle. The sun is beating down relentlessly. People are swimming in the warm ocean nearby — and I’m driving on winter tires in the snow. Yeah, that’s about the same look I had when they told me where I was going. The […]