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the most farsighted and most experimental the auto-lady already "changed shoes" their machines into the winter "boots". For the less than experimental or those being still doubting - to buy - not to buy, if we buy, then what? - councils from the director of transport firm "Skarlet", the sea-scapes Of bushuyevoy.

To buy compulsorily! Economizing on the casings, it is possible to doom itself to the more serious problems with the machine and its own health. Safety on the road -, first of all,! Thus...

Automobile rubber occurs summer, winter and all-season. The discussion will deal below with the latter, and snow tire is subdivided into two more forms - simple and shipovannuyu. Simple snow tire more relief, and protector in it is designed in such a way as to remove liquid mud and snowy porridge from under the wheels, ensuring the denser cohesion of wheels with the road.

Shipovannaya rubber in the addition is completed by the metallic shafts, which "mark" ice, and machine so does not slide on the iced road. Which of two is specific to select - a matter of taste, but the easier the machine, the calmer in it itself you feel on shipovannoy rubber.

All-season rubber as phenomenon, possibly, is legitimate in the countries with the more mild climate than our. In Russia they buy it from the savings, but also it is relative - in summer "vsesezonka" more rapidly is erased, than ctandartna4 summer rubber. Actually, perhaps it is possible to combine "in one bottle" the principally different properties of summer and snow tire?! An improvement in the "winter" properties, unavoidably leads to worsening in the "summer", and - vice versa. Therefore, buying all-season rubber, you obtain mediocre quality on the dry summer road, very mediocre - on the wet road and disgusting - in winter.

To ruin to the new or to purchase used rubber? This depends on that how how much you intend on it to drive. The advertised wear in 30-40% in reality can prove to be much greater; therefore select such a rubber must experienced driver. As a rule, this is imported rubber, on which somewhere in Czechia already travelled a little yr or two. Our "skillful individuals" it restore, direct "cosmetic" and sell. But are frequent the cases, when the "bald" protector simply they disguise by the strip of new, which has unpleasant property rapidly to be unstuck. Second-hand rubber is sufficient to one season. But if machine is intended to sale, and to drive you intend a little, then economically rubber to b/u is advantageous, indeed it costs the maximum of 30 dollars, whereas the same stamp is new more expensive 3-5 times. But here the backup, which also must be winter, it is possible to acquire that reused.

Now let us have a talk about the prices and the stamps. In this season as always, valuably not only quality, but also the name: the fashionable and "untwisted" stamps of "large six" Michelin, Bridgestone, Good Year, Continental, Sumitomo, Pirelli. Furthermore, wonderfully themselves presented firms Gislaved and Nokian. "fashionable" tires reach in the price to 180-200 dollars for the wheel, whereas not being inferior as (checked!), but less known rubber costs 50-60 dollars. In this category it is possible to recommend the Japanese Yokohama (it now is sold "native", whereas rubber of some, untwisted stamps has already been made on the license, and this already other quality). From domestic rubber the serious test to the quality, which carried out the Dutchmen, passed only rubber of Bobruiskiy of plant, but it is difficult to find it in sale. Spread in the price is caused by the place of purchase - in the store or on the market.

After selecting stamp, to select "its" wheels is entirely simple: on those that they stand now, they are indicated from the side three digital designations, for example, of 2shch0-.'shchRy' (250 - width in the millimeters, 65 - height in the percentages of width, 16 - fit diameter in the inches) - on new rubber must be analogous. This, concerning size, and what must be protector? This depends on operating conditions. If for you it constantly is necessary to overcome snowdrifts, is necessary rubber with the large cartridges, while if in your court they regularly remove snow, will approach model with the less aggressive protector. The cartridges cut to small lamel'ki are good in any event.

After purchasing, go to shinomontazh. There your machine they must "change shoes": to remove wheels, to transpose rubber on the disks (as a rule, it is bought only rubber, but not wheel with the disks - this is more expensive), to balance wheels (if necessary, to even disk) and to return them in the place. Operation this is sufficiently simple, is rapid (hour - one-and-a-half), but it is better to preserve check, since the badly fixed loads, with the aid of which is balanced the wheel, can be lost. Guarantee to this work is given for the month, but if it is executed shoddily, then troubles are revealed during the first week.

Remained to add that with the offensive of spring the snow tire should be again replaced to the summer, especially if in winter you stopped your selection at shipovannoy rubber - shafts simply depart from a constant contact with the asphalt. Two complete sets - winter and summer - will serve to you as the minimum two years.

- in the beginning of winter season even to experienced drivers are recommended "to enter into the regime", pouprazhnyavshis' in the abrupt decelerations, turnings, outputs from the drift somewhere on the desert road. You will recall driving technique with the drift: on the front-wheel-drive automobile on the turning it is necessary to add gas (after reducing speed preliminarily in the straight section of road), on the the zadneprivodnom, on the contrary, to brake, but not sharply. With the drift on the front-wheel-drive automobile it is necessary to pass to the more powerful lowered transfer, to add gas, having simultaneously squeezed out hand brake. Well, and to turn control to the side of drift, if you at this moment remember, where it is located. To the zadneprivodnom simpler: control into the opposite to drift side and the smooth pressure on the brake.

Always helps "gold rule": to drive to 10-15 km/h more slowly than usually, at least, in the beginning of season.

- after selecting shipovannuyu rubber, you remember that it considerably shortens the braking distance of automobile; therefore on rear glass- it relies to hang the appropriate mark ("Sh" in the red triangle). And it does not be worthwhile sharply to impede, if the following you machine not soblyudayet distance. In winter it is generally better to practice intermittent braking. And if we you privykli drive under the hill in the neutral transfer, about this better to in winter forget.

- into the slushy season the most dangerous time - beginning of rain. Water is mixed up with mud, forming as if "oil" film on the road, along which the wheels slide not more badly than along ice. At this time it is necessary to be to especially attentive and to reduce speed.

"more quietly you will go - further you will be", says popular "automobile" wisdom. This is correct with respect to the winter ride with any weather.

- with the poor visibility do not forget to include overall sizes. Even if in you excellent sight, you appear respect for associates along the road. Not note can you by experts proven that worst of all with the poor visibility both in winter and in summer, they are visible dark machines. Then red, orange, yellow - the safest colors.

- after skidding in snow, you pass to the lowered transfer (the first with the mechanical gearbox) and attempt to be selected to "vraskachku" - nazad-vpered. Moreover with the small turning of wheels in order not to deepen one and the same track. Do not gas for long: the skidding at one place wheels with each turning decrease the chances by independent vyzvoleniye from the snowy captivity.

- if we are selected could not be, try to place under the driven wheels of board, stick, branch - which will prove to be near at hand. To place more conveniently across. In the case, even if this does not help, have in the baggage carrier tow rope.

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