In my country, winter has brought heavy snow. I found three studded tyres and one regular snow tyres. The front right wheel has the regular snow tyres. Will it be an issue if I drive like this? The car is front-wheel drive
In my country, winter has brought heavy snow. I found three studded tyres and one regular snow tyres. The front right wheel has the regular snow tyres. Will it be an issue if I drive like this? The car is front-wheel drive
I would put the regular snow tire on the rear because the front needs the best tires you have.
It isn’t recommended to drive with different tires on one axle, but if the tires are of good quality and roughly the same wear you’ll probably be fine.
Would still recommend new tires per axle though
I would apply the same advice here as with only buying 2 new tires. The new ones always go on the rear.
Its a handling/safety/reaction thing. When a car doesn’t turn as much as you want its called understeer. When it turns more its oversteer. Understeer is the front end plowing, oversteer is donuts/drifting.
Study after study proves that during sudden understeer conditions most drivers can correct the car or get it back under control. Sudden oversteer and the car is crashing. I’m not talking donuts are fun oversteer when you make it happen, this is about losing it on a freeway ramp in the rain.
Shops have been sued for a crash when the new tires went on the front. Every new car made has understeer built into how it handles. Tires with more traction go on the rear.