Linda Cate

A tire plug can seal a small tread puncture when the hole is clean, straight, and away from the sidewall. A tire plug feels simple until you need one on the side of the road. You find a nail and want the leak stopped before the tire goes flat. A plug can work on a […]

Tires are bald when tread hits 2/32 inch, wear bars sit flush, or grip drops on wet roads. A bald tire does not always look totally smooth from a few feet away. That is why so many drivers miss it. The grooves may still show, yet the tread can already be too shallow to clear

Yes, low air in a tire can make a car shake, most often at road speed, during braking, or while turning. If your car has a fresh vibration, tire pressure is one of the first things to check. A tire that’s low on air flexes more, runs hotter, and changes how the tread meets the

Yes, the Tesla app can show each tire’s pressure, though fresh readings often appear only after the car has been driven. The Tesla app can save you a walk to the car when you want a fast tire-pressure check. On many Tesla models, it can show the last measured pressure for each tire, which makes

Your car’s correct tire size is listed on the driver’s door sticker, in the owner’s manual, and on the current tire if it still matches factory spec. Buying tires sounds easy until you start reading the sidewall. One trim level uses 17-inch wheels, another uses 18s, and the car in your driveway may already be

Most passenger-car tires last about 3 to 6 years or 40,000 to 60,000 miles, though heat, storage, load, and care can shift that range. A tire does not die on a birthday. It ages from time, miles, heat, sunlight, load, road surface, and air pressure. That is why two cars on the same street can

Galaxy tires are made by Yokohama Off-Highway Tires, the off-road tire division that sells the Galaxy brand across global markets. If you’ve seen Galaxy tires on a skid steer, tractor, loader, forklift, or telehandler, the name can feel a bit detached from the company behind it. That’s normal. The sidewall says Galaxy. The maker behind

No, most modern passenger vehicles use tubeless tires, so the air seals to the wheel instead of sitting inside a separate inner tube. Plenty of drivers still picture a car tire as a rubber shell wrapped around a tube. That used to be normal. On most cars sold today, it isn’t. The tire, wheel, and

A 35-inch tire usually lines up with sizes like 315/70R17, 315/75R16, or 325/65R18, based on wheel diameter. If you’re trying to match a “35” tire to a metric size, the easy answer is this: there isn’t one single match. A 35-inch tire is an inch-based label, and metric tires use width, aspect ratio, and wheel

No, Costco’s tire package covers mounting, balancing, inflation checks, and flat repairs, but wheel alignment is a separate service. If you’re buying tires from Costco, this is the part that matters most: the installation package does not list wheel alignment as an included item. Costco’s tire pages spell out rotation, balancing, inflation pressure checks, flat