Rubber is everywhere in modern vehicles, from tires to timing belts. Eventually, all these items wear out, usually by ...

If your tires are only partially worn, find out how much. Stick a tread-depth gauge (about $5 at auto-parts stores) into each of the grooves on all four tires, as shown in the photo below.

Unlike a front-wheel drive car that can live with new tires in the front and worn-out rubber in the back, AWD cars with mismatching tire brands, tread depths, and sizes will cause unnecessary wear ...

For most, tires are likely to wear out their tread well before a 10-year age limit is reached. Obviously, owners of collector cars or weekend drivers will accumulate fewer miles, as might city ...

But as the tire wears out, the rubber goes somewhere. It comes off in maybe a very small dust, or a particle, or, in some cases, bigger chunks. It goes somewhere. It’s on the sides of the roads. It’s ...

That's why as the tires wear out, they don't do so evenly. To rectify that, tire rotation can greatly benefit drivers with any drivetrain, whether it's two-wheel or four-wheel.

Their softer rubber compounds typically mean winter tires wear out faster than all-season tires, usually lasting around 40,000 miles versus 60,000 to 80,000 miles.

A set of traditional tires could wear out in around 20,000-30,000 miles on an EV. That’s why EV’s need tires designed specifically for them such as the iON line of EV-specific tires by Hankook ...

Unlike a front-wheel drive car that can live with new tires in the front and worn-out rubber in the back, AWD cars with mismatching tire brands, tread depths, and sizes will cause unnecessary wear ...