Originally Posted By: hardcore302
Or can you just use two winter tires on the rear of a rwd car?
I have run 2 winter tires on both FWD and RWD cars... the FWD car was borderline undriveable at any speed above about 20 mph... I was young and dumb and thought the monster oversteer was fun , until it almost killed me on the highway... lesson learned.
On the RWD car , you can get away with it. The only problem is that if your front tires are really poor, you can get yourself moving along pretty good, and now comes the turning and stopping part... maybe...! You won't crash by being stuck, but you might if you can't turn or stop.
Kind of the same as all seasons on an AWD car. You can get going just fine, but then find out how slick the roads REALLY are when you come to that first turn...
4 winters are best, because all 4 of your tires are doing SOMETHING, fronts turning and braking, which are kind of important, and rears accelerating, and to lesser degree braking as well, also important... !