Thursday, April 9, 2009

All-Season Tires?

It's time for some people to change their winter tires back to summer tires. We always have some discussions on whether All-Season tires are good for all seasons. I found an article from the web, and hope that it answers our questions.

Title: All-Season Tires - Myth or Reality?
Author: Belinskiy Artem

In Finland it is forbidden to go in the winter without studs, inmany countries of Europe on the contrary are resolved only tireswithout studs. But also there and there is an obligatory rulethat the car should be dress by the season.

But many people still not believe in season tires. What for doesit need to change tires if there are all-season tires? Suchopinion is rather widespread. And if there is demand, meansthere is also an offer. Many companies create all-weather tiresonly because people buy it. And however, is there suchall-season tire? We shall try to understand. As is known autotires are marked.Traditionally many consider, that all-season tire is a tire witha designation on outside "M+S" - "Dirt and Snow". But how thento explain that fact, what for example tires Goodyear Ultra Gripwhich are winter, and tires Goodyear Wrangler HP, which areall-season tires, have the same badge on outside - "M+S"?

The explanation is very simple - all-season tires simply do nothappen! There can not be so, because summer and winter autotiresare cardinally various. As on a design, figure of protector, andon structure of a rubber mix. It is enough to tell only, thatrubber mix of summer tires completely lose its properties atfive degrees of heat (40 by farenheit). Winter tires arecalculated on other temperature range and consequently are madeof absolutely other mix.

If to look at the figure of protector it also differs cardinallyin view of different problems on it assigned. Summer tires -stability hydroplaning, controllability on dry and wet asphalt.Winter tires - stability drift, controllability and brakeproperties on a snow and on ice. It is obvious, that theseproblems are radically various, and demand absolutely differentapproach to designing the tire and to figure of its protector.Can it be so that all-season tires is the reached compromisebetween properties of winter and summer autotires? No, and noone more time - such compromise is impossible, differently whatfor in general winter tires is necessary to the warm Europe?Therefore if you really appreciate the life and the health therecommendation can be only one - in the summer - summer tires,in the winter - winter tires, it is not important with studs orwithout. It is for you to choose.

About the author:Artem Belinskiy.
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