help guys...bad mechanic? After my excellent shopping exp with Tires.com/discount tires, My mother's lumina needed a fresh pair. One side was damaged from running 15lbs low and the tread on the other one was just done (rear.) But the fronts passed the penny test and probably have a good 10k left or so. I told her to get a pair (kumho passenger allseason), and have them install them on the front, and move the good ones left to the back. I always thought the reasoning was your drive tires in FWD should always have the best grip. she came back and said that the attendant told her he wouldn't do the install like that for safety issues, and now the new tires are on the back. WTF?? I'm worried my mother my have been snowed so that she'll need more tires sooner... (he gave a reason, but i'll share it after a few opinions)
ive been driving fwd cars for most of thee time ive been driving. i always put the balder tires to the rear. it pretty hard to "fishtail" a fwd car short of yolking the e brake. fwd always understeer, and rarly oversteer. IMHO