Summer Tyres in Leeds

Most cars sold in the UK arrive on summer tyres, Leeds' included: the rubber is mixed to grip best above about 7°C, dry or wet as long as the rain is warm, and to hold up over long motorway miles. Below 7°C the same compound firms up and bites less, and braking distances in the wet grow, hence the 7°C rule, which matters on Leeds roads.

On Leeds' roads summer tyres are in their comfort zone, by the 7°C rule, across the May to October window as a rule, and the month strip below says the same. The cold, grey winter is where a summer tyre loses its edge: once it is under 7°C the rubber goes hard and the wet grip goes with it from the middle of Leeds outwards.

If the car is not needed on the coldest days, or winter tyres take over when the temperature drops, a summer set is the sensible buy in Beeston as much as in Ardsley. If the frost does not stop you going out, though, all-season tyres deserve a look, and the fully fitted price for each is a registration search away across the Leeds area.

The closest centres to the middle of Leeds are in LS12 and LS12, 0.7 miles and 0.8 miles out; summer tyres are on the list at both, and the full network of 25 runs from Leeds to Wakefield, with the choice made at checkout.