ABS and different tyres

[stormdot5]

If you have different age/type tyres on a car and apply the brakes sufficiently to cause the weaker tyre to lock, an old car will pull to one side and require you to let off a bit or steer to accommodate it.

Assuming you had a car fitted with ABS but no stability control system. If the front right tyre was a brand new super soft, almost track focused tyre, and the front left was a 10+ year old cheapo economy rock hard tyre. When you applied the brakes to the extent that the ABS kicked on on the left, then would you end up with biased braking and the car pull the the side of the grippy tyre, as that could apply a torque to the vehicle as it could brake harder?

Normally I'd keep them matched and change them if they were too old, but lots of people only change one tyre at a time.

[stevieturbo]

why on earth would you ever fit a super soft grippy tyre to one wheel only...and have crap on the others ?

[GreenV8S]

stormdot5 said:

lots of people only change one tyre at a time.

I don't know anyone stupid enough to do that so I doubt that 'lots of people' do it.

[Little Pete]

stormdot5 said:

but lots of people only change one tyre at a time.

No, they don't.

[E-bmw]

stormdot5 said:

lots of people only change one tyre at a time.

Only those who either have no understanding of the laws of physics, no common sense or have lost the will to live!

[stevieturbo]

People do change one tyre at a time on occasion, but none would be so moronic to change tyres to totally un-matched extremes.