How to choose winter tires

November for Russian motorists is the most unpleasant period, because in the daytime there is fine snow or rain, and in the evening frosts come and ice forms. Weather forecasters usually make mistakes with the date of the beginning of heavy snowfalls and this winter, so it is worth to prepare in advance for the cold season, which means that you already need winter tires.

A feature of the winter ride is that in the cold and icy conditions, any control error can be critical, especially if you are still driving on summer tires. It's time to ask a question about how to choose winter tires? This can save you from long queues in tire fitting, which will begin very soon, and also will insure you from the bad weather, which can take unawares.

It is not necessary to explain what the advantages of winter tires are in front of summer or all-season tires, since they are obvious. Summer tires are designed for operation at temperatures above +4 degrees, and all-season tires are made to combine the best qualities of summer and winter tires in them, which is not suitable for Russian winter conditions. Experts say that you should not skimp on two sets of rubber for your car. And it is here that we are faced with the question of how to choose winter tires from all the proposed variety? The choice of studded or non-studded rubber depends on which region of the country you live in, because the conditions are different everywhere. In addition to spikes, you should pay attention to the tread pattern: Scandinavian or European. The European type is designed for operation in European countries where there are no presumed thorns, as the climate conditions there are mild. These tires have a very branched system of grooves, allowing you to drive on roads where the amount of dirt and snow is not that big. Such tires are calculated for high-speed driving on autobahns. Russians do not need this type of tire. More "toothy" seem to be Scandinavian tires. They have a pattern in the form of rhombuses or checkers, has sharp edges and wide drainage grooves. This form of protector allows you to push through the snow crust and a slight ice crust, as if biting into the coating. Such material tolerates frost much better. Of course, for Russian roads this kind of rubber is preferable.

When deciding which tires to choose, it is worth considering about what roads you have to travel in the winter season. If you usually drive on icy roads, then studded ones are a suitable option. They should also be preferred to those who live near the sea coast, because there too, the roads are often covered with ice. The advantages of spikes on this surface are obvious: they simply cling to the ice. As a result, you get a short stopping distance, confident and fast acceleration, as well as reliable cornering. Of the disadvantages are the increase in noise levels during driving, as well as the high cost of such tires.

In the event that under the wheels constantly loose and wet snow in the form of a kind of porridge, studded rubber is simply undesirable, since it can not for anything catch on. In studded tires on bare asphalt adhesion properties noticeably deteriorate, since the contact area of the surfaces is markedly reduced. The car keeps the road worse, and when gas transmission can even skip, well, and when braking, there is often a lock with a subsequent yuz. And then the motorist thinks about how to choose winter tires? In this case, it is best to give preference to studless rubber, which will allow not only to secure yourself while driving, but also not to destroy the road surface. At high speed, thorns create micro-impacts, which "destroy" the asphalt.

Now you have an idea of how to choose winter tires. It remains only to go to the autoshop and purchase them.