Choosing the Safest Tires for Winter Driving: Winter or All-Season? – Expert Advice

Choosing the Safest Tires for Winter Driving: Winter or All-Season? – Expert Advice

With the arrival of winterdepending on how severe the temperatures are depending on the region in which we drive, “we should consider what type of tire is safer: winter or all weather”, warn from ‘Choose quality, choose trust’ (ECEC), an initiative of Sernauto in which around twenty component manufacturers work for road safety. Although, the … Read more

Best Affordable Winter Tires for Snow and Ice: Are Cheap Brands Comparable to Established Brands?

Best Affordable Winter Tires for Snow and Ice: Are Cheap Brands Comparable to Established Brands?

We are standing on the threshold of a period when the risk of snow and ice clearly warrants changing to special coats. Are the cheap ones comparable to the products of established brands? Seven or eight years ago, you could easily bet that once a tire had an unknown brand and a low price, it … Read more

The tire repair shops are full. What to pay attention to if we want to do without it

The long deadlines and the attempt to save money. Two reasons why motorists decide to independently replace summer tires with winter ones. Assembling bicycles at home is not a science, but some things need to be solved. In the courtyard in front of the Auto Houser tire service in Roztoky near Prague, his manager Lumír … Read more

There is a fine for non-compliance

October 15, 2022 at 3:13 pm the expert warns : Tread depth for winter tires: This fine can be imposed if the minimum depth is ignored At the latest when the temperature is below 7 degrees, it is time to switch to winter tires. (icon image) Photo: dpa-tmn / Andrea Warnecke When should winter tires … Read more

Winter tires: do they really have to be retightened after 50 to 100 km?

On the invoice from my tire dealer after fitting the winter tires, it says “Re-tighten after 50 to 100 km”. What is the legal meaning of this? If new tires are fitted to your vehicle, the workshop will – if it is working properly – tighten the wheel nuts on the four wheels to the … Read more

Other schools closed, trains canceled. What will be different from November? OVERVIEW

Closed shops At the end of October the government tightened measures again. One of the new regulations is the closed shops on Sundays, with the exception of pharmacies, gas stations and some others. For the first time, the shops are closed on Sunday, November 1. If the epidemiological situation does not improve significantly, this regulation … Read more

THE BIG TEST showed: All-season tires don’t have to be bad at all. Even in winter! – AutoTN.cz

“From the driving community, we often encounter questions about whether it is appropriate to wear all-season tires or it is better to change shoes before the season. That’s why before this winter we decided on a big test in which we examine the properties of both types and compare them,” explained Libor Budina, manager of … Read more

No more frightening of all-season tires. The Czech test proved their abilities

Of course, it is still a better solution to put the car in high-quality winter tires during this period and replace them with special summer tires in the spring, however, year-round tires may not be bad at all, especially in winter. A new test showed it. Eight special winter tires and seven all-season tires. They … Read more