Maintaining Your Tires Keeps Your Car Healthy
We often ignore our tires unless they're flat. But
they play a vital role in the overall condition of your
car. Maintain them properly, and you'll save money on
repairs and on fuel costs.
Keeping your tires properly inflated ensures that they
wear longer and can prevent accidents. Your car likely
has a card or sticker attached to the door edge or the
inside of the glove box door. The right amount of air
your tires need is specified here. In case your car
doesn't have this sticker, you can check your owner's
manual.
Serious accidents can happen if your tires are under-inflated
or overloaded. One of my tires blew-out on me and caused
an accident. Luckily I was on a little traveled country
road and was going slowly. I hate to think of what might
have happened if I had been in major traffic.
Buy your own quality tire gauge. You can't tell if
tires are inflated properly just by looking. And the
air meters at your service station may not be correct!
Ask your auto supply dealer for a tire gauge calibrated
up to 80 PSI. They'll know what you mean, even if you
don't.
Take a moment at the beginning of each month to check
your tire pressure (don't forget the spare! Uhm, you
do have a spare tire, don't you??) Check them before
you get in the car to drive. Write down the actual under-inflation
amount for each tire. Take this info with you to the
service station.
Now measure the inflation again and record these numbers.
(Don't worry, this only takes a couple minutes.) Now
inflate the tires to a level that equals the warm pressure
(that you just took) plus the first under-inflation
amount (called the "cold" inflation pressure).
If the above instructions sound intimidating or confusing,
take your car to a shop and give them the "cold" pressure
numbers. They’ll put the correct amount of air in your
tires for a minimum fee – sometimes they’ll not charge
you at all.
The leading cause of tire failure is under-inflation.
So make a habit to check them once a month.
Overloading your vehicle can lead to tire failure,
too. Just because you have a pick-up truck doesn’t mean
it can carry an infinite load.
Schedule a tire check into your calendar each month
and you’ll save money, save fuel, and perhaps, even
save your family from a car accident.
Terry Lowery
This article courtesy of http://www.mustang-owners-guide.com.
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