which wears out a tire faster?
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which wears out a tire faster?
What would wear out a tire faster? Mostly street driving or mostly highway driving? I would think with street driving, you'd be scraping off the outter edges faster with sharper turns. With highway driving, the bounce from high speed bumps would "squish" the tire harder and and cause accelerated wear from the bending. Or maybe they are somehow equal? So what do you all think?
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definitely street driving wears a tire faster because you have turning, braking, and accelerating, all three of which are the causes of tire wear (assuming same car,tires,and proper size and alignment)
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In general, bad wheel alignment and improper PSIs wear out a tire quicker than anything else. But, given proper tire pressure and caster/camber/toe settings within specs, stop-and-go driving will generally wear out tires quicker than steady highway miles, especially at with moderate highway speeds that do not excessively heat up the tire (that's one reason why tires have speed ratings). There's one exception to highway driving.......if you are on a twisty highway with lots of sharp curves (the typical "sports-car" road), and you tend to corner sharply or do aggressive driving. That, of course, wears out the edges of the front tires quickly.
Also, all other things equal, if the tires are not rotated properly, a FWD car, being comparatively nose-heavy, will wear out front tires more rapidly than an AWD or RWD car will. And coarse/porous road surfaces, with higher tire friction and rolling resistance, will generally wear out tires faster than smoother ones.
Also, all other things equal, if the tires are not rotated properly, a FWD car, being comparatively nose-heavy, will wear out front tires more rapidly than an AWD or RWD car will. And coarse/porous road surfaces, with higher tire friction and rolling resistance, will generally wear out tires faster than smoother ones.
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what wears out tires are braking and turning. so yes, urban/city driving (or twisty country roads) wear tires VASTLY more than highway driving.
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