Ive only had mine a couple of weeks but I find the steering is very light and fidgetty/twitchy even at motorway speeds (80mph). Not sure if its down to the cheap tyres the cheapskate last owner has fitted on the front though. I might swap them to the back as the rears are the conti sport contacts still.

I would keep the decent tyres on the rear, you can control understeer better than oversteer at those speeds.

I would keep the decent tyres on the rear, you can control understeer better than oversteer at those speeds.

You are probably right - plus I can wear through the cheap ones faster and replace them then

See i disagree, this car is very very hard to make oversteer, believe me ive tried on the track even in the wet, the electronics interfere way before it get s tail happy.

the way i see it, nearly 85% of the braking bias is at the front wheels. So by putting the worst tyres on the front you are making the braking performance of your car worse in the event of an emergency stop etc.

Agreed. Best tyres should always go on the front especially in a FWD car.

Phil

Mine certainly emergency stops OK and I now have new Bridgestones on the front but lower tread Conti's on the back. It does feel a bit more lively but never feels as if it will oversteer.

I think with any car you really have to be going at silly speed and really be trying to get them to oversteer. Most manufacturers will design a car to understeer long before the back gives way to oversteer which is harder to control.

Good condition decent tyres on the front in an FWD car and any situations of over/understeer you have more control to pull the car out of it.

I remember back in the days of my old Citroen ZX 1.9D. I had some decentish tyres on the front but the rear needed replacing. I swapped the fronts to the back then got new ones on the front.

I then took a sweeping bend on a 40mph road too fast and the back started twitching and swininging out. Quick correction of the wheel and foot to the floor on the gas and I managed to pull the car out of it and round the bend. With rubbish tyres on the front it probably would have corrected then understeered then bang!

Phil

I find it quite easy to get the back out. However this may be due to me having no rear seats, spare wheel or weights on the crash bar and a Jabbasport arb

I was about to say that the rear ARB (even though it's a Whiteline one and not a custom one made by Jabba) really transformed the car's behaviour towards over-steer immediately. I was very impressed at how great effect this small addition had. Totally worth it If you plan to push the car often (and know how to deal with oversteer that is)