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  • Did You Mount Your Cold Weather Tires Yet?

    Every year there is this dilemma: should you mount winter tires or should you stay with your all season tires? We always question is it going to snow a lot or is it just going to be cold and will our all- season tires be good enough. Well here is some new...
  • Changing a Tire

    It always happens at the worst times! You need to know how to change a tire even if you have an auto club membership. Depending on where you get a flat, there may not be a phone nearby to call a tow truck. Let's take is step by step and always remember to...
  • Learn How To Properly Check Tire Pressure

    Tire pressure is one of the things a car needs to have checked most often. Ideally, you should check them once a month as well as any other time when they might look low. Also, if you are planning a long trip with your car, tire pressure is one of the mai...
  • Maintaining Your Tires Keeps Your Car Healthy

    We often ignore our tires unless they're flat. But they play a vital role in the overall condition of your car. Maintain them properly, and you'll save money on repairs and on fuel costs. Keeping your tires properly inflated ensures that they wear longer ...
  • Reading Between the Tires

    How do you read between the tires? Every rider must have knowledge about tires. They must know its construction, its maintenance and care, how to mount and dismount it, how to troubleshoot and to take precautions. To do it here are the areas that need to...
  • Tire Sizes: Learn What They Mean

    If you're like most of us, or maybe I should say if you're like me, the way you choose what new tires you should purchase for your car is by reading the label on the side of your existing car tires. After comparing the prices of the compatible tires with ...
  • A Woman's Guide to Basic Tire Care

    Women certainly are not helpless. But sometimes we are a little overwhelmed working a 40-hour week, taking care of the children, cooking, cleaning, and doing laundry. The car is just another added burden when there isn't a man around to tinker with it. Fo...
  • Tips On Tires

    Tire safety is very important. Here are some regular checks that you can perform on your tires to insure your safety: Lumps or swelling. Any lumps or swelling that appears on the sidewall are signs of tire weakness. If not attended to, it can lead to tire...
  • Are Your Car Tires Safe?

    Do you know most of the car accidents are caused because of one or the other fault in the car tires? Most of the car accident reimbursement that the car owners have to pay to the accident victims or the loss they have to incur in terms of insurance money ...
  • Nitrogen For Your Tires!

    A popular joke in the 1960s at full service gas stations was "filler up with Ethel and change the air in my tires." Today with the price of gasoline approaching $3.00 per gallon, why not replace the air in your tires. Not with air but with nitrogen. Filli...
  • Selecting Tires for Race/Street Use and Adjusting Tire Pressure to Optimize Handling

    The tire you use is one of the most important suspension tuning choices you will make in building and racing your car. Even a car with a professionally-tuned suspension will not be able to clock fast laps or handle well on a poor quality or inappropriate ...
  • Tire Insurance: Myths And Facts About Road Hazard Policies

    Insurance—it’s everywhere. One can insure just about anything. Are tires an investment one needs to insure? Tire insurance, also called a road hazard policy, road hazard warranty, or tire reimbursement plan, is a rapidly growing industry in the automo...
  • Proper Tire Care for Safe Driving

    Tires are one of the most important parts of your car for safe travel. Here are some tips on how to keep them in good condition so they last a long time. Check your tires once a month for wear. One of the easiest ways to do this is to place a penny into...
  • What To Do When You Have Tire Blowout On The Road And How To Change A Flat Tire?

    Having flat tires is one common problem encountered by almost every car owner. As tires are your only contact between the car and the road, flat tire is something that you want to guard against. The major root cause of flat tire is the under inflation ...
  • How Tires Affect Your Gas Mileage

    Your tires – where the rubber meets the road. And when it comes to saving money on gas, there’s a lot of opportunity to get better milesge from your tires. Here are some tips for getting better mileage with your tires. 1 – Proper Inflation ...
  • 10 Great Tips For Buying Car Tires Online

    Cars need tires and it is best to buy new tires. The key is to get high quality car tires at low prices. The market online and offline is filled with a huge variety of tires. Choose tires with care and get a set of tires that are most suited to your car. ...
  • Brakes, Tires and Careful Driving

    Some who do not have a motor vehicle long for the freedom and convenience that owning one would bring. Most people who own a car are only too aware of the cost of general maintenance, repairs, gas and insurance. For many, the benefits of owning a car cert...
  • Choosing the Right Tires for Your Truck and Lift Kit

    Whether you plan on going off road driving or you just want to make your truck look fantastic, a bigger set of tires is often a larger investment then it seems. Bigger tires are great if you want to get more ground clearance, but all trucks have their lim...
  • Greeting From the Tire Inflator

    Warm greetings from your friendly tire inflator, I am writing you today to tell you that I am a very small insignificant looking instrument but you will find that I am one of the most important life saving instruments that you could ever hope to keep i...