<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div>I must offer a different opinion.</div><div><br></div><div>Tyre patch in contact with the road is the bit that does the work and therefore the control of the vehicle stability.</div><div><br></div><div>Rear tyre patch does either, accelerate or brake. Only one at a time.</div><div><br></div><div>Front tyre patch must do steering and braking at the same time. This is a considerable greater work load than the rear tyre patch. Front brakes do the majority of the retardation work</div><div><br></div><div>In the case of a blow-out I would rather have control of the front wheels rather than the 'following' rear tyre</div><div><br></div><div>I recently had a destroyed rear tyre on my Lexus 18 inch and apart from an indication that something was wrong the car was reasonably stable and very controllable.It was a straight highway situation. Agreed a different set of tyre characteristics. But I would always have the best tyres on the front.</div><div><br></div><div>I agreed to sell my BN.4 as it wasn’t being used and compared to the 3000 it did not feel good. I agreed a sale which was to include new tyres. When I replaced the old radials the car was transformed and I regretted the sale. Such was the effect of new rubber. The main impact was the steering feel.</div><div><br></div><div>Joe</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Others have said;</div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><p dir="ltr">The newer or better tires should ALWAYS go on the rear. This is a safety issue.</p><p dir="ltr">Cheers,</p><p dir="ltr">Curt</p><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#330033"><span>
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Tim, how OLD are the above ? ?<br>
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Ed<br>
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