tires

[Ti Kan]

Leslie Carlson writes:
> My cash poor daughter ruined one of her rear tires on her 90 Q100. She had
> one rear tire replaced with a differant brand from the other three. I told
> her she should cough up the dough to buy another tire and at least have the
> back tires match. How important is it to have the tires matching on all
> wheel drive cars?

At least make sure they are of the same size.  Wrong size tires can
wear out the center differential over time, and chew up the rear tires
if the rear diff is to be locked.  If you care about predictable handling
and performance then you should use the same brand/model of tire all
around.

-Ti
01 S4 2.7 biturbo quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
80 4000 2.0
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