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In this guide, we answer the question, what are the best all-season performance tires for any vehicle? First, let’s define what an all-season performance tire is and why you’d want to consider this over-achieving tire! These are the tires that are featured in this post (alphabetical list): What are all-season tires? All-season tires are designed …

If you’re selling a used car or looking to buy a new car, you’ve got options other than your local car dealership. It’s actually possible to shop around for the best price through the web rather than at a physical location. Leverage the wide availability of these online marketplaces so you get the best deal …

This guide does a deep dive into tire speed ratings, to further explain the numbers on the side of your tires. We answer common questions: What does speed rating mean on a tire? How do you know what the speed rating is for your vehicle? What is the most common speed rating for a passenger tire?  …

We created this guide to help drivers who are looking for cheap car wheels, inexpensive wheels and low-price wheels. Our team gets a lot of questions from family, friends and customers who are looking for cheap replacement rims. But, instead of listing the cheapest wheels you can buy for a truck or car, we presented …

We thought an article about studding tires might be relevant to maybe a few areas in the United States, until we looked at a map on the US DOT’s site and learned that 70% of roads in the US are located in snowy regions. Even Arizona, one of the hottest states in the country, sees snow …

What Do Tire Sizes Mean? Guide to Understanding Tire Size and Other Codes  Tires have several numbers, letters and symbols on their sidewalls that communicate important information about them. If you don’t know how to speak the tire language, however, the letters don’t mean much. In this post we break down what the tire numbers …

The term “touring” carries different meanings depending on whether you’re talking about the automotive industry as a whole or delving into the specialized lingo of tire enthusiasts. In this article, we’ll analyze the intricacies of touring in both contexts, explain what GT radial tires bring to the table and explore the various types of touring …

The number of tire options available can be overwhelming, but each style is designed for specific purposes. You’ve got all-season, touring, summer, winter and performance, to name a few. There is even a category that might be off your radar: We’re talking about highway tires. Let’s explore what highway tires are, what sets them apart …

(This is a refreshed post, originally published September 16, 2022.) Do you need to put snow tires on your car in winter? Are they really necessary? Or are all-season tires good enough? What makes snow tires for cars different from regular tires? And, Cheap Charlie wants to know: Can you go with just two snow …

We get it: You want to get as many miles out of your tires as possible. When it comes to fixing flat tires, you’d rather patch or plug it than replace it, especially if you can get a few more miles out of the repaired tire. Understood. There are ways to fix tires instead of …