Challenge for ekona

[Jay]

Dan I have a challenge for you. Just spoke to a gent called Darren in nick whales cars about a camaro I am potentially buying. Anyway when I asked what tyres it had on he got sh!tty with me as they are mixed. Same make on front different make in the rear, he said this wasn't a problem bla bla bla and give me the usual sales man crap. Now I don't know enough about it but if your feeling bored please phone them and educate them!

 

Can't trust dealers at all grrrr.

[delz0r]

Dealers really don't care about mixed tyres. I tried to educate the dealer I bought my current 350z off and he looked at me like I was a nutjob.

[KyleR]

On a Kia I wouldn't care, on a 300+bhp RWD beast I'd be looking matching all round.

[Jetpilot]

Personally i think there is a bit too much of a fuss made about the subject on here, i dont reckon 99.9% of the members on here would notice a difference if they didnt know what the car had on, certainly front to rear if the tyres were an equal quality.

 

My 350 had mixed fronts on at the only track day i managed to get to this year, they were equally as bad but there really wasnt anything untoward going on.

 

In an ideal world i would want matched fronts but front to rear really isnt something to be too concerned about imho

[peteman35]

[370Ad]

Front to back wouldn't bother me but as long as they were the same make/condition on each axle then that's fine.

 

Yes its not ideal but the dealer isnt going to shell out £500 to get matching rubber is he?

[Ekona]

Depends if he wants the sale or not.

[Ekona]

As I've always said, 99% of the time you probably won't notice the difference, but on that odd occasion where you desperately need predictable and equal grip all round to avoid ditch/wall/lorry, you'll be glad you did it right.