On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 00:26:04 UTC, Dave Plowman
wrote:

IIRC, the safest handling for a car is understeer - ie on the limit of
adhesion the car will go straight on. Oversteer means it will tend to
spin. So the best gripping tyres should go on the back. No tyre should
ever be allowed to get so worn it's in danger of failing.

That's basically what they said.

I found the references. One is the British Rubber Manufacturers
Association, whose website seems severely broken. The other is Michelin:

http://www.michelin.co.uk/uk/auto/au...b_pqr_neuf.jsp

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