Mixed tire sizes on Quattro
01-18-2004, 10:52 PM
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Re: Mixed tire sizes on Quattro
"Scott" <spam784@spam.spam> wrote in message
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> Ok, I know that side-to-side it is VERY bad to mix tire sizes. But,
> how doe sthe Quattro handle both fronts being %50 worn, while the
> rears are new?
> IE, how bad on the center dif is it?
>
> Scott
Not optimum but not not disastrous either. Engineers build a safety factor
into the system. To put it another way, how often do people worry about
their differentials based on whether they drive on too many winding roads?
news:krjm005bcnvrcipi0arvku5n0ftj278ane@4ax.com...
> Ok, I know that side-to-side it is VERY bad to mix tire sizes. But,
> how doe sthe Quattro handle both fronts being %50 worn, while the
> rears are new?
> IE, how bad on the center dif is it?
>
> Scott
Not optimum but not not disastrous either. Engineers build a safety factor
into the system. To put it another way, how often do people worry about
their differentials based on whether they drive on too many winding roads?
01-19-2004, 04:55 PM
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Re: Mixed tire sizes on Quattro
On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 21:52:58 -0700, "Ian S" <iws51remove@***.net> wrote:
> "Scott" <spam784@spam.spam> wrote in message
> news:krjm005bcnvrcipi0arvku5n0ftj278ane@4ax.com...
> > Ok, I know that side-to-side it is VERY bad to mix tire sizes. But,
> > how doe sthe Quattro handle both fronts being %50 worn, while the
> > rears are new?
> > IE, how bad on the center dif is it?
> >
> > Scott
>
> Not optimum but not not disastrous either. Engineers build a safety factor
> into the system. To put it another way, how often do people worry about
> their differentials based on whether they drive on too many winding roads?
>
If the difference in circumference is less than 1-1/2 inches, then it's OK,
provided the differnce is due to tire wear, and not because the tires are of
different types.
Somewhere i read that Audi says that differential tire wear is OK -- even
between a new tire and one worn down to the tread bars.
> "Scott" <spam784@spam.spam> wrote in message
> news:krjm005bcnvrcipi0arvku5n0ftj278ane@4ax.com...
> > Ok, I know that side-to-side it is VERY bad to mix tire sizes. But,
> > how doe sthe Quattro handle both fronts being %50 worn, while the
> > rears are new?
> > IE, how bad on the center dif is it?
> >
> > Scott
>
> Not optimum but not not disastrous either. Engineers build a safety factor
> into the system. To put it another way, how often do people worry about
> their differentials based on whether they drive on too many winding roads?
>
If the difference in circumference is less than 1-1/2 inches, then it's OK,
provided the differnce is due to tire wear, and not because the tires are of
different types.
Somewhere i read that Audi says that differential tire wear is OK -- even
between a new tire and one worn down to the tread bars.
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