Would siping not decrease fuel mileage? Discount Tire, I believe, has siping machines.

Interesting: http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/tireSiping.dos

Two things. First, aftermarket re engineering a tire is pretty much a compromise of intended benefits. Like, who would like having a summer tire with improved ice traction that were now louder then heck the other 9 months out if the year; gas mileage asside. Secondly, what makes you think advertis…

Many new tires these days are already sipped. Why would you trust the high-school graduate at the tire store to know more about tire design then the engineers who designed the tire. If you don’t trust the engineers to build a quality tire for you (either with sipping or not)…then buy from a differe…

@MikeInNh To go along with that thought, why would you trust a non highschool graduate which may be just as likely to work there, to sipe the tires on an Expedition you may drive over 100mph.

sipe the tires on an Expedition you may drive over 100mph. Nothing altered. Just curious about the claims. The tire companies, I assume, would already have done this if it were effective. They already do a form of siping in their tread designs. Since hospitals call in the middle of blizzards, I ha…

You can’t have your cake and eat it too. Tire siping could lead to increased fuel economy (probably undetectable) but it will also lead to less brake efficiency and road grip at the same time. The money you spend on “siping” would probably never be recovered through better fuel efficiency. Forget ab…

Where did you see someone claiming that siping can enhance fuel mileage? I always understood that it would decrease it slightly. Siping is generally associated with the search for better snow & ice traction, and I have seen reports of testing that shows that it does that. (Here is a very brief sn…

Siping compromises the surface tread support. In other words, it will make the tire tread squirm on contact with the pavement. You will feel this in the car and it could be very unsettling. If the car is driven long distances on the highway, the heat built up in the tread surface will be greater tha…

It might be possible to find conflicting opinions on any topic on the internet, especially those that are in doubt. You might want to look at the tread patterns of tires that are designed to result in less rolling resistance. Search words could be “fuel saving tires” or “low rolling resistance tir…

How does "SIPING" increase fuel mileage? - as some claim

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texases January 8, 2014, 7:19pm 2

It wouldn’t increase it, don’t know if it would decrease it. I’ve never been asked about siping at Discount Tire (where I buy all my tires). They do advertise it on their web site. Not something I would do, I trust the tire designers more that the folks at the shop.

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