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Originally Posted by Xehaust  Hey praveen,
see the video more carefully. You see, it does'nt make a difference whether the car is FWD or RWD.
The point is that older wheels are more prone to aquaplane. Correct.
So if they are in the front, in event of loss of control, the driver will feel the loss of traction and steer accordingly and hence prevent an accident while the new tyres at the back will have enough grip.
But if the old wheels are at the rear, even if it loses traction, nor will the driver realise and even if he does, he cant do anything to correct it and will lose control even if the front wheels have traction as the rear of the car will sway out of control.
The video clearly demonstrates this with the two cars on the wet track and the lady explains this as well. And thats exactly why there is no mention of RWD or FWD in the video as it doesnt matter because all cars have the steering on the front wheels of a car  |
you definitely dont want your car to oversteer (which in my view is much riskier than gentle understeer which you will experience with front loosing control) and rear to loose traction first. If your rear looses traction..it just might ovetake the front and you might end up going backwards...or even in the oncoming lane!!! Please always put new tyres in the rear..(assuming tyres are the same size in fron and rear!!!)
see the link below from JK tyres
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