Post by Boxer6 on Nov 8, 2017 23:14:39 GMT
Herself had her TD5 at KwikFit today to have a new pair of tyres fitted to the front of the car; 4mm on both fronts, 6mm and 5mm on the rears meant they recommended leaving it for a while yet. Fair enough.
However, when the time comes the chief tyre monkey recommended having the new tyres put on the rear, with the current rears switched to the front. It seemed wrong to both of us to do this, but he stuck fast to his recommendation saying they would always recommend having thew newest tyres on the rear of any 4wd car.
To me, the reason for having the "best" tyres on the front are to provide the best grip for traction and steering, with any potential slippage being at the rear where it's more easily controlled. I guess that's at least partly due to learning to drive in rwd cars, but even so would still make more sense if just from a steering point of view.
So any thoughts on the subject from the assembled experience gathered here?
However, when the time comes the chief tyre monkey recommended having the new tyres put on the rear, with the current rears switched to the front. It seemed wrong to both of us to do this, but he stuck fast to his recommendation saying they would always recommend having thew newest tyres on the rear of any 4wd car.
To me, the reason for having the "best" tyres on the front are to provide the best grip for traction and steering, with any potential slippage being at the rear where it's more easily controlled. I guess that's at least partly due to learning to drive in rwd cars, but even so would still make more sense if just from a steering point of view.
So any thoughts on the subject from the assembled experience gathered here?
