I think the general thinking is, an understeering car is safer than an oversteering car, which it is, for the average driver. Putting the better tires on the rear, will just accentuate this, in most cases. However, 30 years ago, such wisdom didn't play into it, they were just dumb. hee hee.
These days, I don't know of any shop that will fit just two snows. Ed 300E On 7 July 2010 16:55, Alex Chamberlain <apchamberl...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 12:58 PM, E M <pokieba...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Like when a bunch of people used to put snows on the rears only, > > when FWD were making it onto the scene. > > > > > A lot of tire shops will tell you htat if you're only replacing two tires > on > your car, regardless of whether it's FWD or RWD, you should put the new > ones > (presumably with better traction) on the back. I guess they are thinking > it's better you don't die of terminal oversteer. Snow tires on the back of > an FWD car might be the consequence of the same reasoning (if there's any > reasoning at all going on, which I guess in the case of the average driver > is unlikely). > > Alex > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
