7 Tire Mistakes That Destroy Good Tires Fast

▶️ FIRST: 7 Cheap Tire Brands That Outlast the Big Names —    • 7 Cheap Tire Brands That Outlast the Big N...   A while back I made a video about which tires to buy. A lot of you wrote afterward and said some version of the same thing: I bought good tires, and they did not last. This is the other half of that conversation. You can buy the best set on the shelf, do everything you were told, and still be back in that store in two years. It is almost never the tire — it is seven things that happen after the tire goes on the car. ⭐ Number 1: there are four numbers stamped into the sidewall of every tire on your vehicle right now. Almost nobody has ever looked at them. They can tell you that the brand new tire you paid full price for had already been sitting in a warehouse for three years. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 "I bought good tires and they did not last" 1:20 7. Checking pressure hot — and reading the wrong number 3:10 6. Skipping the rotation 4:40 5. Ignoring the alignment 6:20 4. Over-inflating to "save fuel" 8:00 3. Mixing tires (and what it does to AWD) 10:20 2. Never looking at the spare 11:40 ⭐ 1. The four numbers 15:10 3 things your tires are trying to tell you 17:00 How to get a lot more life out of the next set 18:20 Tread tells you the miles. The numbers tell you the years. 👇 Go read the date code on your tires and post what you found — just the last 4 digits and what the car is. Some of you are going to be surprised at what is on your vehicle right now. ⚠️ On an all-wheel-drive vehicle, replace all four tires. A diameter difference goes straight into the center differential or transfer case. Explained at 8:00.