Winter tires on Front only?
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Re: Winter tires on Front only? (Torquelessb18)
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With winter tires only on the front, and summer tires on the rear, in snow the car will have a tendency to oversteer - the condition in which, when you enter a turn, the rear end tends to slide around on you, causing the car to spin. And on warmer days, the car will have a tendency to understeer - you'll turn the steering wheel, and instead of turning, the car will tend to "plow" straight ahead instead of turning.
Here's what the Tire Rack website says about it:
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Tire Rack website »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"><FONT SIZE="4">Four Winter Tires...The Only Way To Go</FONT>
When you put winter tires on your vehicle, always put them on in a set of four. If you were to put winter tires on only the front or rear of your vehicle, you would create a vehicle with a split personality. The traction capabilities of the tires on a vehicle play the largest single role in determining how that vehicle will react in any given situation. And with the great difference in traction capabilities between Winter tires and All-Season or High Performance tires, you can understand the loss of control when one end of the car performs very well and the other end just seems to have a mind of its own. Consider the fact that leading automobile manufacturers such as BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Honda, Nissan and Toyota recommend in their owner's manuals that you install four winter tires for winter driving. By installing four winter tires, you maintain the most balanced and controlled handling possible in all winter driving conditions. It is imperative to keep the same level of traction at all four corners of the car; otherwise, the full benefits of ABS or traction control systems will be lost.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Get an extra set of four wheels (cheap steelies are fine) and a set of four winter tires.
With winter tires only on the front, and summer tires on the rear, in snow the car will have a tendency to oversteer - the condition in which, when you enter a turn, the rear end tends to slide around on you, causing the car to spin. And on warmer days, the car will have a tendency to understeer - you'll turn the steering wheel, and instead of turning, the car will tend to "plow" straight ahead instead of turning.
Here's what the Tire Rack website says about it:
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Tire Rack website »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"><FONT SIZE="4">Four Winter Tires...The Only Way To Go</FONT>
When you put winter tires on your vehicle, always put them on in a set of four. If you were to put winter tires on only the front or rear of your vehicle, you would create a vehicle with a split personality. The traction capabilities of the tires on a vehicle play the largest single role in determining how that vehicle will react in any given situation. And with the great difference in traction capabilities between Winter tires and All-Season or High Performance tires, you can understand the loss of control when one end of the car performs very well and the other end just seems to have a mind of its own. Consider the fact that leading automobile manufacturers such as BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Honda, Nissan and Toyota recommend in their owner's manuals that you install four winter tires for winter driving. By installing four winter tires, you maintain the most balanced and controlled handling possible in all winter driving conditions. It is imperative to keep the same level of traction at all four corners of the car; otherwise, the full benefits of ABS or traction control systems will be lost.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Get an extra set of four wheels (cheap steelies are fine) and a set of four winter tires.
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