2 New tyres on the front..back..front..?

Right then...I'll get the tyres rotated when its in for an oil change soon. I'd do the oil change myself but I don't really have space to jack it up where I live and I'd probably **** it up. Badly.
 
I always get my new tyres put on the front (assuming FWD, it would be rear if RWD).

The main reason for the "new on the rear" recommendation is to promote understeer rather than oversteer in low grip situations. For most drivers this is a pretty good recommendation.

I only get about 9-10k out of a set of front tyres anyway, so it's much of a muchness :)
 
I was always told new tires on the rear, as its better to understeer rather than oversteer.

Also Simon made a good point regarding keeping the rubber fresh on the rear on fwd cars.
 
I just realised my post possibly wasn't very clear, I've edited it.

The thing with me is that I prefer a car to oversteer rather than understeer at the limit, personal preference thing :)
 
If you just had 4 decent tyres you should go round corners in a normal manner, but for a front to rear different in the wet brought on by the new tyres is something to be aware of. We're talking about recommendations here for tyre fitting, not how we prefer to hoon it.

Cars should drift wide at the limit really as all tyres loses grip threshold at the same point = balanced well sprung car. Sounds like Dolph has some rather odd ideas on car setups if he leaves crap tyres on the back of the car to promote oversteer rather than taking the usual spring rate/ anti roll bar setup adustments with grippy tyres so that you actually go round corners fast :D
 
I have odd ideas about many things ;)

However, as has been said in this thread, given that the tyre makers can't agree, I don't think we're going to either.
 
went to costco today to have some Michelins installed and the guy there says its Michelin policy that new tyres should go to the back, i wanted 2 new front ones, so they put the new ones at the back and the rear old ones at the front.

i suppose i could rotate them to see how they differ in handling.

Just read this from the Michelin site:

Where do I install new tires if I only buy two?
If you're replacing only two tires, be sure to have them installed on your vehicle's rear axle. New tires will provide better grip than your half-worn tires and when they are installed on the rear that helps reduce the potential for your vehicle to fishtail or hydroplane in wet conditions.
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theres also a video you can watch, shows the difference between installing new tyres at the rear and the front! go to this link and the video link is at the bottom: http://www.michelinman.com/care/tip6.html
 
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generally I put the new ones on the back, because the ones that were on the back look nearly new(FWD)! With enthusiastic driving, the sides peel a bit but in terms as water dissapation they are as good as new ones, (better as they are scrubbed in). However if the fronts were on the limit, and the rears were quite worn I think I would have the good ones on the front as they have to turn and handle the power. But I have a full set of adjustable Konis and 215/40/17 so my car does little oversteer or understeer, just grips forever, in the wet it goes a little out of shape at the front but as long as you on the gas the rear end goes nowhere. (however lift of oversteer is nice and easy to acheive but I wouldent condone that) She cocks the inside rear up occaisonally to!
 
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