| One of my friends says that any car has three | | | | "All-season tyres. It's a special type of tires that |
| main parts; they include the engine, steering and | | | | can be used both in summer and in winter. But |
| certainly wheels. He pays a lot of attention to the | | | | frankly speaking, my friend doesn't advice to |
| latter because even an ideal car will never go | | | | purchase these tires because their inventors tried |
| without wheels. My friend is sure that to choose | | | | to find ideal tires, but in fact all-season tires are |
| tyres is a really great task. He has some rules | | | | not as good as tires for a particular period of |
| that he strictly sticks to when he chooses tires | | | | time. |
| for his car. Several days ago he made a small | | | | But it's not enough to know that there exist |
| lecture on tires for me. | | | | different types of tires; there are many tips |
| The first thing every person has to know is the | | | | everyone has to know when he or she chooses |
| fact that there are different types of tires: | | | | tires. One can find a lot of letters on tires but not |
| "Summer tyres. They are designed in order to | | | | all people know what they mean. |
| use them when it is hot. These tyres provide | | | | Let's examine some of them: |
| good road adherence in summer, they are | | | | 1. TL means that the tyre is tubeless; |
| perfectly adapted to driving at high speed and | | | | 2. DcDc on the contrary means that this tyre is a |
| they have maximum endurance. But they can | | | | tube one; |
| hardly be used in winter. | | | | 3. When you see the word Steel written on the |
| "Winter tyres. Tires of this type are used on | | | | tyre it means that this tire belongs to a type of |
| roads when they are covered with snow or with | | | | metal cord tyres. |
| ice. Some of such tires have tire studs or provide | | | | 4. Letters PR with different numbers show |
| an ability to mount them. | | | | ply-rating of a tyre. |