Slow puncture caused by the garage

iamana1ias

mazza111 wrote: »

Am I being female here, isn't it more advisable to have the new tyres on the front as opposed to the old one? Or is that dependent on the type of car?

Not that it helps the OP any but would help my curiosity

If it's a front wheel drive car, you want the grippiest (newest) tyres on the front.

If it's a rear wheel drive car you want the opposite.

If it's all wheel drive you want grippy tyres all round.

Wee_Willy_Harris

iamana1ias wrote: »

If it's all wheel drive you want grippy tyres all round.

If it's a tyred vehicle, you want grippy tyres all round. But grip and tread depth aren't quite the same thing.

mazza111

Ahhh thnx. I've almost always had front wheel drive cars. So that's why my father advised that, god bless him. Didn't think about it on the skyline or the subaru tho. But then I always bought a full set when needed

Would never leave one old tyre on when replacing 3 though. If it was legal, I may have kept it as a spare and used a complete new set.

Maybe that's a female thing too

skiddlydiddly

Why would the garage take the tyre off in the 1st place if they weren't replacing it?Much simpler to just move the wheel.Or were they originally going to replace 4 tyres, took them all off and then told by you that you didn't want one of them changing?

You can get a puncture driving 50 yards down the road, its just one of those things and I doubt you can prove anything really.

mikey72

You should always put the new tyres on the rear, regardless of front or rear wheel drive apparently.
A tyre at the back of my car would only be a third worn at 20,000 miles, so well worth keeping.

goldspanners

iamana1ias wrote: »

Who on earth buys 3 new tyres and keeps a tyre that's done 20,000 miles on the other corner?!

The OP isn't a troll, he's an idiot!

and would probably have got a better deal buying 4 instead of 3.

Hammyman

iamana1ias wrote: »

If it's a front wheel drive car, you want the grippiest (newest) tyres on the front.

If it's a rear wheel drive car you want the opposite.

If it's all wheel drive you want grippy tyres all round.

Wrong.

AT ALL TIMES you want the grippiest tyres on the rear. A FWD car with worn rear tyres can suffer lift off oversteer, usually on roundabouts.

Hintza

goldspanners wrote: »

and would probably have got a better deal buying 4 instead of 3.

Is the OP not working on buy 3 and (eventually after fight) get the 4th free.......:D

tomstickland

Just accept it as one of those things that happens. It might well be leaking round the rim. It's hardly going to cost a huge amount to fix.

vaio

Hammyman wrote: »

Wrong.

AT ALL TIMES you want the grippiest tyres on the rear. A FWD car with worn rear tyres can suffer lift off oversteer, usually on roundabouts.

Yep, more grip on the back tends towards understeer which is generally held to be less dangerous than the oversteer you get with extra grip at the front.