Winter vs. Summer vs. All-Season Tires in Texarkana, TX

If you’re riding atop the wrong set of tires for the time of year, you may find yourself struggling to maintain confident handling. Because of this, we strongly recommend stopping by our location with the changing of the seasons to get the right set! Learn more from this Orr Volkswagen of Texarkana overview. 

Winter

Whenever the temperatures drop and the days get shorter, you’ll know winter has arrived in full force. While frost and ice are not common occurences in Texarkana, you may want to take this into consideration if you plan on traveling north in the winter. To prevent these conditions from impacting your rides, you’ll want to have a set of winter tires equipped to your Taos or Atlas. These are crafted with a greater number of slots and sipes, alongside deeper tread depths. Furthermore, the type of rubber they are made of is better equipped to handle the lower temperatures. Through these tires, you are able to maintain a stellar traction, as they dig deep into the soft, frosty material below. But in the summer, you’ll find that they quickly degrade due to the higher temperatures. 

Summer

When the heat returns to town, you’ll know it’s time to equip your Jetta or Tiguan with a set of summer tires at our Service Department. That’s because these have been made with a more elastic typo of rubber that lets them comfortably stretch as the air inside expands in the rising temperatures. Furthermore, their surfaces are flatter, aiming to have as much contact with the ground as possible. You’ll find that this grants them a stellar level of grip as you travel across Route 82 in the summer. If it begins to rain, don’t fret, as they are also adept at operating under wet conditions as well. But once the freeze returns, you may find you are not afforded as much of a hold on the ground as usual. 

All-Season

If you don’t have the time to constantly swap out your tires every few months, then all-season variations may be worthy of your consideration. That’s because they adopt features of the previously mentioned counterparts for more of a jack-of-all-trades approach. However, as the saying goes, they are a master of none. This means they will not perform as effectively as winter or summer tires during particularly harsh conditions during their respective time of year. Otherwise, you'll have all-season components to be more than satisfactory for a casual visit to Spring Lake Park! Schedule a service appointment today to get a new set of tires fitted to your Volkswagen.

- Tire Rotation Service in Texarkana, TX