interesting. Just browsing my Bentley 80 - 91/Vehicle Care, page 18: "The
tires with the deepest tread should always be mounted on the front tires".

Karl.

On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 12:16 PM, Dug Smith <dug@dugbert.com> wrote:

> Really?  I've always been told new tyres should go on the rear.
>
> https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=52
>
> http://kumhotyre.co.uk/kumho-news/should-you-fit-new-tyres-t
> o-the-front-or-rear/
>
> http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/how-to/a3121/6-common-
> tire-myths-debunked-10031440/
>
>
> On Thu 10/12 2017 08:59, David McNeely wrote:
>
>> Every recommendation I read from tire manufacturers, sellers, independent
>> agencies, government agencies, says that if you run one older pair and one
>> newer pair of tires, the newer pair (or the pair with the most tread,
>> actually), should be on the front.  Is there a particular reason you are
>> doing the opposite?
>>
>> Back in the day, I was taught to do like you.  The reasoning was that the
>> greater stopping power being on the rear prevented the rear overrunning
>> the
>> front when in an emergency stop.  But the recommendations I read now say
>> that empirical evidence is that in serious accidents, poorer tires on the
>> front is often the cause.
>>
>> I'm not saying this as an expert.  I'm just repeating what I get from
>> those
>> who claim to be.
>>
> toodle pip,
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