**Unofficial Tyre Thread**

pugheaven said:
Will take a look. Currently got Michelin Latitude Sport 3's... been good tyres for an all around and looking for something slightly more sporty but not outright as I do want them to last especially with 2200kg plus on them... it's finding that balance. Always difficult.
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Was doing a bit of Googling earlier - a few people running or have run that range of tyres on the SRT8 who talk highly of their performance but also quite few mention they don't last long at all on that vehicle.

(Though seems to be a general story with that vehicle in that it eats tyres if you use it in anger)
 
So one of my front tyres are on the verge of dying and barely passed mot recently. The other front one has tread of a little over 3 so thinking of changing them both.

The rear tyres are perfectly fine with a tread of around 6 so no point replacing those.

They are all currently summer tyres. But I want to transition to all season tyres. Thinking of something like Michelin CrossClimate SUV tyres. The car is a FWD.

Do you guys think there will be any major issues having all weather set at the front and summer on the back until the back ones wear out and I stick all weather on those also?
 
TNA said:
Do you guys think there will be any major issues having all weather set at the front and summer on the back until the back ones wear out and I stick all weather on those also?
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Stick the new ones on the back and swap the summers to the front so they wear quicker.
 
TNA said:
Care to elaborate. I mean sure it ain’t optimal. But beyond that? :)
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They're completely different tyre types, which means each axle has a different amount of grip in different conditions.
This can make the car unbalanced and more likely to lose control.
 
In adverse conditions where the cross climate have advantage: Heavy braking will be sketchy. The rear will want to overtake the front on corners as the front will grip and the rear won’t.

I guess cross climate on the back would reduce this risk if you insist on only changing 2
 
mjt said:
They're completely different tyre types, which means each axle has a different amount of grip in different conditions.
This can make the car unbalanced and more likely to lose control.
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Simon said:
In adverse conditions where the cross climate have advantage: Heavy braking will be sketchy. The rear will want to overtake the front on corners as the front will grip and the rear won’t.
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In theory this is the case, in practice unless you are driving everywhere like a loon you are unlikely to notice the difference or experience issues. Especially as all four tyres are decent performers in the first place whether summer or all season.

[TW]Fox said:
Yes, it's generally not a good idea to mix tyre types.
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I'd agree it's generally not a good idea (much like putting new tyres on the rear is best practice) but millions of people run mismatched tyres (including cars with all 4 tyres different brands), mismatching of Load indexes, runflat and non-runflat, and there aren't millions of crashes every year.

I must be in the minority here, as I personally wouldn't want to throw away 2 perfectly good tyres just to change type or even brand of tyre.
 
No it’s physics.and you are assuming they are good summer tyres ? This doesn’t help in icy conditions versus and cross climate

In cold conditions when you brake hard it’s a real risk and nothing to do with ‘driving like a loon’

I ask if you need the cross climate then you are obviously having grip issues with summer tyres so the very act of mixed the two is going to find problems
 
@Simon so I'm assuming you always change all 4 tyres on your car then? Because having different tread depths is surely equally bad in terms of differing grip level per axle (e.g. on standing water)
 
For the record not had any grip issues or any issues of the sort with current tyres. That said not used it in snow yet. The idea is transitioning over to all season for the extra safety and the option to drive in slightly colder weather and a bit of snow if needed. But kind of painful/wasteful getting rid of two perfectly fine tyres with 6.0 tread.
 
I guess the big issue might be going to part summer part all season, if you end up on snow it’ll probably be a bit dodgy?

The CrossClimate 2 all round did a great job in the recent snow, I’d probably not have felt confident with summers on one end cross climate on the other.

I think I had 4-5mm on my summers when I changed over this year. In all honesty so far in 3000 miles of driving this winter and 3 months, the CrossClimate have proved worthwhile twice so far, I’ve driven twice with snow on the roads. They are great in the cold and wet, but nothing driving with care on summers can’t do either.

I’m still not sure I’ll replace the CrossClimate when the time comes, I’ll have to see.

just my 2p on it.
 
TNA said:
So one of my front tyres are on the verge of dying and barely passed mot recently. The other front one has tread of a little over 3 so thinking of changing them both.

The rear tyres are perfectly fine with a tread of around 6 so no point replacing those.

They are all currently summer tyres. But I want to transition to all season tyres. Thinking of something like Michelin CrossClimate SUV tyres. The car is a FWD.

Do you guys think there will be any major issues having all weather set at the front and summer on the back until the back ones wear out and I stick all weather on those also?
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Exactly what i did not encountered any problems and the grip of the all season in the wet and snow is brilliant.
Always wary of the rear loosing it in snow but that would be the case with all summer tyres too.
I have the all season on the front (FWD) so in snow i know will not get stuck trying to get up our road.
Will replace the rears with the same Bridgestone A001 once the tread wears out on the Continental summers.
 
Armageus said:
In theory this is the case, in practice unless you are driving everywhere like a loon you are unlikely to notice the difference or experience issues. Especially as all four tyres are decent performers in the first place whether summer or all season.
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Well I'd rather not have mixed tyres on the car as I value the safety of my occupants.
When I lived in Norway I had a 4wd Seat Leon with worn winter tyres. I came round a corner on an A road at about 45mph and it was in the shadow of a mountain, which unbeknownst to me was covered in snow. The rear of the car came round immediately and it spun backwards into a snowbank. This would not have happened if I had the correct amount of tread on the rear tyres.

It's just not worth the risk having mismatched tyres, which would be the equivalent in this case.
 
mjt said:
It's just not worth the risk having mismatched tyres, which would be the equivalent in this case.
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Not sure how that's the same as having worn winter tyres at all?

If anything having the better tyres for cold/wet conditions (all seasons) on the rear will make things safer by having more grip at the rear, meaning it would understeer (more easily controllable) rather than oversteer. Hence the advice to have the tyres with best grip fitted to the rear :)
 
mjt said:
It's just not worth the risk having mismatched tyres, which would be the equivalent in this case.
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So if you only need 2 tyres, e.g. because you haven't been rotating them front to rear to even out wear, you'd chuck out say 2 perfectly good Michelins and buy 4 Goodyears?
 
Armageus said:
I must be in the minority here, as I personally wouldn't want to throw away 2 perfectly good tyres just to change type or even brand of tyre.
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They're not perfectly good if they are paired with two all-season tyres instead. They stopped being perfectly good the moment the decision was made to change tyre types.
 
Likewise I would not recommend mixing types like that - there will likely be a significant difference in how they grip and perform under braking.

Have to say in the south I would not hurry to all-seasons unless you have a need, there is a compromise in overall performance and they are less fun to drive on. I only did it myself for a mixture of my work and lifestyle means I can be out in all weather, all times of day or night on any kind of road or track and that the longer term future of the vehicle will not be as much road driving.
 
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