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Need help with tires!!!!!!!!!!!?
I blew a tire on my 2007 Pontiac G6 GT. The shop I took it to to get a replacement only had 1 tire that fit on my rim. It was a cooper tire costing about $160. I've decided to replace the rest of the tires as the car is at 60,000 miles. Now that I have time to research tires, I can find cheaper good quality tires for around $110 a tire. My question, will having 1 tire with a different tread pattern affect driving at all?
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- Jay PLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Yes it will. Best case scenario is to have matching 4 tires ( for the most consistent handling characteristics from each corner of the vehicle ). The next best step is to have 2 of each tires on the car ( each axle has the same tires ) so your side-to-side manoeuvres remain the same. The performance/handling characteristics would be different from the front and rear of the vehicle though.
Having one different type of tire will make your car less predictable when swerving for example and it is not recommend to do.
- drtriedLv 51 decade ago
On a car like that I'd go ahead and buy 4. Yes, chances are that one tire will wear differently (probably faster considering it's a horrible brand) and cause the car to drift to one side and also cause the other tires to wear odd and faster. Then you'll forever have an out-of-balance set of tires... see... the only way you can ever get back to balance is to buy 4 at the same time, same brand.
