When you visit BMW of Silver Spring and invest in a luxurious, performance-focused BMW vehicle like a 2017 BMW 3 series near Columbia, MD you want to do everything you can to ensure your investment lasts a long time. This includes taking care of your tires, which means sticking with your regularly-scheduled maintenance, practicing proper inflation, and switching to winter tires if necessary.
Tires are easy to take for granted, but too much neglect can lead to irregular tread wear, and excessive wear in one particular spot. These issues can adversely affect several aspects of your BMW vehicle’s performance, including decreased handling, reduced traction, and diminished fuel economy. Irregular tread wear is oft-times due to one of two things: improper tire inflation or poor wheel alignment. Thankfully, both issues are easily rectified at our Silver Spring, MD BMW dealership. For example, if you find that your car is drifting left or right on an even plane, or if you see that your tires have an odd, “slope-like” wear pattern (known as feathering), bring your vehicle in and we’ll straighten out your wheel alignment post-haste.
As for improper tire inflation, this is best solved by learning to use a pressure gauge when inflating your tires. We’re happy to provide a crash-course that won’t take more than a few minutes, and when it’s over you’ll know how to inflate all four tires evenly, and to the correct level.
In terms of scheduled tire maintenance, keep two numbers in mind: 8,000 and 40,000. You should rotate your tires every 8,000 miles (or 6K - 8K miles) and you should plan to purchase new tires around 40,000 miles. Let’s talk further at our showroom, a terrific car-care resource that’s also a great place to finance or lease BMW cars near Bowie, MD!