Opposite corners ?What about one new tire up front and one new tire at the rear? Joking!
Not about “blowing” - it’s about snap oversteer if you hydroplane. Much more likely that you’ll hydroplane than have a blowout.Old tires on rear
Blow a rear tire better off
A high school kid...I don't know which tires are wearing faster, they started at 2 different tread depths and I've driven less than 8000 miles since I put the coopers on, 18 months ago.
I only have dough for 2 mid grade tires, if i spent enough for 4 I wouldn't have much left for gas. I only drive about once a week, and in the past 2 years I've driven in the rain once. There was standing water on the highway and my wipers couldn't keep up with the downpour so I kept it below 60 that night.
I'm just a high school kid
There are used tire shops around here that offer great value. I've used them numerous times when funds were short.I don't know which tires are wearing faster, they started at 2 different tread depths and I've driven less than 8000 miles since I put the coopers on, 18 months ago.
I only have dough for 2 mid grade tires, if i spent enough for 4 I wouldn't have much left for gas. I only drive about once a week, and in the past 2 years I've driven in the rain once. There was standing water on the highway and my wipers couldn't keep up with the downpour so I kept it below 60 that night.
I'm just a high school kid
I've always wondered with this test how the car would perform with 4 equally worn tires?Here's my story:
I used to work for a tire manufacturer and every year we would hold an even at your proving grounds to show off our new products.
One of the events was demonstration about what happens when you only replace 2 tires and where they should go.
We had 3 identical cars. One with 4 new tires, one with new tires on the rear, and worn tires on the front, and one with new tires on the front, and worn tires on the rear.
We had everyone (one at a time) drive around a large skid pad where a portion was flooded with a small amount of water - I'm guessing about 1/8". The speed was 40 to 50 mph.
The 4 new tires drove right through the wet spot. The car with 2 new tires on the rear, hydroplaned at the front, but you were still pointed in the right direction and had steering control.
But the car with the new tires on the front ALWAYS spun out. This is sometimes very disturbing to folks who believed otherwise.
We used to do this with RWD cars, but those were heavy and spinning out was kind of rough on the cars. So we switched to small FWD's.
We put hundreds of people through this exercise.
O what about rotating tires? Well. not rotating got you into this mess and not rotating is going to get you out as the front tires on a FWD wear very fast compared to the rear, so at some point you'll have fairly similar tires front to rear.
4 wheel slide?I've always wondered with this test how the car would perform with 4 equally worn tires?
Realistically you still want to keep doing them to keep the tread as even as possible. Personally, I would disregard rotations unless you have an AWD car.This question always leads me to the follow-up, once the new tires are on the rear do I just disregard rotations going forward?
I've always wondered with this test how the car would perform with 4 equally worn tires?
I've always wondered with this test how the car would perform with 4 equally worn tires?
Yeah used tires are not worth what people are asking, 95% of the time. These people want their money back for mounting, alignment, and road hazard all of which don't transfer to the next buyer. I used to have a junkyard sell them for $5-10, just to get rid of them. They're up to $25-30 which is still tolerable, because everything's more expensive and they're well organized with one stop shopping.For 125 each, i think the new tires are better value than used tires (around 75 each for decent condition half worn tires) or New Chinese tires (100 each, I don't know if they have a warranty) the 125 each tires (from Walmart) are made in USA, have fairly good reviews, and have a 50,000 mile warranty, and i can get a road hazard warranty too. If the new tires last almost twice as long as used cheap ones, then I got the same $ per mile out of them. If I really didn't have any money then I would get used tires, but the tires I've found on marketplace or in used tire places are either bald or over 6 years old.
Keep in mind when front wheel drive became widespread in the mid 80"s many, if not everyone advised to "always put new ones on the front!" The logic being 1) more tread depth to aid in tracking and handling, rear wheels just follow) and 2) more wear occurs (because of #1), so better to have more tread present. Some "experts" said that. Point is, even the experts have opinions, which are...opinions, subject to change.Here we go.
In spite of experts like Tire Rack, Discount, Goodyear, Michelin, Les Schwab, Popular Mechanics, Tesla, Uniroyal, and on and on saying to put on the rear you'll be told by some to put them on the front. The only internet experts who say put them on the front are unknown individuals or entities with an opinion.