It seems that everything is ranked these days. Televisions, cars, backpacks, bug repellants, cell phones, mattresses, air fryers… even hospitals and schools. So you would expect it to be easy to find the best tires of 2021 or the best tires in the world, right? Wrong! Finding the best tires of 2021 is quite a …
In April, Bloomberg News reported that the world may be facing a massive rubber shortage in the coming months stemming from a mix of ongoing issues plaguing the shipping industry, growing demand in China, and COVID-19 restrictions hindering production. As a result, automobile and tire manufacturers to alert customers that a dearth of rubber could …
Right before starting this site, I found myself in the tire market and, like so many others, wanted to ensure I would have the best tire buying experience. I only needed to replace one tire, but I knew enough to realize that one tire most likely means 2 tires (if you want to know why …
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According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, tire failure is responsible for nearly 11,000 vehicle crashes every year. Under-inflated tires are a leading cause of accelerated tire degradation, making properly inflated tires one of the most important – and easiest – things you can do to avoid a tire catastrophe and becoming a statistic. …
Ever since cavemen first invented the wheel, people have been trying to improve upon it. At its core a wheel is a circle, and it’s pretty hard to innovate on the premise of a shape. Nonetheless, that hasn’t stopped many brave and valiant souls from trying and, in fact, wheels and – more specifically – …
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Happy Meals. Kitchen Appliances. Water guns. And iTunes. Four things that somehow keep getting worse with “improvements.” When it comes to tires, many might put run-flat tires into that category as well. After all, you would naturally think that a run-flat tire was a cutting-edge innovation from the tire industry. “A tire that won’t go …
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Most consumers know that there are strategies for getting the best price on a new car. But did you know the same principle holds true for buying one of the most important pieces of equipment on your car? Yup, we’re (of course) talking about tires. A recent survey of 30,000 drivers from our friends at …
Death, taxes, and changing tires. These are three certainties Ben Franklin famously stated. Ok, not that last one, but let’s face it: if you own a vehicle there’s 100% guarantee that you are going to be faced with the reality of having to replace the tires at some point. When that time comes, consumers are …
Belt size, shoe size, waist size, HVAC filter size, kids’ uniform size, wife’s ring size (maybe). If you ask us, there are far too many numbers that we are asked to constantly maintain in our heads. So it’s no surprise that people rarely know – let alone ever ask – what do the numbers on …
It’s a tale as old as time or, more accurately, since inflatable automobile tires were first patented in 1845: how often do I really need to change my tires? We’re not ashamed to admit that we have googled this question a hundred times in our 52 collective years of owning cars and SUVs. The answers …
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