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+Status: published
+Date: 2025-02-08 13:28:34
+Modified: 2025-02-11 11:03:52
+Author: Benjamin Du
+Slug: tips-on-car-tires
+Title: Tips on Car Tires
+Category: Life
+Tags: life, car, vehicle, tire, run-flat, snow
+
+**Things on this page are fragmentary and immature notes/thoughts of the author. Please read with your own judgement!**
+
+## Run-flat Tires 
+
+1. Run-flat tires can be a good option 
+    if you need the peace of mind 
+    of being able to drive a short distance 
+    after a puncture in a remote area where access to tire repair might be limited.
+
+2. Run-flat tires does not performance as well 
+    compared to standard (non-run-flat) tires on snow and ice.
+
+
+## Snow Tires 
+
+1. Snow tires are great for driving on snow and ice.
+    However,
+    you have to swap snow tires to all-season (or summer) tires 
+    and store snow tires by yourself
+    after the winter is over.
+    Notice that different cars might have different sizes of tires.
+    If you won't keep cars with the same size of tires for at least serveral years,
+    your snow tires won't be well utilized.
+
+2. If you do not want to go with snow tires 
+    but still want good performance on snow and ice,
+    you can choose the following tires (ranked according to preference).
+    - All-weather tires.
+    - All-season tires rated 3PMS (Three-peak Mountain Snow)
+        which have good performance on medium snow.
+        For example,
+        Michelin CrossClimate is an all-season tire rated 3PMS.
+    - All-season tires with the feature "M+S" 
+        (means mud and snow)
+        which has good performs in light snow.
+        For example,
+        BFGoodrich Advantage Control is such an example 
+        (which is also relatively cheap compared to other famous brand tires)
+        .
+
+## References
+
+- [What Is the 3PMSF Symbol And What Does It Mean?](https://www.lesschwab.com/article/tires/what-is-a-3-peak-mt-snowflake-designation.html)
+