“Put as much effort into choosing the ideal tyres as you would your next car”

odd things, tyres. They’re one of the most crucial things you’ll get for your car, yet the chances are you’ll not give enough thought to getting them replaced.  
It’s madness really – would you go out for a walk in the snow in flat-soled shoes? Yet relatively few of us in the UK think about changing our tyres to suit the conditions. and even a lot more worrying, a lot of of us tend to get on price rather than quality – crazy for a safety-related item.
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• wintertime tyre test 2014/15
Auto express has long been the UK’s foremost independent assessor of tyres – both in wintertime and summer tread patterns. There’s nothing our man Kim Adams doesn’t know about testing tyres, and he uses the very most current equipment, facilities and procedures to tell you what rubber your car must be wearing.
This year’s tests are a must- read – whatever the long-range weather forecast may be, one thing’s for sure: this wintertime will be very cold or very wet, and quite possibly both.
But while swapping between summer and wintertime tyres might not suit everyone, there is another option – all-weather tyres. could they be about to become the next big thing? I’ve certainly had lots of E-mails about them recently. 
• wintertime special 2014/15
So much so, I’ve made a decision to give them a go myself on our family car at home – we’ve just fitted a set of Vredestein Quatracs, highly rated in our tests, to our car to see how they fare. Already, the peace-of-mind in knowing they’ll work better than summer tyres on the already slippery roads is worthwhile – especially with the family on board.
If there’s one thing to take away from our tyre tests, it’s to take tyres seriously. put as much effort into choosing the ideal tyres (and where to get them) as you would when getting your next car.
Do you spend enough time choosing the ideal tyres for your car? let us know in the comments below…