And if you actually ever notice the effect then you're probably driving like a pillock.
No-one really seems to care about matching tyres here?
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And if you actually ever notice the effect then you're probably driving like a pillock.
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Just answer the question.
You may not notice the difference of 1m between two tyres, but that could be the difference between someone living or dying.
This is exactly the BS I was referring to. There are countless things that "could mean the difference between someone living or dying", your speed, your ability, a distraction, your brakes, road conditions .. for starters.
Quite, but one can't influence road conditions. Putting good tyres on is a pro-active step that can be taken to improve road safety.
What is the harm in improving the odds?
Where did this argument start anyway? I'd buy the correct, and matching tyres to have a car drive and handle as it was intended, the tyres are an important part of your suspension setup, stopping distances aren't the only factor.
Where did this argument start anyway? I'd buy the correct, and matching tyres to have a car drive and handle as it was intended, the tyres are an important part of your suspension setup, stopping distances aren't the only factor.
I'm only trying to point out that mis-matched tyres are not the coming of the Antichrist like some fools on here would have you believe.
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Bridgestone runflats size 255/30/R19
I haven't seen them for less, if you know where I can get them fitted cheaper please let me know for future reference cause i don't really want to be paying this for my tyres.
They make for an unbalanced car at best.
At worst, they could contribute towards you ending up in a tree.
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Well your fronts are not 255/30/19 are they, so they are cheaper, but we'll focus on the rears.
Potenza RE050A RFT's are £260 from Camskill.
However, ditching the runflats would improve the ride and handling of your car as well as slashing your tyre bills - Contisport Contact 3's are £205 in non RFT form in that size.
The OP posted about mis-matched tyres as in different brands, not 1mm tread difference.
In your opinion and one that I dont share. How would you quantify this unbalancing of the car ?
I currently have different brands of tyres front to back. The reason I changed was to try out a different tyre due to the rears being worn out. If I dont try out different brands then how would I find out if they are any better or worse ? You could buy 4 tyres to find out they are crap, where as replacing just the 2 to try makes more finacial sense. I could afford to change all 4 tyres at the same time but why would I want to throw away perfectly good tyres. I cant rotate the tyres because I run a different width wheel front to back
Having driven on the roads and a few trackdays I havent noticed this unbalancing of the car you talk of and considering on a trackday you are pushing harder than most on the road Im sure it would be quite telling.
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I think we are now talking about mixing tyres on the same axel mate, not front to back.
You make a lot of assumptions with an argument so thin, Posh Spice could hide behind it.
I've been going on about the importance of tyres in this thread, so I'll imagine for a second that your assumptions could be aimed at me for instance. I drive a 100ft long, 5k ton barge of a car with an air suspension. Do you really think I screech around roundabouts and hoon along winding roads like a boy racer? ...hardly but I do like to have my car properly shoed, because if I need to stop it's not inconsiderable girth in a hurry from say 70mph, I want all the help I can get. And while i don't really drive fast enough to break it lose in a corner, with wet, greasy and uneven roads ...again all the help I can get to stay stuck to it is nice.
I don't think anyone that has spent any real time talking about how important decent tyres are here could be categorised as the type of person that usually drives "beyond their talent". But then you wouldn't know that would you.
Your grand contribution to this thread has been to make a few assumptions about people you know nothing about, and call a lot of people here fools. Not exactly the best start really. I don't think anyone believes it amounts to the "coming of the Antichrist" neither does it mean your the next "Myra Hindley or Ian Bradey" ...it's purely that having a good set of matched and relatively evenly worn tyres is a good move, better than not having them.
Some people don't seem to pay any attention to the state of their tyres period, until MOT time comes around, and even then I suspect they just sort them out to get it to pass, rather than because they damn well should regardless.
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You may have got lucky with your tyre selection, but all tyres have different properties to each other, they heat up / over heat at different rates, this is not to mention wet performance. Sidewalls also make a difference.
I've driven at Oulton Park in winter in a full wet, and i'm ballancing the car with little grip. Last thing I would want is different tyres.
RE Not being able to rotate, and thow away good tyres. You sell the other 2 tyres on. On my Integra I went from Bridgestone Potenza to Hankook (RS2 semi cut slick / not budget!), and sold 3 of the tyres. Also if your car has different size tyres thats somthing exotic (Lotus?), that will be setup to have same grip levels all round. Mixing tyres your compromising the investment in the car. As you said you not noticed a difference on track (mixed tyres), but thats rare.
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Isnt that illegal ? So its pretty daft to do anyway.
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100% legal but a very stupid idea imho.
I'm currently running Goodyear Asymmetrics on the front and my old fronts almost new Vredestein ultrac sessanta on the back.
Not an idea situation but given they are two of the best performance tyres on offer it will have to do till the rears wear out.
I'm currently running Goodyear Asymmetrics on the front and my old fronts almost new Vredestein ultrac sessanta on the back.
Not an idea situation but given they are two of the best performance tyres on offer it will have to do till the rears wear out.
Yes tyres do heat up and overheat at different rates and is virtually irrelevant. The same can happen with the same tyre brand, after all the tyres are doing different jobs which is why FWD cars wear out fronts more quickly and RWD cars wear the rears more quickly.
Tyre choice on motorbikes is much more important considering the damage you could do to yourself, moto GP bikes run different compounds front to back occaisonally.
As mentioned mixing tyres on the same axel is bad but all 4 so long as the tyres are of good quality the danger is being overstated IMO. In reply to your edit, I wanted to chage from the Goodyear F1s I had on the rear because they tear up due to the heat on trackdays so gave the Falken 452s a go which take the beating much better, I will be going for Goodyear Assyms next time. Also I drive an old Nissan so not exotic at all unfortunately.
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So much fail going on in this thread.
All i'm reading is people buying cheap tyres and trying to feel better about it by claiming they are as good as performance tyres.
And what happened to the guy who claimed he drove an E39 M5? He's sgone quiet
All i'm reading is people buying cheap tyres and trying to feel better about it by claiming they are as good as performance tyres.
And what happened to the guy who claimed he drove an E39 M5? He's sgone quiet
Sorry, cutting through all your waffle there, I'm interested in this 5000 tonne 100 foot long car you drive?