F11 520d, mixing tyres front/rear?

[Hard-Drive]

Let me set the scene before I ask the question...I'm a Caterham R400 owner/driver, so I understand handling, and the Caterham takes care of any hooning duties on road or track.

My daily is a 120k mile F11 520d, generally driven gently as a diesel family wagon. I'm more interested in getting 50mpg out of it than anything else!

My front tyres need replacing. However, I will be selling the car in the next few months, so I am loathed to spend premium money on another pair of Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3's (245/40/R19)

My local tyre place have recommended Hankook Ventus S1 Evo3's as a cheaper alternative (£175 each vs £225). If I was going to keep the car I'd probably go with the Goodyears, however for a couple of months of driving I'm tempted by the Hankooks. It's hardly a prestigious/sports car and will probably just end up going to Motorway/WBAC etc.

I know that for spirited on the edge driving, the handling is better with four identical tyres, however will having two different axle sets be OK for the brief or is it going to really mess things up?

[mmm-five]

The latest Hankooks S1 Evo3 will probably be better than the old Goodyear F1 Asy 3 anyway (we're up to Asy 6 now).

BTW, are you still running runflat versions of the Goodyears, and if so are the Hankooks RF too?

If they're not runflats and you want to stick to the old F1A3, then Camskill have them for £149 each...
https://www.camskill.co.uk/m55b0s11210p169893/

...or have the more modern F1A6 for £155 each...
https://www.camskill.co.uk/m55b0s336p210952/

Edited by mmm-five on Monday 31st March 13:03

[rassi]

For the sake of 50 quid per tyre, I would get matching ones. A serious buyer, at least someone who is knowledgeable about cars would appreciate it, and the selling price would be higher, IMHO.

[bigdom]

I'll be selling one of mine soon, It had a pair of new tyres the other week, matching existing as they were down to about 3mm.

Mismatched tyres always makes me think what else has been skimped on.

[danb79]

Hard-Drive said:

Let me set the scene before I ask the question...I'm a Caterham R400 owner/driver, so I understand handling, and the Caterham takes care of any hooning duties on road or track.

My daily is a 120k mile F11 520d, generally driven gently as a diesel family wagon. I'm more interested in getting 50mpg out of it than anything else!

My front tyres need replacing. However, I will be selling the car in the next few months, so I am loathed to spend premium money on another pair of Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3's (245/40/R19)

My local tyre place have recommended Hankook Ventus S1 Evo3's as a cheaper alternative (£175 each vs £225). If I was going to keep the car I'd probably go with the Goodyears, however for a couple of months of driving I'm tempted by the Hankooks. It's hardly a prestigious/sports car and will probably just end up going to Motorway/WBAC etc.

I know that for spirited on the edge driving, the handling is better with four identical tyres, however will having two different axle sets be OK for the brief or is it going to really mess things up?

Same tyres on front, same tyres on rear (ie same tyres on each axle; but not the same brand) is fine IMO and seen often

If you're selling; stick Nexen, Uniroyal, Khumo on or similar - get them from Camskill and get them fitted locally

No need to pay through the nose IMO; they're not budget ditchfinders, but they're also not premium tyres either

[Hard-Drive]

Thanks guys.

Appreciate the thoughts...TBH I think I'll go for the Hankooks. It's a 120,000 mile, 10 year old diesel estate. Although it's been well looked after and is generally in very good condition, the type of buyer (probably Motorway!) won't decide against buying the car as the tyres are two different axle sets. If it is a private buyer you could view it that the car is being weaned off the expensive Goodyears which might appeal more to a budget buyer, whilst still preserving the runflat spec (there's no spare)

My question was more about will I notice any handling issues, and from the responses, it appears not.

Thanks!