Timeline for Downsides to replacing only two tires on FWD car?
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| Mar 28, 2017 at 13:11 | vote | accept | Spivonious | ||
| Mar 28, 2017 at 7:31 | comment | added | Martin | A front crash is not as dangerous as a side crash. Why does this matters? Imagine an emergency braking on a rainy road: The new front tires are holding but the worn rear tires loose grip. Result: The car "wants" to spin, resulting in a higher chance of a side impact. | |
| Mar 28, 2017 at 6:16 | comment | added | Mauro | Id be more inclined to think its to ensure the rears dont age too much. On my front wheel drives ive normally worn the fronts to 3mm when the rears still have 6mm. That means i could potentially use another set on the front and therefore have five or six yr old tyres at the back. By switching them to the front they will wear quicker than the new rears and need replaced before they are five or six yrs old. | |
| Mar 28, 2017 at 0:48 | comment | added | Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2♦ | @agentp - So, you're then saying, less traction on the front equates to a good thing? | |
| Mar 28, 2017 at 0:47 | comment | added | agentp | The theory is that with worn rear tires there is potential to oversteer (spin) as the rears loose traction first, especially on a wet road. This is far more a real issue on a rear drive car. Most front drives understeer so dominantly to begin with that slight differences in tire wear wont matter. | |
| Mar 27, 2017 at 23:49 | history | answered | Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |