An essential part of maintaining your car’s health is to check its tires – but let me tell you, it’s probably the most overlooked thing. Sure, folks will wash off their windows at the gas station, but will they take a minute in the morning once a week to make sure their tires have the right amount of air? Here’s how to take care of those tires properly!
So, as I said before, you should be checking your tires at least once a week. All you’ll need to do this is a tire pressure gauge and a tire. The gauge can be bought at pretty much any auto parts store for cheap, and to use it you just put the gauge on the valve stem of your tire. If you don’t know what the pressure of your tires is supposed to be, there’s a sticker on the inside of the driver’s side door jamb that’ll tell you. It’ll also be in your owner’s manual and maybe even on the tires themselves.
You also need to check your tires’ tread. To do this, get a penny and just put it into the tread with Lincoln’s head facing directly down (or towards the center of the tire). If you can see the top of his head then that means you need to get new tires as soon as possible. The closer you are to seeing the top of his head, the sooner you’ll need new tires.
Tires generally should last for at least five years, but there are some important factors that go into your tires wearing down prematurely – and these things are all avoidable! They are:
- Low tire pressure
- Overinflated tires
- Aggressive driving
- Improper alignment
These things mean that you’ll be buying new tires much more often than you should be, so make sure your tires get tended to at every oil change to keep their lifespan as long as it should be!
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