In the winter, the weather was cold, and I went to the after-sales service to make up the tire pressure, and the after-sales master told me that the tire should be changed.
The impression of the car has not been driven for a few years, 17 years of car is now just 4 years, while they do not drive much, only more than 40,000 kilometers, the original tire is not very old, did not want to change.
Later, the master said that according to the convention, you have to change the tires in 4 years.
4 years is the recommended replacement time given by the China Tire Industry Association, while the recommended time of relevant regulations in Europe and the United States is a shorter 3 years. Obviously, this standard is placed in the Chinese passenger car market, and few people can do it.
The reason is very simple, one is that if the vehicle of 3 years and 4 years drives a few kilometers, then the state of the tire will not be very bad, there is no need to replace it in advance, and the cost of replacing the tire is not low.
For an ordinary 100,000-class joint venture car, the cost of replacing a set of tires is at least 2,000 yuan, and a slightly better vehicle needs 3,000 yuan or more to replace a set of tires.
Of course, based on safety considerations, it is indeed a good practice to replace the tire in advance, but the replacement of the tire also needs to take into account the state of the tire and its own economic strength.
First, what kind of tires should be replaced.
4 years, the number of tire repairs is very large, the replacement of it, patches more indicate that the tire state is poor, on the one hand, it will increase the risk of air leakage, on the other hand, the structure will also be affected, the number of patches too many tires do not need to be retained.
At the same time, the tires with a large number of kilometers should also be replaced, and the tires that have run more than 70,000 kilometers in 4 years have no need to retain, on the one hand, the braking ability is weakened, on the other hand, there is a safety hazard, if the brake lines are often often smoothed.
What kind of tires can wait?
4 years only ran 30,000 kilometers of car, the need to replace is not large, if you drive less, while having your own independent garage, the vehicle itself is not wind and sun, then the state of the tire will not be bad.
The rubber of the tire is not ordinary rubber, with strong wear resistance, so as long as the texture is clear, not cracked, then there is no need to replace in advance.
Replacing tires is actually the same as the insurance vehicle, according to their own state to replace.
The number of uses is low, and it does not exceed the specified period, then it can wait, for example, a car only runs 5 months and 5000 kilometers, you have to let him change the oil, which is a typical waste.
Some cars require 8,000 kilometers to be replaced in 8 months, and some cars are longer, for example, the maintenance cycle of Lexus can be extended to 10,000 kilometers, so the significance of early maintenance is not great.
Replace the tire needs to distinguish its state, how the pattern is, whether there is a bulge, whether the patch is too much, etc., all need to be analyzed in detail, in a word, let you replace the tire in 4 years, basically belong to a kind, want to draw your wallet in advance.