Highway Heroes: The Best Tires For Long-Distance Driving
Find out what your vehicle needs to deliver over long-distance trips, and discover which tires are the best when you’re long-hauling or road-tripping.
Long-Distance Driving
We think about driving conditions a lot when it comes to weather, or at least we should. It’s necessary to drive on winter tires or all-weather tires during the coldest months to keep us and others safe. Switching to all-season or summer tires in warm weather is best to avoid degrading our tires and to reduce the chances of developing a wheel misalignment.
Apart from the weather, we know that city driving differs from country driving. Driving in different locales changes the mileage we get, how much we tax our engines, and the stress placed on our brakes. Having this in mind, its little surprise that long-distance driving poses different challenges than daily commutes or running errands.
If you’re concerned about your vehicle’s ability to withstand a long-distance trip, then visit a TIRECRAFT location near you. We have so many locations across the country that finding one won’t take a long-distance drive itself. Once you’re here, one of our friendly expert technicians can inspect your vehicle, run a diagnostic on it, and assess it. If any issues are found, they can repair them or replace any compromised part.
What Long-Distance Driving Does To Your Vehicle
It’s beneficial to know how long-distance drives affect your vehicle. Knowing this can help you prepare and get the tires and components that work best for your needs. When thinking about long-distance drives, consider the following:
Engine Wear And Tear
City driving often involves a lot of starts and stops that can lead to increased wear on your engine. This can prevent your engine from reaching its optimal operating temperature. Long-distance driving typically allows you to drive at consistent speeds, so your engine can reach and maintain its optimal temperature, reducing wear on the components. In this respect, long-distance driving is actually better for your vehicle than repeated trips.
Brake Wear
Highway driving usually involves less braking. If you can keep a consistent speed, you’ll put less wear on your vehicle’s braking system. The one big caveat to this is that if you have to brake suddenly at high speed, your brakes simply have to work. Stop-and-go traffic might wear your brakes down, but brakes that aren’t good enough to stop your vehicle to avoid a high-speed collision endanger your safety and the safety of others. Come to TIRECRAFT to have your brake system inspected and we can perform any maintenance or repairs it needs.
Fuel Efficiency
Long-distance driving typically allows for better mileage than short trips, especially if those trips are spent in traffic. However, if you take long trips often, especially if it’s for work, you want to maximize your fuel efficiency. At TIRECRAFT, we can recommend tires that can increase the mileage of your vehicle.
Tire Wear
Short trips typically cause more tire wear. However, long-distance driving requires you to spend much more time on the road. While 30 minutes of driving in traffic will probably stress your tires out more than 30 minutes driving on the open road, if you routinely take long road trips, then your tires will wear down faster than somebody who only drives an hour a day.
Battery Health
Your vehicle’s battery is another case of short trips being more taxing, but long trips being more important. Stop-and-go traffic can put stress on your battery in a way that driving at a consistent speed won’t. However, you want to make sure your battery is in good health before you set out on a long road trip. At TIRECRAFT, we offer battery inspections and replacements to ensure your vehicle won’t give up on you in the middle of a road trip.
What Are The Best Tires For Long-Distance Driving?
When choosing tires, it’s important to select ones that compliment your vehicle and which are suited to your driving needs. You want tires that are the right size for your vehicle and which can handle the current weather conditions. A TIRECRAFT technician can recommend some tires that will get you and your vehicle through your upcoming road trip.
We carry a wide variety of tires, including all the most popular tire brands. Some tires that have achieved praise for their long-distance performance include:
- Bridgestone Ecopia EP422 Plus
- Dunlop Signature II
- Continental PureContact LS
- Cooper CS5 Ultra Touring
- Goodyear Assurance ComfortDrive
- Hankook Ventus S1 Noble2
- Michelin Defender T + H
- Pirelli Cinturato P7
Contact Tirecraft To Learn More About Long-Distance Driving.
If you want the best long-distance tires, the best truck tires, a tire service, or anything else tire related, please contact your local TIRECRAFT location today.
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