TWO DIFFERENT SIZES OF TYRES

[willie12]

HI EVERYONE
JUST BOUGHT MYSELF A C220CDI ESTATE AVANTGARDE ON 56 PLATE. THE TWO FRONT TYRES ARE 224/45V17 AND THE TWO REAR ARE 245/40V17
THE FRONT TYRES ARE LESS EXPENSIVE THAN THE REAR.
IS THIS CORRECT. A FIRST FOR ME TO HAVE CAR WITH TWO DIFFERENT SIZED TYRES.
OBVIOUSLY I ONLY HAVE ONE SPARE AND I ASSUME I CAN USE IT ON THE FRONT OR BACK IN CASE OF A FLAT,
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WHEN REPLACING TYRES CAN I PUT ALL ONE SIZE ON?
WILL IT EFFECT HANDLING/PERFORMANCE.

 

[davidsw]

It is common that front and rear are different.Spare will be ok front or rear.Best to stick to what the manufacturer recommends.

 

[toby1]

Your handbook will have the correct sizes.

(turn your caps lock off!)

 

[television]

As David and quite normal

 

[Silver_Star]

Your rear alloys will be wider, hence the wider tyres. As above perfectly normal, just don't mix different tyre sizes on the same axle.

 

[Troon]

(turn your caps lock off!)

Agreed: it's even worse than the American newspaper headlining style from your previous two posts in 2008!

Capital letter for the first letter in a sentence and the first letter in proper nouns, otherwise lower case.

 

[willie12]

thanks for the replies i am working on the nouns pronouns and other bits. feel a lot better having received the advice