Have been around a long time. But now it’s time for a name change.
Tyres for winter were known as Snow tyres in early days. From the nineties on. These tyres were developed to cope with better cars . So and better road surfaces. So away went the heavy tread patterns.
That were associated with the old snow tyres. In came the tyres with more and more refined tread patterns. Complete with sipes. To get rid of the slush and snow from building up in the tyres tread . Also, they were now much better in just wet, rainy conditions.
Tyre makers also introduced silica in the tyre compound.
Thus, to reduce the freezing affects when the temperature fell below 7 degrees,. This has helped cars drive in winter. Hence, with much better handling and steering,. Which keeps the car on a straight course when braking heavily.
Also a tyres pressure drops by 10psi when the temperature drops below freezing a fact that is seldom mentioned. Also winter tyres are better designed to be fitted on the vast range of SUV vehicles that have emerged onto our car market over the past 10 years.
The old tyre snow tyres would not have coped with the handling qualities of these specialised vehicles in winter time
They would have been too rigid and heavy on the tread pattern; it would have been like fitting heavy-duty off-road 4×4 tyres on to your SUV. They would have been very noisy and difficult to handle on a normal, dry road in between spells of bad weather.
Firestone winter tyres are now regarded as the old fashioned type snow tyres used in the late 1960’s
Now that we have the development of winter tyres
These vehicles act and can be controlled to a far better standard; you would not even know that you have had winter tyres fitted.
Pellon Tyre and Auto-centre offer car and van servicing and repairs to all makes of vehicles. We are not now members of Unipart Car Care centres and give a nationwide guarantee for all our work and parts.
At first this looks like sour grapes coming from Continental tyres. But in the end they are in a huge battle. To hold up their share of the tyre market. Also the bigger tyre companies are now realising. What a great job that tyre retailers have done. As a result over the past five or six years. In promoting the safety aspects of winter tyres.
The upsurge in the take-off of winter tyres has been a success for cheap winter tyres. I can only speak for my own area because different areas of the country have populations of varying wealth.
Due to the fact that Halifax
is an old mill town that produced wool, we are on the lower end of the wealth scale. In my opinion, various governments have neglected us over the years in terms of any redevelopment, which has resulted in many of the traditional large businesses closing down or moving elsewhere.
Scenes like this from two year ago can remind us just how bad it gets. This was in Sowerby north of Halifax UK
This does not reflect on the great people of Halifax, who have knuckled down and made the best of what they have. Anyway, I digress? Going back many years, we had a spell of very mild winters, with only a few days of snowfall in any given winter.
Because of the very hilly nature of this area, there has always been a certain amount of the population who fitted winter tyres to their vehicles. These were wealthy company bosses and farmers. Who needed to get around even in bad snowy conditions?
As far as I can remember
winter tyres were never a priority for the bigger tyre companies; they neverWhen a string of particularly bad winters hit us, importers were the first to respond to the market’s demand for winter tyres.
There are now hundreds of tyre manufacturers from China competing with the likes of Continental tyres and I believe that they are starting to feel the pinch.
We at Pellon Tyres fit budget winter tyres to all our vehicles and we never get stuck in snow They are a genuine safety benefit to me and my drivers. If you require a new set of tyres on your car at this time of year, just before winter, then please fit winter tyres, You know it makes sense, and you will not regret it.
is actively encouraging motorists to switch to winter products. This message comes with the aim of boosting tyre safety in the upcoming cold months.
Bridgestone Winter tyres
Bridgestone Tyres is actively encouraging motorists to switch to winter products. This message comes with the aim of boosting tyre safety in the upcoming cold months.
With the conditions all set to become more and more unpredictable and with the increasing number of casualties due to unsafe tyres, Bridgestone has taken it upon itself to educate people about the importance of tyre safety in the winter.
I have never known a winter tyre that stands out above the others. There are many reasons why our customers prefer a certain brand or even type of tyre. We have a few particular instances that stick out; one of them is a guy who imports and fits carpets.
His work takes him to all over Europe, and he travels thousands of miles a year. His main destination is Belgium because of its large carpet manufacturing industry. The only thing that he will fit in his Mercedes Sprinter long wheel base van is Michelins. The guy just did not want any old Michelin’s; he wanted Michelin Agillis Alpin winter tyres.
The man insisted on nothing else and sometimes we have to get them from Holland for him. He says that he gets all-year-round grip and feels totally confident in all road conditions and any inclement weather.
Bridgestone Tyres
Another thing that we always see. Some drivers will only stick to the make of tyre as original equipment. These tend to be middle-class gentlemen. A good example is the owners of new VW cars. These are the guys who ask for the Bridgestone brand of tyres.
Although Bridgestone tyres come out in all sorts of makes of cars,. VW cars are one of the most modern cars to have these tyres fitted. Audi cars are also equipped with the Bridgestone brand.
Again, these drivers will stick to the same brand of tyres. Consequently, we sell Bridgestone Blizzak winter tyres because the customers who drive them will stick to the same brand of tyre. My opinion is that it is good for business, and it would not be a good thing for us all to be the same and all buy the same products.
Bridgestone Winter tyres
There is no doubt
that the large tyre manufacturers are getting more involved with their winter products. Here in the UK market. On the continent, drivers have to fit winters by law.
So the tyre companies sell as many as they can.
Bridgestone Winter Tyre Evolution: Ingenuity for Cold Weather Safety
For many years, the world’s largest tyre company, Bridgestone, has led the way in developing innovative winter tyres.
Bridgestone’s research and development teams have consistently pushed the envelope to improve grip, handling, and safety in winter weather since cold, icy conditions provide special driving challenges.
With the introduction of their Blizzak range in the 1980s, the adventure commenced. With its special rubber compound and snow-and ice-specific tread design, this tyre raised the bar.
Without the need for metal studs, the Blizzak’s porous tread improved grip by allowing the tyre to bite into slush and snow. This innovative design, which gave drivers a quieter, more comfortable ride without compromising performance, immediately became well-liked.
Bridgestone has improved the technology of its winter tyres throughout time. The WS90 and other contemporary Blizzak models include multi-cell substances that function as tiny sponges to absorb the water film that accumulates on icy roadways.
With its improved handling and braking distances, this cutting-edge technology gives drivers confidence even in the most hazardous situations.
In order to provide better winter performance for all drivers, Bridgestone has also increased the variety of tyres it offers to suit a wider range of vehicle types, including SUVs and compact automobiles.
Bridgestone is a major player in the winter tyre market and is dedicated to keeping drivers safe throughout the coldest months by investing in ongoing research and development.
Bridgestone’s tyres provide a dependable solution for drivers in the UK, where winter weather can be erratic, to safely and easily navigate through snow, slush, and freezing rain.
It has to be said that we have to battle for the crumbs of the left-over tyres once they have supplied the rest of Europe, but we have been helped by imports from places like China and other Eastern tyre makers.
Yokohama BluEarth tyres range demonstrates its commitment to reducing its environmental impact globally. The BluEarth AE-01 tyre encompasses much of Yokohama’s environmental technology and exper…
Yokohama BluEarth Tyre
There is no doubt in my mind that the Yokohama BluEarth tyres will become one of the big tyre players shortly.
Their commitment to the motorsport scene and research and development is second to none in the tyre world.
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Yokohama Compounds were tested as far back as the 1980’s It is common knowledge that Yokohama tyres were first starting to develop more
Yokohama orange peel oil symbol
Environmental friendly tyres back in the 1980’s. The giant Japanese have always believed that motorsport participation would lead them to better research and development opportunities. However, this seems to be the case with many of the leading tyre companies, who are now developing more and more tyre products on the quest to obtain the best rolling resistance, by using different products in their compound mixes and indeed creating more diverse tread patterns to achieve this goal.
Yokohama Blue-Earth Tyre uses orange peel oil technology on new race tyres. Yokohama BluEarth Tyre
It is no secret. It was back in the 1980’s that Yokohama tyres started to experiment. By using Orange peel oil in some of their tyre compounds. The first tests were carried out on some of their motorsport racing slick tyres. These are the tyres that have no tread and look like
blue Earth symbol
bald car tyre. These slicks are used to drive the racing cars on a dry circuit. They are a soft compound tyre. These tyres have to be warmed up in special sort of tents. In which they place a portable blow heater to pre-warm the tyres before a race commences. This orange oil helps give a softer compound and has now being incorporated in some of their tyre product range a tyre known as the “Ascend”. I am not familiar with the name of this product, and I think that it is made in Virginia and is only for sale in the USA.
Yokohama BluEarth Tyre
“Yokohama is the only tyre company to have perfected this science,” said Andrew Briggs, Yokohama director of product planning and motorsports. “The result was the ADVAN® ENV-R1TM, which debuted in 2009 at Sebring International Raceway and became the world’s first tyre in a racing series that used sustainable materials.” This would later replace the ADVAN ENV-R2. To bring things up-to-date, Yokohama has started to develop a common tyre concept, calling it the BluEarth concept. The complete line of BluEarth tyres features the new concept mark on the tyre.
The new technology will provide the driver with a better driving experience, through newly evolved tread designs and rubber compounds that include orange peel oils. Finally, the new concept of tyres also gives the driver a better return on his fuel costs, because of the improve fuel efficiency of the tyre range. Yokohama’s tyre innovations are born on the race track and end up supporting the regular guy with their regular cars.
Part Worn Tyres; The number of motorists fined by Auckland Council parking wardens for having unsafe tyres has almost doubled in the past three years. – New Zealand Herald
What will help to control this out-of-hand practice of selling illegally worn tyres?. Right on Auckland and may, many others follow their suite.
Some Authorities are clamping down on the part used tyre sellers. Trading standard officers all over the world are gradually clamping down on these hot part used tyre dealers. There is no doubt in my mind that this is indeed a western world problem that has raised its ugly head again since the early 1990’s.
It is also no coincidence: Part Worn Tyres Fines Double
that these operations (selling illegal part worn tyres) are carried out by the immigrant population, especially here in the UK. Small, what I call bucket shops, have opened up all over the place, at the same rate as the car washes. In fact, the two types of operation are linked; car washes usually sell worn tyres.
Part-worn tyres- Part Worn Tyres Fines Double
We have seen this all before, but the authorities seem to have turned a blind eye to the matter. Here in the UK, a law was introduced to regulate the quality of part worn tyres sold; this was in 1994.
Things started to improve. Furthermore, with the onset of the financial crisis, cash-strapped families became an easy target for the part used tyre market. We now know that 22% of the tyre buying public have bought part worn tyres. A huge slice of the tyre market, almost a ¼ of tyres purchased are part worn’s. It is also no coincidence that the number of tyre related road accidents have increased. Over the same period. I must repeat myself that I have nothing against selling part worn tyres as long as they come within the present laws.
We have seen a massive increase in the number of tyres removed from cars that were bought as part-worn tyres. Furthermore. they are downright dangerous. Government departments should deal with the part-worn tyre problem with more vigour. Indeed, because of the number of tyre-related accidents, it has been announced that various government agencies, including Department for Transport, Highways Agency and Transport for London, have had meetings about the need to improve the standard of tyre safety and help reduce the number of tyre-related incidents and accidents here in the UK.
Part-worn tyres- Part Worn Tyres Fines Double
Stuart Jackson the head of Tyresafe.org, said. “It’s clear that the tyre industry has a shared vision of how we can work collaboratively to help reduce road casualties further and with further support from the government, its agencies and other stakeholders, I’m confident we can continue to make a real difference.” There is no doubt that this was an important meeting, but let us hope that we can get some conclusive results and move on outlawing this despicable trend of selling illegal part worn tyres and restrict it back to third-world countries.
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