Re: Q: Tire wear on 4kq

[Kneale Brownson <knotnook@traverse.com>]

At 05:38 PM 8/17/99 -0400, Frank de Kat wrote:
>At 03:23 PM 17/08/99 -0400, Avram Dorfman wrote:

>>I'm about to put 2 new & 2 used tires on a 4kq, & I'm wondering if it
>>matters whether I put the old ones in front or in back. 
>
>I've read somewhere in the owners manual that the better tires should go on
>the front. Makes some sense, as that is where most of the weight (And
>therefore traction) is.


More braking done with the fronts too!!!     I would only do this as long
as there is no significant difference in the circumference of the tires.
Differing circumferences mean different speeds for the gears, and you could
put a strain on the central differential in a quattro, it seems to me.

Kneale Brownson