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Originally Posted by roastpuff
If you have tires with less tread in the back, the rear will lose stability easier, especially in inclement weather. For more experienced drivers, we can catch the slide and correct it, but for those who are unused to driving at the limit, it can create unwanted behaviour and make them lose control of the car.
Basically, if you lose traction in front, it becomes understeer, which is somewhat easier to deal with than oversteer when you lose traction in the back.
Single Ecopia 16" tire in stock Mazda size, 7/32nds (5mm) tread $70
Single Ecopia tire in Mazda 3 16" size, unknown tread, $20 |
I understand the principle, but logically, isn't that's just saying, never rotate your tires? If you have a FWD, under normal usage, the rear tires will ALWAYS have more tread, being the "better" tires, for the entire life of the vehicle. So would you ever swap the front tires with lower tread depth than the rears?
As for a daily street car, I would think you'll have to be pushing it pretty hard for understeer and oversteer to even matter, unless you just have really bad tires to begin with, or completely wrong tires for the respective weather conditions.