Currently have Goodyear F1 all seasons all around (previous owner). As usual, rears are worn and need replacement. Prefer not to pitch fronts as they have lots of tread life left.

I have absolutely NO intention of winter driving, so no need for all seasons. Also, summer traction sucks with these tires. Wondering what rears I should get given summer only driving under normal conditions. I have RS3s for the track and would only track with the dd set up under wet conditions.

I DO want good wet and dry traction. My thought was that if I went with a high performance summer (with good wet traction) on the rear, the rear would have better grip than the front so if the handling bias shifted it would be more rear biased (am I saying that right-the rear grip would be greater), with understeer at the limit. This would be fine.

Am I asking for trouble? Should I just get another set of all seasons? I'll be brand or model mixing anyway, as the F1s are discontinued.

MY 00 with factory wheels.

All input appreciated, and thanks!

 

You should never mix all seasons and summer performance tires. The biggest reason is that in colder temperatures the summers will start to harden and have less grip while the all-seasons will remain softer and cause oversteer to be more prominent. Another effect will be understeer in summer months with less ultimate grip all year round out of the front. My suggestion is to replace all 4 tires and either save the good fronts as spares or sell them to recuperate some money from them.

 

I agree with Jet3010, That would not be a good mix. In an emergency situation when you need the car to handle its best it wont. I would either stay with the all season performance tire this time and wear them out together or go with all four tires.
If I can help let me know.

 

I hope no one thinks I am hijacking this thread but I was about to ask a similar question. The difference is I don't have all seasons. I have Drizzles and want to replace them with Pilots. What happens if I run new Pilots (summer UHP) on the rear with Direzza DZ101 up front? The front tires have twice the wear bar tread depth. (Rears are almost at wear bars with inside worn down more)