Does it matter if speed rating is different on front tyres?

mattyprice4004

onlyfoolsandparking said:

MinuteNoodles said:

I know you're trying to save money on it but tyres which are the thing in contact with the road along with brakes and steering are not the place to be saving your money. Your tyres affect not only cornering but braking distances and handling in the wet. The difference in stopping distances in the dry at 60MPH can be measured in multiple car lengths between the best and worst and several car lengths in the wet. Given we're often talking differences of £20-£30 a tyre at best between a decent performing tyre and a budget at that size it just isn't worth the savings.

I sold my Mondeo to my parents last year. I only ever fit leading tyres on my cars and that had Goodyear Four Season Gen 2s all round even though it was on 155,000 miles. They used to fit whatever was cheap on their car and not care. One of the first comments my mother made was how well it cornered as they live in the countryside down windy roads. Yeah mum your car would too if it had decent rubber.
I've had tyres so bad that I've changed them within a week. I fitted a set of National Tyres "four for £130" 10 years ago to a Ford Capri. They were so bad that it would powerslide out of a roundabout on a hot sunny day even though I was accelerating away normally and this was a gutless 1.6L. They were on a week before I decided it was better to bin them than to continue to use them.

How well a Mondeo cornered? what was your parents last car, a model T ford.

As far as handling on 'every day' cars go, the Mondeo isn't half bad. I don't own one and never have - but I've never found them to be a bucket of slop unlike the various Renaults I've driven. 

JamoLew

Doesn't everyone know that you need a higher speed rating on the front tyres ?
They get to the destination first, so must have been travelling faster

MinuteNoodles

onlyfoolsandparking said:

How well a Mondeo cornered? what was your parents last car, a model T ford.

Jeremy Clarkson rated the MK3 Mondeo better than the BMW 3 series. Clearly you've never driven one or if you have, not one with decent condition shock absorbers or decent tyres.

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MinuteNoodles said:

Jeremy Clarkson rated the MK3 Mondeo better than the BMW 3 series. Clearly you've never driven one or if you have, not one with decent condition shock absorbers or decent tyres.

If he meant the E30, the mondeo only needed to keep pointing forwards to be better