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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 12:43:41 +0100
From: H. <musicboxnopsamITEnopsamrider.co.uk>
Subject: Re: What tyres are best?


Long since done the course thanks - Institute of Advanced Motorists course, Police Driving Course, Pro Performance Course, Rallycross course (every little helps!) I agree entirely that tyres should be as even as possible, so rotate mine every couple of months or so. Anyway, pulling drifts in the wet is fun - Who needs a skid pan - just go Milton Keynes! ;-) On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 19:49:32 -0400, Four Weis <mweinopsamcom> wrote: >What you say is true on dry roads, going in a straight line. Try it on wet roads >and in a turn and see what happens. Ideally, you should rotate your tyres, so they >have the same tread wear. Then you would replace all four at the same time. > >I know it sounds illogical to put the good tyres on the back, but try it in a safe >place. Put the good tyres on the front and accelerate and brake into a turn. Then >put the good tyres on the back and accelerate and brake in a turn. > >Better yet, go to a professional driving school with a skid pad. You will have fun >and you will be a better driver. > >"H." wrote: > >> Whoa there, I have heard his before, but it's illogical. In a >> front-drive car, if you put half worn tyres on the front, especially >> in a torquey car like the 2.3T all you're going to do it sit a traffic >> lights spinning what's left of the rubber into the tarmac. >> >> Thos wheels at the front are having to do twice the work - grip, steer >> AND propel the car. Thus the better condition the tyres on them, the >> better. >> >> On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 19:01:08 -0400, Four Weis <mweinopsamcom> wrote: >> >> >Get the tyres that match the tyres on the rear. You should also put the best >> >tyres on the rear of a front wheel drive car - unless you are an expert driver. >> >Most drivers can handle a front end slide much better than a rear end slide. >> > >> >If you want to gave some fun. Put brand new, rain tyres on the front wheels of >> >your Saab. Accelerate in a turn on an empty wet parking lot and watch the rear >> >end of the car pass you. If all four tyres are the same make, model and >> >condition this won't happen. >> > >> >Toby Field wrote: >> > >> >> I need to replace the two front tyres on my 9000 CSE 2.3T. I am torn between >> >> the Pirelli P6000's and the Goodyear Eagle F1's. What's the better tyre? >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Toby Field (UK) >> >> '93 9000 CSE 2.3T Auto >> >> 150,000 Miles

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