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Originally Posted by Moppie
Do yourself, and other road users a favour, and get 4 tyres the same.
Even if you have to get 4 second hand ones, the car will be a thousand times safer.
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I'm not sure if its a tire difference, or if its just social perception. Using different tires here is not taboo at all. Its not ideal, but the amount of difference that having different tires could cause is so tiny. 99% of the drivers out there wouldn't know what to do except panic if they were in any hazardous situation, and the 2% increase in predictability you gain from having 4 tires the same is really not a big deal here. No state in the US requires 4 matching tires. In fact many cars specifically are shipped from the manufacturer with different tires.
If you think about it, a Corvette comes with 245mm tires on 17" wheels up front and 315mm tires on 18" rims in the back. That's a lot more difference than just a different brand of the same size.
Not disagreeing with you Moppie... just curious as to the different perceptions on different continents.