Excellent tire rotation results

[Hermann]

The LX25s on my MDX are a bit squirrely on certain stretches of grooved concrete regardless of rotation/position. They are at 9/32s and have done it since new.

6 months ago the relatively new LX-25's hit a freshly grooved concrete pavement, the truck was hard to manage and swayed side to side. 2 days ago went over the same pavement. Barely noticeable. Either the tires or the pavement got "Broke In"

 

[Kira]

The road got burnished and the wind changed.

 

[Hermann]

The road got burnished and the wind changed.

I'm going with the semi's have beat down the edges of the grooves. IIRC there was little wind either time. My tires are still at 10.5 tread depth as of a month ago according to the report from DT.

 

[The Critic]

I don't rotate tires or get alignments. Tires wear evenly and last well past the warranty period.

On a FWD car, that is absolutely impossible.

 

[Oillover]

On a FWD car, that is absolutely impossible.

Even on a RWD it's impossible. The fronts and rears have a distinctly different job when getting the car down the road.

As a teen, from 10 feet away I recall observing the difference in appearance between the front and rear tires on my dad's 245DL.
The fronts seemed "rounded" between the sidewall and tread.
OTOH, the rears had a sharp "crease" between the sidewall and tread.

 

[Leo99]

On a FWD car, that is absolutely impossible.

I'll take some pictures tomorrow hopefully and dig up the paperwork to see how many miles are on the tires and we'll evaluate it

 

[Leo99]

My pictures didn't come out very good but I'll post them.

 

[The Critic]

My pictures didn't come out very good but I'll post them.

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And this is on your Camry?

Same measured tread depth on all 4?

 

[Leo99]

And this is on your Camry?

Same measured tread depth on all 4?

This is on the RAV4. I didn't measure anything. There are 35000 miles on the tires.

 

[The Critic]

This is on the RAV4. I didn't measure anything. There are 35000 miles on the tires.

Isn’t your RAV4 an AWD? If so, that isn’t surprising.

 

[Leo99]

Isn’t your RAV4 an AWD? If so, that isn’t surprising.

I'll have to look at the Camry next. The RAV4 is AWD but my understanding is that it's mostly all FWD unless it detects slippage. And it doesn't see much slippage.

 

[Dave1027]

I have found that tire rotations are not needed as much if all 4 wheels are properly aligned. FWD vehicles by nature will require more tire rotations.