Still driving on your summer tyres??!!

Summer to Winter Tyre Change Over

Are you still driving round on your summer tyres? Now that temperatures have decreased you should be changing back to winter tyres, as summer tyres are designed for warm and primarily dry roads, and lose some grip now the weather is colder and wetter!

Braking distances increase, when using sumer tyres in winter. This means that continuing to drive on summer tyres is compromising your safety.

In temperatures of below 7°C winter tyres provide increased efficiency, tyre wear and safety

A general rule of thumb in the UK is to use winter tyres from November through to March, and Summer tyres from April through to October. The only real exceptions would be if you were planning a late skiing holiday in Europe, then it would be worth keeping the winter tyres on for a little longer.

Hometyre are ideally suited to swap your tyres over for you, being a mobile service we will come to you at home to change your tyres over. That way you do not need to carry your extra tyres back and forth to a tyre depot. We bring the entire fitting service to you, including electronic wheel balancing and a replacement valve.

Why not take the chance to have your tracking checked at the same time as having the tyres changed. With the potholes that are prevalent over the winter period, there is always the chance that you may have knocked your alignment out of true. Hometyre vans carry laser wheel alignment equipment on board, and all we need is to have your vehicle on a flat-ish surface to carry out the work. It takes around 45 minutes to track a car, but is very beneficial in regards to tyre wear and handling of your vehicle.