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When winter rolls around, getting winter tires from your Honda dealership is often necessary to keep you and your family as safe as possible. These tires are better able to handle cold weather and difficult road conditions than your regular ones. Let’s take a look at exactly what they do and who’ll need to outfit their wheels in cold-weather tires every winter.
When Is It Time to Visit the Honda Dealership for New Tires in Winter?
It’s time for cold-weather tires when the temperatures regularly start dropping below 40°F. Anyone who’ll be staying in Indianapolis, or any part of Indiana, for the majority of winter needs tires that are made specifically to deal with these low temperatures. If you forgo getting these tires, then you will be able to drive, but you won’t be particularly safe when the roads are covered in slush and the temperatures are very low.
We suggest visiting the dealer before the coldest months hit so you can get your cold-whether tires fitted in time for the harsher parts of winter.
What Do Winter Tires Do?
They Stay Supple
Summer and all-season tires are made differently from winter ones. Summer and all-season tires harden up in winter, but that’s not something that happens to tires specifically made to be used in cold weather. You need your tires to be supple enough to grip the road, and regular tires just won’t have the level of suppleness required to tackle the winter months.
They Eject Slush and Water
Roads can become laden with slush in winter, and they tend to be very wet even when there’s no slush present. You need tires with enough sipes to easily eject this slush and moisture. Tires made for cold weather have more sipes than all-season and summer tires. The extra sipes also help eject snow if you travel to snowier areas this winter.
They Make Handling Safer and Easier
Because cold-whether tires remain supple and don’t lose much traction on slippery roads, they handle much better in cold weather than all-season and summer tires. You’ll have a lot more control when braking and cornering, which is vital so you can stay as safe as possible and make driving as easy as it can be.
What About All-Weather Tires for Winter?
Most drivers tend to have summer or all-season tires on their cars for most of the year. However, if you have all-weather tires, then you may wonder if they’ll suffice in winter so you won’t need to get tires made specifically for the chilly months. While these all-whether tires can work in mild winter conditions, they’re generally not suitable for winters in Indianapolis, where the weather is routinely below 40°F and drops below freezing regularly.
Come to Ed Martin Honda so we can find the perfect cold-whether tires for your vehicle. We’ll fit them and maintain them for you over the winter months.
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