The above changes result in more rubber contact between the road and the rubber, which give the driver, improved road handling properties in both cruising and cornering. The gain in the vehicle’s performance is without a cost though. Some negative trade offs for this is decrease tire life, which has a tendency to wear faster when driven in hot weather. More noise from the tires is also reported when compared to the regular oem tires. Finally, because of the increase rubber contact area and a different tread design (which has poor wet weather properties) high performance tires is susceptible to “hydroplaning” during rainy days.Lately, tire manufacturers have added improvements to the tread design to resolve this problem.

Care must be taken when driving this high performance tires during wet and cold weather. A prudent practice commonly recommends is to use high performance tires only during summer and switch again to all season or winter tires after summer season is over.This will ensure you can use high performance tires for a longer period.