WrecKED!
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haha i had to make it suspenseful man..
so i live in tennessee and we've been rain soaked. and i have 3 brand new tires and one used because it popped and i had to get a tire quickly so yeah i guess im a DUMB(_l_).. and there was a huge oncoming work van and i was going around a corner and he was right on the yellow line. Just kinda startled me. and i jerked the wheel just SLIGHTLY and TAPPED the brakes. and well that one bad tire locked and slid, so to keep it from going head on. I just decided to put the butt into him =)
now... on to the insurance deal YAY
so i live in tennessee and we've been rain soaked. and i have 3 brand new tires and one used because it popped and i had to get a tire quickly so yeah i guess im a DUMB(_l_).. and there was a huge oncoming work van and i was going around a corner and he was right on the yellow line. Just kinda startled me. and i jerked the wheel just SLIGHTLY and TAPPED the brakes. and well that one bad tire locked and slid, so to keep it from going head on. I just decided to put the butt into him =)
now... on to the insurance deal YAY
azulprotege5
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good luck with your car bro
CastratedImp
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- 03' Protege5
Sorry to here about that man.... Where in Tenn. do you live?
This is debatable. Some experts suggest that the better tires in the rotation go to the back to prevent exactly this - the ass-end coming around (oversteering) in wet conditions (including snow). You can control a front slide if you have time to react but if the ass end gets in front of you, that's it.
These guys think worn tires go on the front:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=52&
Actually this is all a moot point, worn tires should be in the friggen dump, your life and your car are worth more than a set of tires.
Pat.
"that's it"? Any skilled driver can straighten a FWD car when the back end comes out. You just have to keep calm and understand how the car will react. Countersteer and blip the throttle and the front end will pull the rear back in line. I've done this multiple times(what can I say, I get a little over-confident on cloverleaf exits sometimes, LOL) in both of my FWD cars, and I autocross my Miata which even though it's way different than the FWD's, auto-x builds skill in whatever you drive.
But nonetheless, I agree, you shouldn't have any "bad" tires on your car but things happen, you just have to hope that you don't find yourself in a situation where 1 or 2 bad tires cause a wrong, like this. If you have to have them on your car, I would prefer them on the back as on a FWD car the rear's task is less than the fronts. Fronts have to accelerate, brake harder, and steer. More of the wieght is on the front aswell, of course. Think about if he had this bad tire on the front, what could have happened - braking then turning, the tire slips...sure, the back end doesn't swing out, but turning force and braking are decreased and he could have hit the van head on. Which would you prefer?
