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Your Tyres Can Help You Save Some Extra Fuel by AutoReportNG2: 11:47am On Mar 08, 2017
It’s no secret that the tires you choose to put on your cars could be affecting your fuel economy. Larger rims, low-pressure tires, it doesn’t matter, if your tires aren’t inflated to the proper PSI, you’re just burning fuel and ruining your tires.

Are you spending money on your tires? You should take as good of care of them as your can, right?

Your car’s tires can play an important role in helping you get the best fuel mileage and save money at the pump. Checking tire pressure regularly is one step toward optimum fuel economy, but your choice of tires can also help.

Consumer Reports recently tested a few all-season tire models with low rolling resistance and found that those tires can improve fuel economy by an additional one or two mpg. The reward for replacing a less-optimum tire can be a payback covering most of the cost of the new tires over their lifetime in fuel savings. Moreover, you generally don’t have to pay more to get a tire with better rolling resistance.

Here are some additional tips for getting the most fuel economy from your tires:

* Keep your tires properly inflated. (A label on the driver’s doorjamb tells you the correct pressures to use.)
* Check inflation pressure at least monthly; do this when the tires are cool.
* If you were happy with the tires that came with the car when it was new, consider replacing them with an identical set. Low rolling resistance is a common trait of original-equipment tires.
* Before buying replacement tires, check Consumer Reports’ Ratings for tires that excel in overall performance and use rolling resistance as tie-breaker


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http://www.autoreportng.com/2017/03/your-tyres-can-help-you-save-some-extra.html

Re: Your Tyres Can Help You Save Some Extra Fuel by AutoReportNG2: 11:48am On Mar 08, 2017
Whats your time on these points?


Lalasticlala, Seun
Re: Your Tyres Can Help You Save Some Extra Fuel by nurey(m): 12:11pm On Mar 08, 2017
never overflate or underflate your tires, tyre burst is a very deadly accident to avert.

Always check your tire wall, the maximum PSI is always written there, atleast a tire gains around 5PSI more during use depending on weather. As the air in the tire will expand.

If the volume of air cannot be contained again in the tire, what you have is forceful escape of air (Burst) shocked, if you arent speeding excessively you can bring the car to a standstill on all 4s, if its excessive speeding, goodluck taming the car control cry

I thank God i am alive you dont want to experience a car on high speed somersaulting 3 times and heading to a ditch embarassed

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Re: Your Tyres Can Help You Save Some Extra Fuel by AutoReportNG2: 11:27am On Mar 09, 2017
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