Hi,

I need new all season tires on the rear. I presently have stock OEM conti's. The front conti's have plenty of rubber on them...so I only need rear tires.

I was considering either staying with the conti's for the rears...or going with the Goodyear F1's. I have heard so good reviews on this forum about the F1's...and would welcome a quieter tire also.

Has anyone had any experience with conti's on front and goodyear f1's on rears? If so...How does the car handle ( I have a roadster ltd) ?

Is it a bad idea to mix tires...that is front and rear wih different tread designs?

Your comments and suggestions would be appreciates

 

I see a lot of the guys mixing tires...just got back from the Woodward Dream Cruise and noticed this as well...I am getting ready to go to F1's and like you, my fronts have plenty of tread left, but I am upsizing for my needs...so I am going for all four...it wouldn't hurt a thing IMO to mix them..

 

yea you can, it's best to keep the same kinda tires with same amount of thread on teh same axle. (same tires on the rear, same on the fronts.)

 

I replaced the rears on my Limited Roadster about 3,000 miles ago.

The fronts, like yours, are the original Conti all season tires with a good amount of tread left on them.

I have noticed no adverse result with the Goodyear F1 tires on the rear.

Like a few others, I also noticed an increase in mpg with the Goodyear F1 tires.

 

I will also be replacing the rear tires only as the fronts look nearly new after 17k miles.

 

The Michelins are the best for us. Low noise and traction aplenty.

 

Are the Goodyear F1s a summer or an all-season tire?

I've got plenty of tread fore and aft even after 30k miles, but I'll probably have to replace tires next summer. I only drive during the summer, so good grip, tire wear and gas mileage (often mutually exclusive) are important to me.

 

It isn't the best idea to mix and match tires, no matter what axle they are on. Remember folks, different tires have different ride qualities, different heat and speed ratings, different load capacities, and different traction characteristics.

In other words, think of it this way. Since you have older, different tires on the front, and newer tires on the rear, the front of your car and the rear are now handling even more differently from each other than they should be. This MAY cause unpredictable, unexpected, or unwanted control and traction problems.

However, you can mix and match without having much trouble. Just remember, the manufacturer that made the tires that are on the rear of your car made them to work with the same brand, type, and model that should be on the front.

As a rule, I try to always buy matching sets of 4. Safer bet.

If it makes any difference, I run autocross with my Crossfire with the SCCA, and have with some other previous cars. We know that if you don't have a good set of tires, doesn't matter how much horsepower, what kind of suspension you have, how light your car is, or how good of a driver you are- a bad set of tires can ruin everything.

Btw, just a word of advice. I wouldn't go with the Goodyears. I've heard bad things about them actually. Check out Tirerack.com and read ALL of the reviews. There's a lot of complaints about ride quality, tread wear, and noise.

 

You can mix if you have the same two tyres on front and same two on back, although keeping the same tyres all round is better for the traction, smoothness of drive, road noise control and general performance.

I have all four michelin pilot 2 sports on my xfire, the traction is awesome, the road noise is super-minimal and i get a really smooth ride! the only downfall is they cost £250 each :/

 

Nezek...These sound great....but...Are these Michelin's considered "All Season Tires". That is what I am looking for. Thanks

 

honestly mate.. im not sure, however... the only good tyres in the wet are fat tread and water direction tyres.. imo these are crappy for performance, and as the crossfire isnt supposed to have off-road or chunky tread-like tyres on it, the best choice you got is the michellin pilots, as i said before, the traction is excellent, and no matter what tyre you get, the xfire sucks in the wet due to weight distribution and rear wheel drive, go for the michelin pilot sport 2's ! you get what you pay for mate, quality, wet and dry, quiet and comfy ride, performance spec'd and excellent traction!

 

Goodyear F1 tires are All Season.
Go on line and check out F1 reviews.
Bonus - they have really nasty looking tread pattern.

 

The Michelins are summer tires. You do not want to put summer tires on the back with all-weather tires on the front. Since summer tires track much faster than A/W tires you could end up sliding the car off the road. I recommend you call the experts at Tire Rack and ask them which way you should go.There arn't many A/W tires in our size but the best are Yokohama advan 4s. Great grip and smooth ride. Again, please don't take my word or any one elses, find out from the experts. Good luck and enjoy your new tires.