Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 20:50:54 GMT From: "Al" <alistairdorenospamo.com> Subject: New tyres fitted to rear?
Just had two new tyres fitted to my 1987 900 Aero. Costco insisted that the new tyres were fitted to the rear not the front, apparently they have been told by Michelin not to carry out customers wishes and fit newer tyres to the front. They were playing a "police" video which demonstrated the "problem" i.e. more grip on the new front tyres leads to the car oversteer and skidding/spinning. Personally I think this is rot. Yes if your rear tyres were shot to bits or only just legal I suppose in the wrong circumstances its a possible scenario, but with 4mm tread on my older tyres I just can't see the rear end of my car breaking away before the front. Certainly under normal aggressive driving scenarios I have experienced understeer, but not oversteer in any front wheel drive car.... I think this is a subtle ruse by the tyre industry to make us change all our tyres at once , just like the codswallop they spew about tyres with less than 3mm tread being ineffective in the wet...if that's so they're not building their tyres right, but this is Michelin were talking about (Indy F1 2005....) Leaving it open to comments, quite open to being shot down in flames....... Al
