2 budget tyres vs 1 budget and 1 premium

[jamesj197]

One of my front tyres needs replacing and the other one is nearly new. The nearly new tyre is a budget tyre. Do I replace the worn tyre with the same budget tyre as the nearly new one or buy premium tyre so one would be a budget and one a premium?

Thanks

[jamesj197]

akirk said:

depends on the car and how you drive it - FWD / RWD / ???

Fwd, the two rear tyres are premiums and match. And its just a daily driver

[jamesj197]

gdaybruce said:

Buy two premium tyres and make the lightly worn budget the spare?

Personally, I'd want two matching premium tyres on the front of my car. Pretty much every tyre test I've read shows budgets significantly underperforming premium tyres under wet braking. Mismatched tyres would make the car seriously unstable under emergency braking.

Ideally i'd buy 2 premium tyres but it's between 2 budgets or 1 budget and 1 premium. Thanks for the reply

[jamesj197]

JZZ30 said:

I'd rather have the same across the axle, so i'd go with same brand budget in that scenario. As long as you drive within the capabilities of the tyre, I don't have a problem with budgets on a daily driver.

Thanks, I was thinking the same

[jamesj197]

MrBarry123 said:

This.

What is your "budget" tyres and what is your "premium" tyre?

I've got 2 nexens on the back, a hifly on the front

[jamesj197]

MrBarry123 said:

Car?

vw polo