Tyres - what did you get?

[brad]

I think you just confirmed my point about tyre rotation.

It has nothing to do with remaining tread or "not lacking any traction". More about differing performance attributes, break-away points & characteristics, etc. Even if you has (for instance) brand new Michelins on the rear & brand new Bridgestones on the front, the characteristics can be different enough to turn a nicely balanced vehicle into a bit of a pig.

BTW: If your in NZ then I think you'll find your traffic accident investigation people recommend new tyres on the rear & oldest to the front & have done so for about 15 years.

If you were up near Tauranga then I could put you onto a great guy for tyres & alignments.

[NZTiguan]

I think you just confirmed my point about tyre rotation.

It has nothing to do with remaining tread or "not lacking any traction". More about differing performance attributes, break-away points & characteristics, etc. Even if you has (for instance) brand new Michelins on the rear & brand new Bridgestones on the front, the characteristics can be different enough to turn a nicely balanced vehicle into a bit of a pig.

BTW: If your in NZ then I think you'll find your traffic accident investigation people recommend new tyres on the rear & oldest to the front & have done so for about 15 years.

If you were up near Tauranga then I could put you onto a great guy for tyres & alignments.

If I was running my Tig on the race track rather than the farmer's track I'd agree with you but I've checked with several of the National tyre chains and none of them have seen any issue with either new tyres going on the front or different tyres front and rear, their only concern would be different tyres on the same axle (so to speak). On FWD vehicles I've always fitted new tyres to the front and as the Tig is 90% front 10% rear in standard configuration I'm quite happy that doing the same here is the correct move.

Thanks for your thoughts though, it's always good to get different opinions and ideas.

Cheers

[brad]

If I was running my Tig on the race track rather than the farmer's track I'd agree with you but I've checked with several of the National tyre chains and none of them have seen any issue with either new tyres going on the front or different tyres front and rear, their only concern would be different tyres on the same axle (so to speak). On FWD vehicles I've always fitted new tyres to the front and as the Tig is 90% front 10% rear in standard configuration I'm quite happy that doing the same here is the correct move.

Thanks for your thoughts though, it's always good to get different opinions and ideas.

Cheers

I'm not talking about a race track - just normal motoring. I have a bit of technical & practical background on the subject but here are some other opinions:
Michelin NZ: go to point 6 "rear tyres"
Tirerack USA - possibly they have an idea
New Zealand Transport Agency: Most tyre manufacturers recommend placing the tyres with the best grip and cornering power - new tyres - at the rear, whether the car is front or rear wheel drive.
Kleber Tyres (pirelli & others say similar)
The UK AA
Some random independant

25 years back the practice was new tyres on the front. The change has come about partly because of a ground breaking report done in NZ as a result of lots of Jap imports spearing off the road in single car crashes. This was during the transition from predominantly RWD vehicles to FWD.

I realise there is a point where it just isn't practical to run the best on the rear but it's food for thought.

[vncharan]

I have just got Dunlop sport maxx tt 245/45/19 and after using the car for few days of highway and gravel/sand driving I can confortably suggest to others.

Another plus with using this tyre is it give a 17mm height increase.