All season tires and winter tires - check how they perform in summer
Check out the pros and cons of using winter or all-season tires in the summer. Find out when all-season tires beat summer tires.
Is fitting summer tires the only right decision? Generally speaking, yes. However, much depends on the situation, expectations, driving style of the driver and weather conditions.
Read also: How to choose the right tires for your car
“Polls show that many drivers are convinced that the arrival of spring does not necessarily mean changing the tires in the car,” says Philip Fischer from the online tire store Oponeo.pl.
All season tires in summer
Proponents of this solution argue that all-season tires save time and money, are good for small cars with low mileage, handle all conditions, and are a useful solution in company cars, since there is no need to change and store seasonal tires often.
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Opponents, on the other hand, argue that all-season tires have less grip than summer tires, perform worse when driving fast, perform worse on wet surfaces, wear faster than summer tires, are noisier, and have longer stopping distances. An all-season tire performs best when summers are dry and winters are snowless.
Read also: Best summer tires in tire tests 2013
Test results show that all-season tires perform worse than winter or summer tires in optimal conditions. However, good all season tires are better than the cheapest seasonal tires. Compared to cheap summer tires, all-season tires perform much better, ie. on the verge of losing grip when driving on wet surfaces.
According to Oponeo.pl experts, all-season tires are a conditionally acceptable solution for people with a calm driving style who drive mostly in the city. Tires used in such conditions age rather than wear out. However, if you often go on long trips or travel irregularly but drive fast, buy summer tires.
Winter tires in summer
The most common argument for using winter tires in summer is to save time and money. However, remember that the wheels must be balanced even if the tires are not changed. Some also believe that winter tires perform the same in summer as summer tires. Tests prove otherwise.
See also: Summer tires - when to change and what type of tread to choose? Guide
Experts strongly discourage the use of winter tires in the summer. Winter tires are made from softer rubber compounds that wear out quickly at higher temperatures. In addition, winter tires have longer braking distances in summer, risk early loss of traction when driving on wet surfaces, and poor cornering performance.
Check the prices for winter and summer tires on the sites regiomoto.pl and motointegrator.pl.
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