YACT OP YATT -- Old Car / New Tires question

[Zenmervolt]

To all the people who say that a blowout on a rear tire will result in a loss of control, I think you're over-reacting. Yes, a blowout at the rear will make the car more "nervous" than a blowout at the front, but it nowhere near catastrophic. I had a blowout of the passenger side rear tire of my Accord back when I was 17 and I didn't notice until 15 miles later when I parked my car at work. My first reaction was "I wonder what I hit...", followed by "boy it must be windy this morning, the car's tugging to the side a lot". I put 15 miles at 70-75 mph on a completely flat tire. In retrospect I was rather lucky that it stayed on the wheel for 15 miles, but the initial blowout (turned out to be a tear in the middle of the tread) didn't cause much trouble.

I've also had a front tire blow out while going around a corner (hit pothole, pinched and tore the sidewall) and that wasn't terrible disruptive either. Of the two, I'd rather lose a tire on the rear axle. Oversteer suits me far better than understeer.

Put the two tires with the best tread on the front. I seriously doubt that there will be ebough difference in the carcasses to have any worry about a blowout unless you run over something.

ZV

 

[JC]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
To all the people who say that a blowout on a rear tire will result in a loss of control, I think you're over-reacting. Yes, a blowout at the rear will make the car more "nervous" than a blowout at the front, but it nowhere near catastrophic. I had a blowout of the passenger side rear tire of my Accord back when I was 17 and I didn't notice until 15 miles later when I parked my car at work. My first reaction was "I wonder what I hit...", followed by "boy it must be windy this morning, the car's tugging to the side a lot". I put 15 miles at 70-75 mph on a completely flat tire. In retrospect I was rather lucky that it stayed on the wheel for 15 miles, but the initial blowout (turned out to be a tear in the middle of the tread) didn't cause much trouble.

I've also had a front tire blow out while going around a corner (hit pothole, pinched and tore the sidewall) and that wasn't terrible disruptive either. Of the two, I'd rather lose a tire on the rear axle. Oversteer suits me far better than understeer.

Put the two tires with the best tread on the front. I seriously doubt that there will be ebough difference in the carcasses to have any worry about a blowout unless you run over something.

ZV

Thanks, ZV.....whole lotta misinformation/myth in this thread.

JC