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Selecting Tires

{{ image('MzUx') }} Question:I need new tires. How do I know which tires to get?Genuine Automotive Answer:Let's look at selecting new tires in light of three factors: Function, Fit, and Value. Funct...
Published on: Sep 21, 2025

Have Genuine Automotive Check Your Tire Tread Depth

You may have heard of racing slicks. Now, slicks have no tread, but they give race cars maximum traction on dry racetracks.  Insert a little water into the equation, however, and slicks can&rsquo...
Published on: Mar 30, 2025

Time For New Tires In East Saint Louis?

{{ image('MzI5') }} A lot of factors go into selecting new tires: traction, East Saint Louis weather conditions, handling, load capacity, tread life, looks, warranty and price. IL driving conditions ...
Published on: Feb 05, 2024

The Genuine Automotive Guide To Selecting Tires And Wheels

{{ image('MzIy') }} Some people living near love driving and love their vehicles: To them, picking out the right tire is just as important – and just as much fun – as finding the right s...
Published on: May 25, 2023

Tires By the Numbers (What Tire Numbers Mean)

You may have noticed your tires have a pretty long number on them.  Yours might start with a letter, then a 3-digit number, followed by a few more numbers and letters.  That string of letter...
Published on: May 11, 2023

Nailed It! (Tire Repairs)

We've all been there.  You park somewhere only to return and find one of your tires is flat; you've picked up a nail on the road.  You're hoping you can just have it patched and be on your w...
Published on: Oct 29, 2022

Are You Going Nuts? (Lug Nut Replacement)

If your vehicle has a few years on it, you've no doubt had your tires rotated a few times. That means, of course, that a technician has loosened the lug nuts (which hold the wheels on) to remove the w...
Published on: Jun 21, 2021

Washington V. Lincoln: Tread Depth Champion In East Saint Louis

Today's Genuine Automotive article focuses on the effect of tire tread depth on braking. When East Saint Louis and drivers talk about stopping power, they tend to focus on their brakes. But our tires...
Published on: Mar 20, 2021