Delusions About Winter Tires
Posted on April 5, 2010
Filed Under Interesting, Winter Tires
We all know that in winter one should use winter tires. It allows to minimize the effect of adverse weather conditions. Winter tires provide easier start, better steering control and more confident braking performance. But are You sure that You know everything about winter tires?
The use of winter tires is good even on one axle.
This is the most common mistake among drivers. On rear-wheel drive cars the use of two tires will solve only the problem of easier start. Such equipment will badly affect cornering stability and braking performance as front wheels will remain “slippery”. But the worst thing will happen if the drivers of front-wheel drive cars mount winter tires only on the front axle. At first it may seem that the problems of steering, braking and start will be solved as all this is provided by front drive wheels. And You feel calm and relaxed. Then suddenly on one of slippery turns rear axle skids and the car makes an U-turn! The only way out is to step on the gas pedal to make the car straight.
Do not spare on winter tires especially when You have a front-wheel drive car as the consequences can be quite sad. Mount winter tires on all four wheels.
Studs work only on clean dry ice with a 0,03-inch sickness.
It is also a very common delusion. Studs work always – on snow and thin ice as well as on wet ice covered with water film. But in the last case its effectiveness considerably falls. But any car without studs will be handled much worse in this situation.
Fall of two-three studs leads to imbalance.
This assumption applies only to tires equipped with random studs. Today’s stud weights less than one gram – the loss of even three neighboring studs will cause a three-gram imbalance.
You should reduce tire pressure on wet road.
This action is totally incorrect as it will lead to the increase of contact patch area what in its turn causes unit pressure reduction. As a result traction performance will worsen.
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