Your city driving pet peeves conquered with Bridgestone

Not a fan of driving in the megalopolis? Bridgestone has the answer: conquer your city driving pet peeves with the Turanza 6, driven by ENLITEN technology.

We asked, you answered: here’s what our audience had to say about city driving, and some solutions, courtesy of Bridgestone.

From stop-start driving, to navigating busy, complicated, and uneven surfaces, all while keeping an eye on the ever-changing low emission zone situation — it’s no wonder we’ve each got our own city driving pet peeves.

But for many of us, travelling through the urban sprawl is unavoidable. So luckily, Bridgestone has stepped in with tyres to make dealing with these challenges a little bit easier. Here’s how the Turanza 6 can help conquer the challenges of driving in the city.

Stop, start, stop, start

We all know the feeling of being trapped bumper-to-bumper in congested traffic, stuttering forwards in a stressful game of red light green light. But did you know this experience is stressful for your tyres as well?

The process of accelerating and braking can cause increased wear on your precious rubber, so it’s important to have tyres which can handle it. Enter the Turanza 6, packing a 20% mileage increase over its predecessor, while maintaining best-in-class dry braking and outstanding wet braking — giving you the longevity to outlast any traffic jam in safety.

Lane pain

What happens once you break free from the congested traffic, and make for the open road? Sadly, it may not be so open. Complicated lane systems, last minute traffic rerouting, dreaded city potholes, and the unpredictable stimuli of fellow road users, were all highlighted as challenges.

But fear not. Even a larger SUV like the overlanding Land Rover Discovery can be urbanised for nippy city driving by the Turanza 6, come rain or shine. Featuring best-in-class wet performance, cornering, and corner aquaplaning resistance, you’ll have the grip to handle even the most unexpected turns as manoeuvre between the obstacles of the tight city streets.

If a car is parked in a city and no one is around to watch, is it really parked?

Okay. You’ve stop-started your way your destination, successfully negotiating the unpredictable obstacles of the city’s roads. Perhaps you’ll get lucky, and there’s a multistorey car park to anonymously blend into, but perhaps there’s not, and it’s time for the dreaded experience of parking with an audience.

The high-pressure situation of squeezing into a tight town parking spot is only intensified by the potential to publicly scrape your precious alloys on a lofty kerb — oh the shame. You could opt for one of our easy-parkers to solve this issue, but why limit yourself to these mini parallel parking specialists when you can turn something a little more comfortable — say, a Volvo XC60 — into a kerb whisperer? 

Featuring rim guard technology, the Bridgestone Turanza 6 can make sure your wheels remain unscathed during a tricky parking manoeuvre and spare you any blushes in front of the crowds. Oh, and thanks to the drag reducing design, you can make a quick, aerodynamic escape should you need to abort mission. 

Going zonal

Love them or hate them, Low Emission Zones seem here to stay, and have become a core element of many city environments. Another city driving complication to add to the list. There are plenty of solutions, and many opt to take the EV route to steer clear of any dramas. 

So, for example, you’ve picked up something like a shiny new electric Vauxhall Frontera, and its time for a trip into the big smoke. But what about tyres? 

You guessed it, the Bridgestone Turanza 6 is ready to help with its ENLITEN technology: providing ‘EV readiness without compromising on safety or outstanding tyre performance’. Maybe not quite conquering the pet peeve, but one less thing to worry about as you thrive in the city we reckon.