TYRES are often your biggest car cost after fuel, so make sure you get your money’s worth. Online tyre retailer Best4Tyres.com gives you their top tips to get maximum use from your tyres.

Tip Number 1 – Drive Carefully

We all know that driving carefully reduces accidents, fuel, and general wear and tear, but it is equally true of tyres. If you drive fast, corner quickly, accelerate and brake rapidly, your tyres will wear out super quick. The same applies to parking. Clumsy parking can easily gauge your side walls.  

Tip Number 2 – Check inflation monthly

Over inflated tyres can bounce you around unpredictably, and under inflated tyres have poor handling, cost more in petrol, and can heat up and blow out. Tyresafe and others do an excellent APP where you put in your car registration and it tells you the correct pressures, front and back. Set yourself a monthly reminder on your phone.  

Tip Number 3 – Check you have good alignment

Do your tyres have exaggerated tread wear on one side only? They’ll possibly be illegal so get down to your garage to get it sorted, especially if your car steering is pulling to one side.

Tip 4 – Buy Premium Tyres

If you can afford it, and you’re not prone to punctures, go for the top brands. Budget tyres usually have poor fuel efficiency so what you save on the tyre, you pay extra in petrol over 20,000 miles. And they generally have much better stopping distances.