Choosing tires for a car is a task that only seems simple at first glance. Tires in Ivano-Frankivsk or in any other city of our country can be selected for your car using the services of our online store. But for the most correct choice, you should follow some tips and recommendations.
1. First, you need to determine the car make, model, year of manufacture, and engine displacement. The tire size depends on these parameters. For example, a 2007 Skoda Octavia was fitted with tires of size 195/65R15, while the same model from 2012 is already equipped with size 205/55 16. In addition, if the car can have different engines (for example, with a displacement of 1.2 L or 2.0 L) – depending on this, the tire size will be different. For more powerful engines, low-profile tires are often installed.
2. If everything is determined according to the first point, then you should figure out your driving style. For calm driving within the city or on suburban highways, comfort or eco class tires will be relevant. Such models increasingly have an asymmetric tread and a flexible sidewall. These features will provide confident handling in the city, low noise levels, and eco tires will additionally contribute to fuel savings. Comfort class models include: Bridgestone Turanza T005, Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance II, Michelin Primacy 4, Viking City Tech II, Bridgestone Turanza ER300A, Yokohama Blue Earth GT AE51, Lassa Green Ways, and others.
Fans of fast driving should pay attention to sport tires, which have high speed indices, a stiffer sidewall, and are also often asymmetric, but composed of more massive blocks to create a larger contact patch between the tread and the road.
Popular sport tires include: Michelin Pilot Sport 5, Continental SportContact 7, Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3, Dunlop SP Sport Maxx RT2. Representatives of the sport segment allow you to fully unleash the potential of "powerful" cars, providing precise handling, a high level of control during maneuvers, short braking distance, and quick acceleration.
3. For the winter season, you should choose tires depending on weather conditions and region. If roads are cleared of snow and the average winter temperature does not drop below -5 degrees Celsius, pay attention to winter tires of the European type. If roads often have ice, packed snow, or are not cleared at all – winter tires of the Scandinavian type will provide reliability and confidence behind the wheel.