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Well you live and learn! i have always put new on front and it always felt more secure on road but following Googled advice i will give anything a try once, just changing 2 street response Dunlops on van, i always try to keep all 4 same make and model. Dunlops nice and grippy but didn't last very long on front tis a bit twisty round here though. Rears still got about 5mm so should be ok on front.
Still feels so wrong!
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I saw a poster on the wall at Kwik Fit (washes mouth out) once, which said alway fit the tyres with the deepest tread on the rear. The reason (theory?) is, to help prevent the rear of the vehicle swinging out sideways under intense braking, due to good grip at the rear. I've always followed this advice.
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lot of what you read on the internet is writen by idiots.
advice on tyres from the aa... fit new tyres on rear, but previous paragraph says you must fit the same tyres as origionally fitted cos the car manufacturor carefully considered all the facts before choosing the right tyres.. mentions styling and looks as important facts considered.... no mention of they then fitted whatever was cheapest at the time, sorry that clap trap doesnt inspire any confidence in the rest of their "expert " advice
the khumo site i looked at was basing its advice on what it considered to be the skills of an adverage driver negotiating a corner at too high a speed.
im going with my own experience of 45 years of driving, upto 1k miles a week at one point, and fitting the best tyres on the front., the only exception is on an offroad rwd vehicle where you need max traction on the rear drive axle to actually move at all. arguments about handling when driving like a dickhead on public roads dont interest me at all.
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im the same , advice as i posted above but in winter i stick my good tires up front for moving and braking purposes and exercise my dont drive like a d**k protocol to stop my rear end stepping out on me.
But i do like to move my rear tires to the front to stop the rears getting perished before dead.
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Towards the end of last December I had a set of the new Michelin Cross Climate tyres fitted all round as the original Michelin Energy Savers were worn after 21K miles. I had the alignment adjusted at the same time and hope the wear on the inner fronts will be less now. The new tyres seem to grip well, especially in the wet, but it's hard to compare as I had no real problems with the original ones.
Since 1962, even with rear wheel drive, I have always put new tyres on the front as I found it much easier to control the steering and avoid the rear end going sideways. Mind you, there was no power steering then so it was hard work. My first front wheel drive was a new Morris Minivan in 1968 and I found it needed a different driving technique especially on bends. Most modern cars / light vans have front wheel drive so I suppose drivers not used to rear wheel drive might experience problems. Maybe modern driving instructors teach both techniques now.
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