Tire change advice

[coldstart]

Sometimes I forget which wheel was in which corner.

Hint: Take a page out of the book of the professionals: They use a crayon to mark the tyres (before removing!) with FL / FR / RL /RR, so they will exactly know, which wheel should go where while refitting them (tyre rotation respected).

[Mr Onion]

I think it is also okay to not rotate tyres. In that case the front tyres wear out quicker than the rear ones, and you have to replace the front tyres first, 2 tyres at a time. In this case it might be advisable to move the brand new 2 tyres to rear, in order to have better aquaplaning resistance on the rear to avoid losing control of the car when driving at motorway speeds on wet road.

After seeing videos of all tyre combinations on a wet test track, that is the only way I would place my tyres. Better grip, better roadholding and less chance of going straight to the scene of the accident

[Wonder]

Hi everyone, this week I managed to change my tires. I ended up using all-season tires.
I put on some KUMHO tires. The label says D B 71 dB. They're slightly lower than the ones I had before (C A 71 dB), but they should give me a few more miles. I don't do much, so going from C to D isn't a concern for fuel consumption. Wet grip is definitely a bit lower, but if this tire (as I hope) wears less than the previous one, I probably don't know how many miles I drove with a tire that had essentially become a C tire. I'll have a chance to see how they perform this coming winter.
In any case, the tread pattern is the same or very similar to that of the previous tires.