Tyre advice needed

Hello folks,

Just bought a 2004 FL1 td4 2.0 and noticed that it has one odd tyre! 3 tyres the same and one different.

Nosing around on the forum I see that VCU/IRD/rear dif issues can be caused by mismatched tyres so my question is this....

how urgent is it that I get 4 new MATCHING tyres put on?

Can the spare be left alone as, in theory, it would only be used to get to a garage etc...?

Any recommendations on tyre choice, virtually all on road use?

cheers
IT

There may be slightly differing views on this .... But for me ... I'd change them ASAP

Chris

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Put four Pirelli Scorpions on it..

When I got mine it had off road tyres on the back and road tyres on the front. It soon made a horrific noise like gearbox whine. Changed them to a full matched set and all is well.

So yeah, I'd change them sharpish, at least a good pair on the rear axle (that still match the fronts).

Spare wheel a bit of a conundrum, I got a set of four Maxxis last year but left the spare alone, it was a near new Pirelli, my thinking was that given my low mileage per year I may never get a flat and even if I did it may be so far ahead that I may be introducing a tyre with much less wear that the four road wheels so even if it was the same make it could therefore have a different overall diameter and be a risk of transmission damage so tyre make of spare not as important as the main road wheels, obviously if I had a puncture I'd be looking at changing a pair of tyres with new ones going on the rear.

cheers folks, just had 4 new Michelin latitude cross tyres fitted, not cheap but sound good by the reviews i've read. Will let you know how they go.

IT