running wider tires in the rear than in the front is, on our cars, a recipe for exacerbating understeer. which, for an Audi, is like throwing gasoline on a fire. we drive what is really a 911, but backwards - a big old V8 hung completely in front of the front axle.

so...anyone ever get outside the box mentally and try running wider front tires? as long as they're not sticking out of the fenders, you wouldn't be able to tell just by looking. say 275 or 285 front, 255 rear?

I realize this sounds completely stupid at first glance, but Audi did make a car called the R18 that ran tires in a similar staggered setup, and apparently it was fast and won a race or fourteen...