Are you interested in keeping your tires rolling for as long as possible? Most car owners are, because tires are definitely an investment. These tips from Viking Automotive can help you to make the most of your car’s tires for as long as possible.
Schedule Wheel and Tire Services
Wheel and tire services often seem like they’re something that you don’t really need to worry about with your car or tires, but that’s not true. Wheel alignments, tire rotation, and wheel balancing are all necessary services that your car’s manufacturer recommends for valid reasons. When you skip these services, you’re shortening the life of your tires dramatically.
Check Your Driving Habits
Your habits behind the wheel affect everything about your car, including the tires and how they wear. If you’re driving more aggressively, like speeding and having to stop short often, that’s really going to have an impact on your car’s tires. Easing up a bit and remembering to drive more defensively can really help to extend the life of your tires a lot more than you might think possible.
Make it a Point to Avoid Obstacles
Something else that can help is to make it a point to avoid obstacles in the road as much as you possibly can. So often drivers don’t think much about whatever they drive over, but if you’re careless about even things like road debris and potholes that takes a toll on your tires. You can’t avoid every obstacle, of course, but just trying can help a lot more than you might realize.
Check Your Tire Pressure Yourself
Your car may have a lot of tools to help you to stay on top of what’s going on with your tires, like TPMS, but those aren’t always completely accurate or enough. It’s really important that you check tire pressure yourself periodically. This helps to ensure that you’re not driving around with too much air in the tires, which can be as bad as having too little air. It also helps you to be able to look at your tires and notice things like the tread wear.
Viking Automotive in Houston, TX is here to help you with all of your car maintenance needs, including anything to do with your car’s wheels and tires. Give us a call today to set up an appointment for us to help you with whatever might be ailing your car’s tires.
