Of course this was a "demonstration". Your reasoning though goes along with not wearing seat belts because of the delay in escaping. With front drive cars being so dominate these days and many folks believing the new tires go on the front, especially considering how fast many cars wear the fronts out in a number of states new or the better tires on the rear is law same as winter tires on all axles.

Dennis

-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Tom Hargrave Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2015 10:38 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Why new tires should go on the rear.

Go back and watch the video - they set it up to fail.

http://blog.allstate.com/new-tires-rear/?cid=CSY-PB-ZM-AB-outbrain_com:New-T ires-To-The-Rear

The driver drove through the track with the new tires on the rear and let the front tires hydroplane. This is an easy recovery, just back off the gas.

Then the driver hammered through the track with the new tires on the front, throwing the car into a spin. This was impossible to recover from.

Reality is "normal driving" where your back tires break loose and you steer into the slide & regain traction.

No thanks - I'll continue mounting new tires on the front.

Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com www.stir-plate.com www.towercooler.com www.grow-sun.com www.raspberryproject.com http://goo.gl/niRzVw

-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of Dennis Haynes Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2015 8:20 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Why new tires should go on the rear.

Check out the video on the link.

http://blog.allstate.com/new-tires-rear/?cid=CSY-PB-ZM-AB-outbrain_com:New-T ires-To-The-Rear

Same can happen with miss matched tires such as snows or all terrains in the rear.

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