The tires that have marked on it the M + S initials (”mud & snow”),also know as “tires for all seasons” offers performance in most of the whether condition and traffic condition but is possible not to be the best choice in winter. Width tires, speed tires, other tires that are built are not appropriated for the winter. So you must be careful what to choose from the store, otherwise, stability problems appear and also traction problem. The tires for all seasons have the tendency to bear out and lose adherence, around 0 degrades Celsius. This lake of adherence and traction problems can be essential for our safety in critically moments (Example: strong breaks in unseen condition, brake in the curves, etc).

      A few years ago winter tires use to be noise and uncomfortable. They where conceived strictly for the snow but very week performance on dry or wet road. In the present the winter tires are made from new high teak materials having the possibility to confer good performance on snow but still decrease performance on dry or wet roads.

      If the performance of snow tires and summer tires is great for each season why doesn’t the manufacturer produce the “all season” tires with materials from one of the two models? The answer is simple, the winter tires material is soft and on dry road they have a tendency to macerate; with the dry tires material if we use it to create an “all season” tires the result will be to firm and on snow the car practically will have no adherence. So be careful when it cams to road condition and made the right choice for your tires.

All wheel change
      As a general rule to maintain the control and have a good stability of the car you should install the same type of tires on all the wheels.
      In the past the cars with a rear traction where equipped with winter tires on the traction wheels. The dynamics of the cars with a front traction is totally another, so is necessary another traction called laniary (front-rear) but also a sideway traction (for the curves) and the rear tires have the purpose of maintaining control of the vehicle in the curves.
      On the side of the tire we can find more information’s that indicates the temperature factor (show us how much the tire supports high temperatures) and can be from the A (the best factor) and C (the worst factor). Another factor that can classifies the tires is the level of traction (how capable is the tire to stop the tire in wet conditions) and can be from the A (the best factor) and C (the worst factor).

The cod of DOT
If the tire has a three code retain on it, do not by that one because it is really old and that tire doesn’t belong on a rim. The DOT code, represented by the letter “G” that are inscribed on the tire shows us how old is the tire (if is necessary to buy a second tire don’t use one that is older then 6 years. For example the 1 7 6 code represent the fact that it was made in the 17 week from the 6 century (1986). For tires that were manufactured after the year of 1990, a triangle appears near the code. For the models after the year of 2000 a four digits number its used.