Stinky
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- May 9, 2021
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I'm quite upset w/Discounttire at the moment.
I have a HarborFreight manual tire changer and I change my tires all the time and one of the reasons is that I'm 20 minutes from town and I don't like waiting an hour to get my stuff done at Discount. They've been my shop for some time....mostly cuz they are the cheapest.
Today, I put my knobby snow tires on my wife's car for the winter (a pair, on the front). Then, I went to Discount to get them balanced. The guy says, OK, but we'll have to put them on the back. "It's not safe to put them on the front." It slipped out...."Dumbest thing that I've ever heard." I got that from an old supervisor. I promptly left.
I have a tire that I've already paid for waiting for me...It is $330 after everything....tis a 245/75 BFG K03....one tire. I've getting a refund tomorrow. I ordered one from Walmart when I got my tires balanced 30 minutes later.
Discount is of the impression that when you put new tires on a FWD that they have to go on the back as cars are prone to excessively over-steer and go into a slide as the rear tires need more traction than the front ones when going around a curve.
All I know is that all the braking, starting, hydroplaning is on the front and that most of the time the front needs more tread. What do you think about where the best tires should go on a FWD car?
I have a HarborFreight manual tire changer and I change my tires all the time and one of the reasons is that I'm 20 minutes from town and I don't like waiting an hour to get my stuff done at Discount. They've been my shop for some time....mostly cuz they are the cheapest.
Today, I put my knobby snow tires on my wife's car for the winter (a pair, on the front). Then, I went to Discount to get them balanced. The guy says, OK, but we'll have to put them on the back. "It's not safe to put them on the front." It slipped out...."Dumbest thing that I've ever heard." I got that from an old supervisor. I promptly left.
I have a tire that I've already paid for waiting for me...It is $330 after everything....tis a 245/75 BFG K03....one tire. I've getting a refund tomorrow. I ordered one from Walmart when I got my tires balanced 30 minutes later.
Discount is of the impression that when you put new tires on a FWD that they have to go on the back as cars are prone to excessively over-steer and go into a slide as the rear tires need more traction than the front ones when going around a curve.
All I know is that all the braking, starting, hydroplaning is on the front and that most of the time the front needs more tread. What do you think about where the best tires should go on a FWD car?