Tyre question

[Dr Jekyll]

Suppose you have an ordinary family saloon with Dunlop tyres on all wheels except for a fairly new Pirelli on the front nearside. If the front offside tyre needs replacing is it better to have a Pirelli to match the nearside, or a Dunlop to match the rears and hasten the day when you can have Dunlops all round.

I can see the issue with different makes of tyre on one axle, but different tyres front and rear doesn't seem like it should be an issue.

[E30M3SE]

Pirelli to match the existing nearly new Pirelli. Or buy 2 Dunlops to match the rears and stick the nearly new Pirelli on the bay of thieves.

[fatboy b]

Agreed. Front-back makes, so what. Same axle should be the same.

[Spare tyre]

What is the spare, can you do anything clever with that in mind