When was the last time that you checked the pressure in your tyres? If you're honest, it may have been some time as most people take these covers for granted and do not look after them as carefully as they could. However, you may have noticed something odd out of the corner of your eye as you were about to get into the car and on closer inspection, you could see that part of your tyre is excessively worn. Perhaps you need to think more carefully about proper inflation in the future, but what do you need to know?
Accurate Figures
When you buy new tyres, the technician will take great care to ensure that they are correctly balanced on each wheel and are properly inflated. Each vehicle is different, however, and the correct reading for your car will have been carefully calculated by the manufacturer in association with a tyre supplier. This information will be printed on a plate and you will typically find this inside the door jam, so you should become familiar with the readings.
Passage of Time
Even though the technician will have inflated your tyres properly during that last purchase, you will invariably lose some of this air in the weeks and months ahead. A microscopic amount will find its way out through the pores of each tyre, while weather or road conditions can also play their part.
Deterioration
If you drive around in a car with underinflated tyres, then it will not interact with the road as efficiently as it could have. Part of the sidewall will touch the road as well, and this can lead to significant deterioration as time goes by. In addition, the vehicle will be lower to the ground and this will affect how it goes around each corner, so you may come across issues with the handling or a more uncomfortable ride.
Poor Economy
While you may not notice it, you may also end up spending more at the pump. This may only be a few cents each time, but underinflation can affect your fuel performance and will hurt you in the wallet or purse.
New Tyres
As you can now see, the edge of your tyre has been worn down past safe levels due to underinflation. You may have no other choice but to replace the affected tyre at this point, but you should make sure that this problem does not arise again in the future.
For more information, contact a tyre shop.
Share25 July 2019
Howdy! My name is Eric and I am here to give you some top tips which will help you to keep the tyres and wheels on your car in top condition. For a very long time, I didn't really give much thought to the tyres and wheels on my car. I suppose I just thought that they would look after themselves. However, I now realise that I need to take action to care for my tyres and wheels. I learnt this important lesson when one of my tyres failed while I was driving down the highway. It was a pretty scary experience but, thankfully, the guys and the tyre repair shop did a great job and gave me some great advice which got me back on the road.