Different Types Of Tires And Their Functions

A car is an essential part of our daily routine and most of the individuals using it often keep a check on its performance. The most important thing to be considered in a car is its wheels and tires. These are an important part of the car that acts as a link between the car and the road. The tire to be installed in the car mainly depends on the type of road in your particular area. The two main types of tires include fabric and rubber. However, there are several other manufacturers that use different chemical mixtures to manufacture the tire.

There are different types of tires manufactured by different companies each one of which is manufactured with a particular purpose. Different vehicles have different requirements and hence it is necessary that you select the right tire for your car. Finding an ideal tire for your vehicle is an essential requirement to enhance its overall performance.

Different types of tires

There are different types of tires in the market. Some of them are as follows.

All season

These tires can be seen in countries which have two seasons, summers and winters. In these countries, the seasons keep on changing and hence the basic necessity of the individuals living there is to have all season tires. It makes life easier for them. However, these tires might deliver great performance in one season while average performance in the other.

Snow

These tires are specifically designed so that the drivers can easily drive on the snow and cope up with the slippery roads in a safe manner. These tires have an extra traction and a good number of grooves arranged in a tread pattern. These extra grooves are made in order to have a strong grip on the slick surfaces. Snow tires also comprise of metal studs which is an effective way to enhance the traction in icy situations. These tires have ratings on them like M+S or M&S which can be used to determine the type and quality of the tire.

Mud

Muddy areas are also slippery like snow tires and hence they are also designed similar to snow tires. The extra grooves and the tread patterns of the tire are effective in clearing the road by trapping the mud. These are generally wider in comparison to the normal tires.

High Performance

These types of tires are specially designed for sports and racing cars. These tires are designed with softer rubber as compared to normal tires. The higher softness ensures more traction control and hence efficiency and greater performance. These tires have thin treads which provide better contact to the road and therefore good performance.

Two Wheels Good, Four Wheels Bad

'Comrades, you have heard already about the strange dream that I had last night. But I will come to the dream later. I have something else to say first. I do not think, comrades, that I shall be with you for many months longer, and before I die I feel it my duty to pass on to you such wisdom as I have acquired. I have had a long life, I have had much time for thought as I lay alone in my stall, and I think I may say that I understand the nature of life on this earth as well as any animal now living. It is about this that I wish to speak to you.'

George Orwell

Of course, Orwell was going on to eulogize Napoleon's vision for the vuture, rather than going on to condemn our disregard of environmental imperatives.

Nevertheless, his 'four legs good, two legs bad' does still have a ring to it, doesn't it?

We might do worse than to consider what we do in the light of things that are going wrong, or have already gone wrong in the hope that we can correct them before it is too late.

Orwell was condemning totaliarian regimes posing as socialist ones. At least that is what I was told when we read it at school. It's nice to include something from the pen of the great writer to get us to think, don't you think so?

I have seen much on this beautiful planet of ours, but I fear I will not be able to see it much longer if things don't change and change now.

Every morning, I see thousands of vehicles pass me, heading for destinations that are well served by public transport. I see most cars have one person in them - the driver - and I see the pall of smoke coming from each car.

Let me give you something to think about for a moment. If all the exhaust pipes of all the cars that pass me and probably pass you were placed next to each other, we would have a metal chimney of sorts, but it would be hundreds of yards across, and it would be belching exhaust fumes day and night.

Where, I ask you, would we want to locate this massive chimney? Near your house. Next to places you walk in the evenings; near children's playgrounds, near schools and hospitals - where?

Let me help you find an answer: the chimney is already in those places; it may be a tad smaller than I have depicted, but it is still bigger than any from those dark Satanic mills.

In fact, such a chimney, made up of every car exhaust on the road would shock us all. It would be sufficient to shock many of us into getting on our bikes, or, horror of horrors, start to walk more.