How To Rotate Tires

The tires on your car are just as important as the car's engine. To make sure you get the  best performance out of your car, you need to take care of the tires. The tires are as responsible for the steering and   braking power as the steering wheel and the braking system. To ensure  you get the best possible  performance out of your tires, you need to rotate  them  about  every five thousand miles. You can rotate the tires of your car yourself at home; there's no need to take your car to the shop and pay an arm and a leg for it.

Tire Knowledge for Women

Vehicle maintenance isn't just for guys. Women can and should sharpen up their auto knowledge! For their own safety and know-how, here is some tire knowledge that all women should know.

Step 1

Know what the numbers on your tires mean.  Not all tires are the same. Each tire comes  imprinted with a special number on its side that provides valuable information to mechanics

  and car owners. First look for numbers on your tire that refer to its measurements. Tires come in all sizes, so if you need to buy tires for your specific vehicle, you'll need to know this number so that the tire salesman can match your tires exactly. An example of a tire number is P 235-60R-17. Here's what all those crazy numbers mean: P

Continental Evolves the Tire-Pressure Sensor - Tech Dept

Federal regulations have required some sort of computerized tire-pressure monitoring system in new cars since the 2007 model year. Most of these are active types that employ a sensor mounted to each wheel,  which in turn can relay pressures or warnings via the dashboard.

As both a maker of tires  and electronic systems, Continental is taking a more integrated approach. It plans to mount the sensors to the inside of tires instead of the current practice of mounting them to the wheels.

By coupling  the sensor  to  the tire and adding a bit of memory, the tire-pressure sensor (TPS) will be able to inform the  car of specific info about the type of tire in use. For example, it would allow the car’s  computer to adjust the top-speed governor to match the speed rating of the tires.   This would eliminate the warning stickers placed on the speedometers of cars in Europe when snow tires with lesser speed ratings are fitted to fast cars. The system could also keep track of the location of each tire and when it was fitted, thereby fixing rotation intervals and tracking tire mileage and expected life.

here’s an accelerometer in every current TPS to detect wheel motion and allow the sensor

Tires Rotation

Tire rotation or rotating tires  is  the  practice of  moving  automobile wheels and tires from one position on the car, to another, to ensure even tire wear.  Tire wear is uneven for any number of reasons.  Even  tire  wear is desirable to maintain  consistent performance in the vehicle.