If you delay replacing your winter tires

What will happen if you delay removing summer tires during the winter period is perfectly clear to everyone. You simply won't be able to effectively control your vehicle in winter conditions. But what will happen if you delay removing winter tires during the summer period? We're sure that many car owners tend to think that the main problem is the loss of studs, and if there are no studs, then there is no problem... That's not the case. Today, we'll figure out why.

Winter tires have a more elastic rubber compound, and the intensity of wear directly depends on the increase in temperature. A rough analogy can be made of the wear of winter tires for the same period in winter and summer months, in which case the ratio will be 1 to 3. So, if you decide to wait out on non-studded winter tires until next winter, the tires may simply not be enough.

Intensive wear is not all. The fact is that the braking distance on winter tires in the summer period is also significantly inferior to summer tires. Due to the more elastic rubber and the large proportion of lugs, winter tires simply cannot compete with summer tires, and the braking distance on dry asphalt can be up to 20-30% longer.

Studded tires are even simpler. Their operation is prohibited during the summer months - June, July, August.