[Ron807]

I have discussed this a few times at a local tyre place and also while attending an advanced driver course.
Eventhough my first view was different, I'm convinced now that the best tyres should be at the back. A few reasons that convinced me are:

- A car with worn front tyres will understeer, a car with bad rear tyres will oversteer (when traction limits are reached). 99% of drivers will be able to correct understeer, but oversteer... not so sure...
- On a FWD car, with the worn tyres at the front you will get an early warning when traction limits are reached (accelerating on icy/wet roads, etc) as the front wheels will start to spin. If the worn tyres are at the back you'll probably find out when it's too late...
- During hard braking the rear tyres keep the car on track, try it on a bike to brake hard with only the front brake. You will only have little control over the bike...

Systems like ESP, ABS and so will ofcourse reduce the risk of understeer/oversteer, but also has it limits. When that limit is reached you'll be happy to have the good tyres at the back

Tried to translate Gasonk's post about swopping left and right tyres... Be carefull with this, as many tyres have a profile that is only suitable for 1 direction. When swapping left/right it means that you could have the tyres traveling in the wrong direction....