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Old 04-05-2017, 09:20 PM   #23
Night_Rider
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Originally Posted by husker boxster View Post

Long story - you should never have mis-matched front and rear tires. Their characteristics will be different, resulting in unusual (at best) driving situations. You could end up with unpredictable results in rain or high speed driving. It is dangerous to have different tires on the front and rear of a high performance sports car.
Could you expand on this a bit?

I'm about to buy my first Porsche, a 2000 Boxster Base. It goes for PPI on Friday.

The fronts are BFGoodrich GForce Comp2 AS 205/50ZR17

The rears are Eagle F1 Assymetric AS 255/40ZR17

What should I expect?

When I test drove the car I did feel a little wheel bounce that felt like a balance issue, enough that I made balancing a contingency of the sale.
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