Tire Rack Upgrades Consumer Site

Published: March 11, 2010

The Tire Rack has made a major enhancement to its TireRack.com consumer tire and wheel sales Web site.

The enhancement is “designed to make the tire buying experience even faster, easier and more efficient,” Tire Rack said, by allowing easier access to TireRack.com’s three consumer tire research pages: Surveys, Reviews and Tests. Users can now see all three areas at the same time.

“Constantly evolving to provide an easier and more educational tire buying experience for consumers is a key focus at TireRack.com,” said Matt Edmonds, vice president. “The new online enhancement is putting the most sought after tire research information at consumer’s fingertips.”

Forty-one percent of drivers got a flat tire in the last 12 months

Over a quarter (28%) of drivers opted to change the flat themselves, and 24% called roadside assistance.

By Christian Hinton

Published: May 8, 2024

Hankook Tire’s latest Gauge Index recently found that 41% of drivers have experienced a flat tire or tire blowout in the last 12 months. Another 29% have discovered a puncture or leak. The Gauge Index found that one-third (32%) of drivers who experienced a flat tire in the last year said the primary cause was a nail, which was the No. 1 culprit.