As drivers, commuting from home to the office and back again, with occasional jaunts further afield to tend to business needs, we tend to take our tyres for granted when they work as intended.
But it is possible to make a case for tyres being perhaps the most important part of the vehicle – after all, without them, our journey would be very uncomfortable indeed. Let’s have a look at why tyres are so important and how they contribute to your car’s overall comfort level.
What Is a Tyre?
When man first conceived of the idea of the wheel, it was – pun most definitely intended – a revolutionary moment in our development as a species. And the wheel as a feature has changed little from the very first models, except in one way – the idea of a tyre. For years, vehicles, mainly horse-drawn carriages but also some of the first powered cars, were deeply uncomfortable to ride in. You could spend a whole day travelling just twelve to fifteen miles, and emerge at the nearest inn aching and sore from being jolted and bumped about. Invalids often were strongly recommended not to travel at all, as the journeys were so hard on people’s bodies. In the 1800s, the tyre was conceived and perfected, going rapidly from a rubber coating applied to the wooden or metal wheel to a basic air-bag fitted to the same wood or metal wheel. The comfort levels of drives shot up, and people found they could ride for longer without becoming uncomfortable or stressed.
What About Modern Tyres?
Modern tyres are even more comfortable. The best tyres are designed to offer the ultimate in comfort, with precision engineered belts and design features ensuring that not only are you and your passengers comfortable, but that you are much safer too. Even budget tyres, the bottom of the range, are miracles of comfort when compared to the bumps and jolts that large, wooden carriage wheels would have inflicted on their users! This is why you can travel about the country all day if you need to: from an early morning meeting in Warrington to Manchester for a pick-up, back home to Castleford, for example, without suffering pain or even damage. If your tyres are uncomfortable, or a little worn, get a new set as soon as you can. For getting new tyres in Castleford & other nearby regions, you can go for Reg Greenwood – a local tyre garage located in Pontefract. Their website is a one-stop shop for tyre replacements
It doesn’t matter how good your upholstery is, nor how comfortable the seats are – without good tyres working with the car’s suspension system to keep you barely aware that you’re moving, you would be very uncomfortable and even breathless by the time you arrive at your destination. The perfection of the wheel is one point of progress that we have got exactly right!
