Tyres will greatly affect the car and how it feels but i think people can get a bit too hung up about it.
I totally agree that matched tyres are best but lets be honest your not driving around the ring every day.
People are given the impression that the first time you dont have matched tyres you will end up in a ditch and lets be honest thats only going to happen if your pushing it too hard at the wrong time and driving beyond your own limits.
Formula 1 cant even do a tyre stop and gaurantee the next 4 will behave like the 4 they are taking off so what makes you think the replacements your buying will be as good as whats coming off. The tyre companys keep changing compounds so half the time you cant get the same as what you already have and have to buy more than one..... how convienient is that for them eh ?
Dont take this the wrong way as i said in the beginning that tyres will greatly affect the car but for people who just own one of these cars and drive like a normal road user they will not automatically crash.
(I like mine matched by the way but just feel all the tyre threads put the fear of god into people and should be a bit more realistic)
If you had a pair on the back for 1200 miles and got a puncture in one of them would you replace both as the tread depth will be different even if you could get a matched tyre and could affect the traction control..... where does it stop.....Keep it real eh
When did you last replace your suspension bushes while thinking about your tyes and how they affect the car....food for thought thats all.