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Your Tires - Your Money - Your Safety
Your tires are the only points of contact between your vehicle and the road. This makes them one of the most crucial safety components in your vehicle.
Your tires:
- work with your vehicle's suspension to absorb shocks and bumps in the road
- translate your commands into actions, such as accelerating or turning
- work with your braking system to help slow and stop your vehicle
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Financial & Safety Benefits of Tire
Maintenance
Two of the most important things you can do to ensure you and your vehicle's safety are:
- Select your tires carefully
- Maintain them regularly
As an added bonus, proper tire maintenance will save you money. It helps prolong the life of your tires and reduces your vehicle's fuel consumption costs.
Want to learn more about selecting and maintaining your tires? Just click on any of the links below for more ways to stay safe and save money.
Save money. Stay safe on the road. Visit your local Coast Tire & Auto Service for all your tire needs.
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Maintaining Proper Air Pressure
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When properly inflated, the air in your tires
supports 95 percent of the weight of your
vehicle1. Maintaining proper air pressure is a crucial step in proper vehicle maintenance. Proper air pressure:
- increases your safety by providing better handling and control
- increases the life of your tires by reducing uneven tire wear
- reduces fuel consumption and exhaust emissions
- reduces your chance of dangerous accidents caused by tire failure
Check your owner's manual for the level recommended for your vehicle and check your tire pressure today.
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Over Inflation, Proper Inflation and Under Inflation - a Comparison
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Over-inflated tires make contact with the pavement in the centre portion of the tire only, leading to steering and braking problems, reduced traction, and increased wear on the tires and suspension. |
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Properly inflated tires have full contact with the road, providing maximum traction and control when steering and braking. Properly inflated tires wear evenly across the surface, saving you money by prolonging the life of your tires. |
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Under-inflation is the leading cause of dangerous accidents due to tire failure. Under-inflated tires run on the edges of the tires only, causing uneven tire wear and poor response times when steering, braking and accelerating. |
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Operating your vehicle with over- or under-inflated tires shortens tire life and increases both fuel consumption and the exhaust emissions produced by your vehicle.
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Things to Remember when Checking Air Pressure
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- Tires are permeable and lose air on an on-going basis. This is more pronounced in warm weather when the heat causes the surface material of the tire expand, allowing more air to escape.
- For most accurate results, check your tire pressure when your tires are cold - that is, when your vehicle has been driven less than 2 km or has sat still for approximately three hours.
- Check your owner's manual to find the recommended tire pressure for your vehicle.
- A visual inspection will not show you if your tires are over or under inflated. To avoid unnecessary fuel consumption and tire wear, check them every month with a reliable pressure gauge.
- When checking the air pressure of your tires, remember to check the spare as well.
In addition to keeping you safe, a simple
program of proper tire maintenance, including
checking air pressure, wheel alignment and
rotating and
balancing
your tires, can produce significant cost savings by
reducing fuel consumption and prolonging tire
life.
Please contact your nearest Coast Tire & Auto
Service to learn more about how tire
maintenance will help keep your vehicle running in
the safest and most cost-efficient manner
possible.
Save money. Stay safe on the road. Visit your local Coast Tire & Auto Service to have your air pressure checked today.
Coast Tire & Auto Service
Real People. Real Service.
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