Why does Discount Tire recommend putting new tires on the BACK of the car?

I was always told that new tires should go on the FRONT of the car, especially on front-wheel-drive vehicles. But a lot of tire places recommend putting the better tires (even on front-wheel-drive vehicles) on the back of the car. Why is that??|||Basically a few people here are right.


Over the front, you have the weight of your engine, and over the rear you have nothing. If your turning a corner, where is the first place to slide out in snow / ice / heavy rain? It's always your rear.





It's annoying, because the tire company's spent so long telling everyone new tires should go on the front, for FWD.. Then actually decided to do some research, and realized that regardless of FWD / RWD, that the rear was always the end that suffered significant traction loss first.





Here's a video to explain it.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSz7cm6Mw鈥?/a>|||The reason they tell you to put the better tires on the back is a safety thing.





The amount of tread (where the new tire has a big advantage) comes into play on wet/snowy (slippery) surfaces, not dry. If you are cornering and your front tires are sliding somewhat (this is called understeer), you can usually recover just by slowing down a bit. If you go into a corner and your rear tires start to slide (oversteer), this is much harder to recover from. If you go into a spin it's highly likely you'll hit something or go off the road.





The best way to maintain your car is to rotate the tires regularly (like every other oil change) so they'll wear evenly, and then replace all of them at once with the same make/model of tire. This is assuming your car has the same size tires front a rear - some sports cars don't but most cars do.|||If your rear tire traction is comprimised then the car will more likely spin out in the rain or slick conditions. Normally though, you should rotate your tires so that the ones with the most tread by 2 or 3mm are put in front. That way they wear evenly until all of them are worn down enough to replace. Then you replace all four at once. If your old tires aren't in bad shape, you should rotate them and put the new ones in front so they will eventually wear evenly. The fronts normally wear about five times faster than the rears. The Dealer is telling you that to play it safe for litigious reasons.|||when your car is loaded with maximum capacity of passengers, the center of gravity tends to tilt backward, together with the increasing momentum(that is directly proportional to the mass of the vehicle), so during emergency situation, these rear brand new tires might have a better holding, grasping/gripping and controlling power.


further more, as the consequence of 'INERTIA",the rear part of the vehicle tends to skid to the left while you make a sudden right turn, and vice versa, so the grasping/gripping power of the new tires does help to reduce the extend of this tendency.|||If our rear tires are bald, then I'd understand. But if the front tires have a safe amount of tread on them %26amp; even wear, I'd want the new tires on the front %26amp; the front tires moved to the rear. 70% of a front wheel drive (FWD) car's weight is over the front wheels. 80% of the breaking happens up there too. Go somewhere else %26amp; ask. Asking is free.|||The tires will wear more evenly and by the time you need the front ones replaced they'll still be in good condition and they'll Then, move the Rear to the front and put your new ones on the Rear again.





Ex son-in-law works for them.|||I'd understand for rear wheel drive vehicles because that would be worn more then the front one,s possibly. However your front tiress control your steering always replace your front tires first. The best option is always four brand new tires but i'm not made of money.|||Darn yahoo`s. I always put new tires on the steering axle (front) regardless of front or rear wheel drive. Front wheels do all the steering control as well as doing over 60% of the vehicle braking. Where do you want your new tires?|||on front wheel drive cars you should always put the best tires on the front because that,s where the pulling power is at. i figure they saw your tires and realized you need all 4.|||For rear traction and to minimize skidding sideways when hard braking.