Summer Tire Changeover Month
Different treads and tire designs are better for different conditions. So as the weather warms up, don’t forget to change from your Winter tires to your Summer tires.
Drive spring tire sales and service appointments by positioning summer tire changeover as a critical safety and performance upgrade as weather warms.
- Spring Safety Checklist: Is it time to swap your winter tires?
- Summer Tire Performance: Why the right tread matters for warm-weather driving
- Tire Changeover Reminder: Book your appointment before the rush
- Winter vs. Summer Tires: What you need to know for spring driving
Tires have been with us a long time, the first ones being made from leather for use on carts, wagons, and bicycles of course. In 1847 there was a patent placed for the first pneumatic, or air based, tire that surprisingly never actually went into production. While various forms of these tire would come into production in the following years (just not that original design) it would take the invention of synthetic rubber to make pneumatic tires a common day occurrence. While there are literally thousands of different tire designs in the world today, for most of us there are just two we need to worry about.
The cut of the tread on the tire, along with specific other factors of design, can determine what conditions a tire is best suited for. It’s for this reason that most people maintain a separate set of tires for the Summer and Winter, each one specially designed to handle those seasons vagaries. During Summer Time Changeover Month it’s time to change from your winter tires to your summer ones. Not only does this provide you with the best possible grip on the road itself, but it also helps to extend the lifetime of both sets of tires.