Check your tire pressures regularly

Anyone who fails to carry out the recommended checks when refueling, or otherwise every two weeks, is living dangerously and driving more expensively. An undetected loss of tire pressure can cause tire failure – a particularly dangerous situation when driving even at moderate speeds. Even the gradual, normal loss of air pressure through the rim and valve leads to a rise in tire wear and rolling resistance. This in turn drives up fuel consumption. At the same time, braking distances increase, steering precision decreases and there is less chance of safely avoiding obstacles at higher speeds. The tire’s service life also decreases – tires running at 0.4 bar below the correct pressure will return around one third less mileage.

The correct tire pressures can be found on a sticker on the pillar of the driver’s door, on the inside of the fuel filler cap or in the glove compartment. And don’t forget that different values apply depending on how the car is loaded, so adjust your tire pressures accordingly before driving a fully laden car.