many tire places these days REFUSE to do that, if you don't let them put the best tires on the back they send you down the road.

Have a neighbor with a 12 Avenger that really needed 4 new, had to buy 2 at a time on different paydays. Tire store INSISTED that the 2 new went to rear (on a FWD car? Yup) and in the meantime I had to do brakes on this car. I rotated them to "best on front" like they SHOULD BE and the neighbor couldn't believe the difference in how the car handled and that's when she told me how the tire store works...\

I actually have a "bulletin" from either Firestone or Bridgestone that tells of this "best to rear" 'policy' they have, and they claim no matter FWD, RWD or 4x4, best tires belong on back..... 20 years of being an alignment guy and 36 years of being a licensed driver says "BS" to that...… sometimes on a RWD pickup or van I can make a case for "best on back" but even then. usually NOT.