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Silly question some say: we use the car because it's fast, convenient, comfortable, indispensable or mandatory, depending on the case and the point of view. Except that all this says nothing about the root causes that, more often, one does not even wonder about the fact of using the automobile.

Initially, there was nothing. Or rather, there was no car. People walked, cycled or used the horse as a means of transportation. Until the day when a malicious genius has the idea of ​​inventing a machine that allows you to move without muscle strength. What progress! The human being will now be freed from the obligation to use his muscles, which is not without posing in passing some problems for the long-term muscle development of humans. Fortunately, we will quickly invent the sport and in particular the sports halls, to be able to continue to develop the muscles that we developed previously just because of autogenous displacement.

Like any novelty, the automobile remains initially confined to a small circle of privileged rich. Sometimes, there is even a man running in front of the car to warn passersby of his arrival and especially to warn them of the probable danger that lies in wait for them. The amused and curious pedestrians look at this machine with circumspection, incredulous before the poor motor skills of such a machine, yet massive and already polluting.

Over time, smarter manufacturers than others perfect the machine and endow it with a speed that finally exceeds that of the pedestrian. This is still very expensive, but it becomes possible, when you are rich, to draw the road at a reasonable speed, sitting comfortably on a padded seat.

Gear often breaks down and the roads are not really roads yet, but these privileged rich have no doubt the impression of participating in a considerable advance of civilization.

Then, industrials even smarter than the previous ones decide to standardize the production of the cars. From the moment when one masters almost the whole of the production scheme, as much rationalize the production in order to increase the productivity and thus the profits. It was then that an even smarter industrialist than all the clever industrialists, known as Henry Ford, had the idea of ​​further rationalizing production in order to further reduce production costs. without increasing excessively its profits. Suddenly, it became possible to lower the unit cost of a car to a level allowing any worker, especially the worker building the car, to acquire a car himself.

Honestly , it's a little since then that things are gone in lollipop. From an elite luxury craft industry, automobile production was becoming mass-produced, such as toothbrushes or socks. The problem is that, unlike toothbrushes or socks, the car weighs more than a ton, consisting mainly of metals and plastics which themselves have required several tens of tons of raw materials to reach to the final product.

If the car we buy lasts a life, it could possibly be considered. However, very quickly, it became necessary for manufacturers to sell more cars. Because, after significant investments in production lines and with the payment of workers' wages, it becomes imperative to continue to produce ever more cars. As people die every 60 years or so, opportunities could be saturated very quickly if the car produced could last a lifetime.

At this stage, the clever industrialists have racked their throat and realized that we had to find a way to force the motorist to change cars often on pain of losing their industry and their profits. They then invented a new concept they called "marketing" and whose sole purpose is to persuade consumers that it was imperative to change cars often.

Already, they asked their engineers to build models that did not last too long and whose mechanics fell to dust after a few years. Then, they multiplied the shapes and colors of the vehicles to create a whole seyante range of cars within a skilfully studied hierarchy, from the rotten car of exploited worker until the sexy car of exploiting boss. Finally, they have added a pinch of advertising to give consumers all the benefits of having the latest car model that will stand out from that of his neighbor. In fact, they even had their hands a little heavy on the pinch of advertising, and we can speak in fact of a good ladle of advertising spices.

The result is that everyone started to change cars regularly, for a yes or a name, without really knowing why, except that we have to change because the neighbor does the same. .

Moreover, the time when only a few wealthy barons used the car on dented roads was well and truly over. With the massification of the automobile, tarred road networks were needed to accommodate all these cars.

However, this is very expensive and the clever industry already used their profits to pay their shareholders. So they convinced the politicians of the time of the need to use public money massively to build countless tarmac roads designed to run these private cars. Of course, we had to pay a few bribes, but the best argument for road construction was military in nature: with paved roads, the army could quickly move men and equipment to the combat zones. Thanks to the roads and the car, the war was finally entering the era of progress, in the last two world wars.

Unfortunately, despite all the efforts of the clever industrialists to drive us, a large part of the people continued to use the many and efficient public transport, especially the countless lines of trains in the country and streetcars in the cities. Public transport has allowed the development of dense urban planning along the networks and in particular near railway stations, stations or tram stops. People did not feel all the irrepressible desire to buy a car when most of their destinations were accessible by public transport, and for the rest there was walking and cycling.

Strangely, with the arrival of the automobile, public transport rail networks began to be abandoned by public investments. On the one hand, it was already necessary to provide considerable sums to tar the roads for cars. On the other hand, the malignant industrialists proposed to the politicians to manufacture big cars that they called car-bus, intended to replace the trains and the trams. Where trams had their own network, the stroke of genius of the clever industrialists was to circulate these cars on the same roads as cars. As these roads were already starting to be seriously congested, the auto-buses did not go faster than the cars. So, people have started to think that, even if they are stuck in traffic jams,

From the moment the railways were less well maintained, their operation began to flounder. To complete the beast even more quickly, some smart manufacturers specializing in the automotive industry decided to buy outright tram companies to dismantle. At each tramway network dismantled, photographers were summoned and bottles of champagne were opened.

After a few years, there were no more trams and trains were living on the remains of the rail network not yet abandoned. Even then, the train was still very convenient for quickly and efficiently connecting major cities, which unacceptably limited the development of the automobile. The malignant industrialists then made the forcing with the politicians to obtain new roads even better for the car, and they called them auto-routes. All this cost a fortune, but as more and more cars became available, normal roads were increasingly blocked, so it was imperative to create fast roads so cars could still drive at a speed sufficient.

In the city, traffic jams became permanent, so that some motorists began to protest and demand the removal of the cars that took up too much space. At the same time, with the omnipresence of the car, levels of pollution, noise and danger became worrying. It was necessary to act under penalty of seeing the car questioned.

It has been called peri-urbanization, and the clever industrialists have found it great. From now on, we would be able to sell to each household at the same time a car and a house, that is to say two products requiring astronomical quantities of materials. And even better, the very principle of periurbanisation of spreading houses endlessly to one another, public transport which can only function effectively from a certain density of population lost their reason for 'be. Also, as there can no longer be profitable commercial activity nearby in an urban fabric of houses lined up ad infinitum, the clever companies have proposed to create gigantic shopping centers, only accessible by car of course.

Moreover, as we can do almost anything without a car in the peri-urban, it became possible for the industrial malignant to sell several cars per household, one for the man, one for the woman and sometimes even one for each child, which allowed to increase profits even more.

In fact, the clever industrialists had realized their dream, the car had become universal and mandatory. Public transport had almost lost its raison d'être, almost everyone had its peri-urban pavilion where you can not do anything without a car, each home had to have several cars and everyone wanted to change cars every two or three years to impress the neighbor of the pavilion next door.

Unfortunately, when everyone has a car to have the freedom to go fast everywhere, everyone wins the freedom to go slowly always in the same place. When the streets are already used exclusively for motor traffic, it is technically impossible to enlarge them, except to destroy buildings and buildings.

The result was not long in coming, most cities were regularly paralyzed. For if people have to buy cars and peri-urban houses to run the economy, they are not allowed to work at home. On the one hand, because they would no longer buy cars, on the other hand because the social control exercised by concentrated work remains irreplaceable in a society capable of developing such a counter-model of development. In other words, to accept such a system, you have to literally be chained to this system, working to pay for your car and using your car to go to work.

Except that to function, such a system necessarily needs a minimum of fluidity. If roads and streets are constantly blocked by cars, it does not work anymore. In addition, nuisances reach such a point that even people yet chained to this system may rebel.

With the onset of cold weather, the appearance of snow and ice on the road, it is time to change summer tires to winter. And if winter tires for your car are already selected, it remains to decide how and where to store summer tires. Today we will tell you about the features of storing ironman all country at summer tires.

Tires are susceptible to environmental conditions, so it is important to store them in a dry, ventilated area, isolated from direct sunlight. Improper storage of tires can lead to deformation and shorten their life .

There are 2 ways to store summer tires:

- storage in a professional tire center

- home storage

Storage of summer tires in a professional tire center

In the certified center you can use the seasonal storage of tires and wheels and be sure that the conditions necessary for proper storage are met there:

- Temperature condition . Permissible temperature fluctuations in the room where the wheels are stored - from + 25 ° С to + 35 ° С

- humidity level . Tires should be stored in a dry, well- ventilated area. Humidity fluctuations from 50% to 80% are permissible.

- Storage technology . Tires on disks must be kept suspended or folded on top of each other. Tires without wheels must be stored vertically in a row.

- Isolation of the room . Proper seasonal storage tires implies the absence of direct sunlight, oils and other fuels and lubricants, as well as heat from heaters and batteries.

By entrusting the storage of summer tires to specialists, you ensure your comfort, because your tires will be in a safe place and you will be able to hand over or pick them up at any time convenient for you, in accordance with the operating hours of the certified center.

Home storage of summer tires

An alternative to storing tires in a certified facility is to store your tires at home. It is important to understand that at home it is necessary to observe the same conditions that are observed in bus centers. Proper storage of summer tires at home implies: storage in a well-ventilated area, compliance with temperature conditions, lack of exposure to direct sunlight. Before starting storage, it is recommended to inspect summer tires, remove large stones and other foreign objects.

Tires on disks should also be stored horizontally, "in a pile." At home, you can use cardboard, laying it between the wheels so that the wheels do not rub against each other. Tires without wheels are stored vertically on the tread. Stacking in this case is not recommended, as the lower tire may be deformed.