Nuclear Chicken
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quite right, a typo. 694s it is.
Fifth gear did a recent test and demonstrated that on pretty much any car the best way to change tyres was to always put the best tyre on the rear, front or rear wheel drive. And they demonstrated this rather convincingly on a wet track etc etc. the theory is that when braking, as weight is substantially on the front of the car, ABS and traction control system tend to take over and, as most of the bias is to the front, it tends to take the lead in what's going on. If good tyres are on the front, with a decent amount of grip, the traction control will allow accordingly. However, by this time the rears could be braking free and starting to oversteer. Having the least grippy tyres on the front gives the reverse effect in that the traction control will allow for the crap tyres up front and hopefully the rears will still be well within grip tolerance. Sounds abit but haviing seen it demonstrated in a French heap, a Clio I think, it was very obvious how true it is. Having said that, most people will stick the new ones on the front on a front wheel drive car. Not sure what the effect would be in a non-ABS car though?
Fifth gear did a recent test and demonstrated that on pretty much any car the best way to change tyres was to always put the best tyre on the rear, front or rear wheel drive. And they demonstrated this rather convincingly on a wet track etc etc. the theory is that when braking, as weight is substantially on the front of the car, ABS and traction control system tend to take over and, as most of the bias is to the front, it tends to take the lead in what's going on. If good tyres are on the front, with a decent amount of grip, the traction control will allow accordingly. However, by this time the rears could be braking free and starting to oversteer. Having the least grippy tyres on the front gives the reverse effect in that the traction control will allow for the crap tyres up front and hopefully the rears will still be well within grip tolerance. Sounds abit but haviing seen it demonstrated in a French heap, a Clio I think, it was very obvious how true it is. Having said that, most people will stick the new ones on the front on a front wheel drive car. Not sure what the effect would be in a non-ABS car though?