I got a flat on the NJ turnpike (pothole) and had to find a replacement tire ,I was 350 miles from my house and didn't trust the spare. So I now
have a General all season opposite my Continental. Is this OK long term? I don't want a odd tire at my house.
I wouldn't run it long term. Each brand/model tire have a different tread pattern, rating and in some cases, material they are made out of. At a minimum I would have the same brand/model tire at least on the same axel.
Different tires pull against each other. It might not fail for thousands of miles, being new, but one or the other is going to heat up and blowout. And then there is the handling issue: yes, you can adapt to any increased handling challenges until you don't notice them, but having perfectly matched tires front and rear is absolutely the only way to go when you are both trying to ease your job as the driver, and get the most out of your car.
I got a flat on the NJ turnpike (pothole) and had to find a replacement tire ,I was 350 miles from my house and didn't trust the spare. So I now
have a General all season opposite my Continental. Is this OK long term?
Curious... are you saying that you know that the mismatch of tires caused one to overheat which caused it to blowout? Or, are you saying that while driving with a mismatched set of tires one overheated and blew that you are attributing to the mismatch?
Honestly I would imagine you would have more issues if the single newer tire was enough of a different size just because it's newer, regardless of it being a different brand. If you had a X number of miles on your original set of tires, that would wear the tread down a certain amount. Introduce one new tire with the same dimensions on the sidewall as the original tire. But because the original tire had wear, you now have two different size tires on the front or back of your car. This can cause a few different situations, one being excess wear on your other tires as well as the car handling a little different.
For example, I did this exact thing on my last vehicle (front wheel drive scion xb). After I had about 2000 or 3000 miles on the car I picked up a razor blade on one of the rear tires and it was too close to the side wall to patch it. Figured there shouldn't be enough wear to be an issue and replaced it with one tire of the same size, make, and model. I didn't notice any issues at first since the tire was on the rear and it's front wheel drive. First time I rotated the tires though and I instantly noticed the difference. Every time I hit the gas, the car would pull to a side and it wasn't my alignment as it was good. Eventually I started noticing I had strange wear patterns on my other tires and realized I needed to replace all 4 now, which in the long run cost me more than it would have if I had just replaced two tires in the first place.
Sure. Every time I'd drive it, in my mind, I would have an issue if all four tires were not from the same manufacturer. The Stinger is just too nice of a car to do that to.
Sure. Every time I'd drive it, in my mind, I would have an issue if all four tires were not from the same manufacturer. The Stinger is just too nice of a car to do that to.
Okay, you win. Now, what are readers supposed to take from your argument? Mismatch away, people, run A/S on one side and Summer or Winter on the other side, WTH?
Mixing tire brands and tread patterns is always a poor choice, and with a high performance car like the Stinger it is courting disaster.
Okay, you win. Now, what are readers supposed to take from your argument? Mismatch away, people, run A/S on one side and Summer or Winter on the other side, WTH?
Mixing tire brands and tread patterns is always a poor choice, and with a high performance car like the Stinger it is courting disaster.
Hysterics? OP asked a question and we are giving recommendations. Merlin provided worst case scenario by mismatching tires and exactly what is your point here? To dish out bad advice contrary to what any tire manufacturer would provide, you know, the people who spent hundreds of hours and tons of money on R&D to be contradicted by some guy on a Stinger forum? Its a safety issue plain and simple.
My own take on this is I'd be more concerned about traction differences L/R or F/R. Not something apparent under normal driving, but may be so under heavy cornering or driving in the rain.
I can see a tire (any tire) flexing enough to blow out if it's under inflated. Running different diameter tires on the same axle should just result in different speeds within the diff (front or rear) (in addition to handling/traction issues). This may not be good if you got a lsd. It'd be like driving in circles all the time (for one axle).
Something else to consider, same size tires may differ in diameter between models even of the same mfg. It's important to look at either tire diameter or revs/mi to get a more accurate size indicator.
Note on the first and last, overall diameter is the same at 25.7" but revs/mi differ slightly. Judging by the above, I'd sat the PS AS4 has the larger overall diameter.
