CALGARY, Alta. – The larger the surface area of a tire in contact with the ground surface, the better the traction of the vehicle. This is not new news, but tire traction is still an important issue ...

Tire makers take tread to new levels through advanced siping, improving traction and longevity. Modern tread designs are complicated affairs. Ribs, intervals between tread blocks, and hairline slits ...

Siping involves cutting tiny slits into the tire tread to improve traction. Most all-season tires are manufactured with sipes at the factory (they’re the little slits on the tread). Additionally, some ...

SPOKANE, Wash. -- With winter weather in the near future, car professionals said it is time to start looking at snow tires. Workers at Troy's Tire Pros said a person's driving habits should dictate ...

A Pueblo man who describes himself as a 20-year auto mechanic is challenging the effectiveness of tire siping, a process that KRDO NewsChannel 13 reported on Wednesday. Michael Legnetti contacted KRDO ...

The leaves are still falling - but soon, so is the snow. Checking into Discount Tire in Burien, the floor was hopping with people getting new tires. Now is the time to take this type of action, before ...

There is no place better than Duluth, with its steep hillside avenues, to test how tires work in a snowstorm. With only a little bit of planning, I happened to be driving to Duluth in the midst of ...

Michelin has introduced the new XDN 2 drive tire with Matrix multi-dimensional siping. The benefit of Matrix siping is that the individual tread blocks July 1, 2003 Michelin has introduced the new XDN ...

A friend made a puzzling discovery while reading the newspaper Thursday morning. “It appears that if you just don’t have the energy to gripe, all you need to do is buy a set of tires,” she wrote. Let ...

CALGARY, Alta. – The larger the surface area of a tire in contact with the ground surface, the better the traction of the vehicle. This is not new news, but tire traction is still an important issue ...