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Like i said. Never had a car swap ends in tens years. Rather have winters on the front. than none at all.
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12-14-2017, 08:34 AM | #24 |
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If you think about it even for just 2 minutes you can work out why driving around with significantly worse grip levels on the back of your car is not a good idea.
Tyre experts recommend even on the same tyres if some are less tread than others its better to have the worse grip on the front as you can feel what the front tyres are doing through the steering wheel but you can't with the rear, so you have the worse possible scenario the way you have your car set up. As I said previously your insurance is probably invalid as well as you are going against manufacturer recommendations. |
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If we step back a bit. Take a look at the countries that deal with this year in year out.. Truck drivers in these countries. They don’t fit chains to all eighteen wheels. Only the driven wheels on the tractor unit.
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12-14-2017, 12:40 PM | #27 |
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Haven't forked out £1500 on winter wheels. Still perfectly fine. Stayed at home 1 day in 2017 due to snow.
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I would only ever fit 4 winter tyres to a rear wheel drive car. Power and steering should both have the extra grip. But, like you, years ago I had a Golf followed by a Passat and only every put winters in the front. Never had a single issue. I accept that in a perfect world you would put all 4 on, but plenty don't and are perfectly ok. |
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Sold my winter wheels and tyres on eBay 7 yrs ago
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