I divide the expected mileage of the tires by 8, so each tire runs at each position two times. eg.: 60,000 tires are rotated every 7,500 miles.
How often to rotate your tires?
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^^I like this approach. It is systematic and makes intuitive sense. There are visual and ride quality cues as well, but they vary by car and tire, even within the same make and model of car. It's easier for the average person to simply use a set interval, but if you know your car well you will be able to determine what works best.
I've rotated my oem's twice. I'm at 19K miles. I drive rather agressive. I might get 25K or so out of these hankooks.
Originally Posted By: Shannow
Originally Posted By: navcanman
Unless you have uneven wear I wouldn't bother rotating my tires especially if I was paying someone else to do it.
If you pay someone to rotate your tyres, you've got both too much time AND money on your hands.
I usually buy a peeler card from a school group or church fundraiser that has a free tire rotation coupon on it good for one year at my local big-0-tires. so i pay about $10 a year for tire rotaions, i think its worth it. i generally try to do 7k mile rotations if they appear to need it, if not i wait until they do. i measure the redneck way using a penny.
Originally Posted By: navcanman
Unless you have uneven wear I wouldn't bother rotating my tires especially if I was paying someone else to do it.
If you pay someone to rotate your tyres, you've got both too much time AND money on your hands.
I usually buy a peeler card from a school group or church fundraiser that has a free tire rotation coupon on it good for one year at my local big-0-tires. so i pay about $10 a year for tire rotaions, i think its worth it. i generally try to do 7k mile rotations if they appear to need it, if not i wait until they do. i measure the redneck way using a penny.
I rotate my tires every other oil change.
I take it to Discount Tire every 6k for a rotation. So far I have 44k on the OEM GY Wrangler HPs with 6/32nd left.
Rotating tyres is not something I used to do. Apart from when the Subaru dealer used to rotate them every service.
My reasoning for not rotating is that when I need tyres it will be two at a time and therefore easier to budget in the shorter term.
I have rotated the winter tyres on the Volvo mainly due to the fact they have been on there all year, before anybody says anything about that the car was hardly used during the summer and to be honest this year has been very wet and not particularly warm.
The front winters had a couple of mm extra wear than the back so I have rotated them to even up the wear.
My wife's car is very hard on front tyres, heavy Diesel engine and the wife does a lot of urban use as a Care Worker so lots of three point turns!
I therefore don't really have a specific time limit.
But discount deals for buying four tyres at a time a relatively rare in the UK, I think if they were as common as they seem to be in the US (going by comments on bitog) then I suspect I would be much more attentive to this kind of thing.
The only really good four tyre deal is Costco, and that is a subsiduary of an American Company I believe.
My reasoning for not rotating is that when I need tyres it will be two at a time and therefore easier to budget in the shorter term.
I have rotated the winter tyres on the Volvo mainly due to the fact they have been on there all year, before anybody says anything about that the car was hardly used during the summer and to be honest this year has been very wet and not particularly warm.
The front winters had a couple of mm extra wear than the back so I have rotated them to even up the wear.
My wife's car is very hard on front tyres, heavy Diesel engine and the wife does a lot of urban use as a Care Worker so lots of three point turns!
I therefore don't really have a specific time limit.
But discount deals for buying four tyres at a time a relatively rare in the UK, I think if they were as common as they seem to be in the US (going by comments on bitog) then I suspect I would be much more attentive to this kind of thing.
The only really good four tyre deal is Costco, and that is a subsiduary of an American Company I believe.
Originally Posted By: bigjl
My reasoning for not rotating is that when I need tyres it will be two at a time and therefore easier to budget in the shorter term.
If you rotate them, all four will last longer and you will have more time to save for the purchase vs needing two tires sooner.
I hate having mismatched tires also. When shopping for a used car it says to me that the previous owner did not properly care for the car or a mechanical issue caused premature wear.
I rotate at oil changes - 5-8k depending.
My reasoning for not rotating is that when I need tyres it will be two at a time and therefore easier to budget in the shorter term.
If you rotate them, all four will last longer and you will have more time to save for the purchase vs needing two tires sooner.
I hate having mismatched tires also. When shopping for a used car it says to me that the previous owner did not properly care for the car or a mechanical issue caused premature wear.
I rotate at oil changes - 5-8k depending.
Originally Posted By: surfstar
Originally Posted By: bigjl
My reasoning for not rotating is that when I need tyres it will be two at a time and therefore easier to budget in the shorter term.
If you rotate them, all four will last longer and you will have more time to save for the purchase vs needing two tires sooner.
I hate having mismatched tires also. When shopping for a used car it says to me that the previous owner did not properly care for the car or a mechanical issue caused premature wear.
I rotate at oil changes - 5-8k depending.
A common misconception.
Your tyres will not last longer with rotations.
The wear will be spread more evenly over the set but the amount of wear is a constant.
As far as mismatched tyres go why would replacement in pairs lead to it?
I wouldn't go out of my way to find different tyres unless like on the Clio I purchased a harder compound set for the front to offset the heavy front tyre wear of the Clio.
Here is the way I look at tyre wear.
If you don't rotate the rears will last say 40k, the front will last say 20k.
With rotations they will last 30k for a set.
With rotation they are not going to last 50k.
The fronts will continue to wear at a higher rate than the rears.
So it comes down to personal preference.
Spend £200 twice (two tyres a time) or spend £400 once (full set).
Originally Posted By: bigjl
My reasoning for not rotating is that when I need tyres it will be two at a time and therefore easier to budget in the shorter term.
If you rotate them, all four will last longer and you will have more time to save for the purchase vs needing two tires sooner.
I hate having mismatched tires also. When shopping for a used car it says to me that the previous owner did not properly care for the car or a mechanical issue caused premature wear.
I rotate at oil changes - 5-8k depending.
A common misconception.
Your tyres will not last longer with rotations.
The wear will be spread more evenly over the set but the amount of wear is a constant.
As far as mismatched tyres go why would replacement in pairs lead to it?
I wouldn't go out of my way to find different tyres unless like on the Clio I purchased a harder compound set for the front to offset the heavy front tyre wear of the Clio.
Here is the way I look at tyre wear.
If you don't rotate the rears will last say 40k, the front will last say 20k.
With rotations they will last 30k for a set.
With rotation they are not going to last 50k.
The fronts will continue to wear at a higher rate than the rears.
So it comes down to personal preference.
Spend £200 twice (two tyres a time) or spend £400 once (full set).
Tire sellers often discount a set of 4. Fourth tire free is not unusual. So that could be a consideration.
Originally Posted By: bigjl
Originally Posted By: surfstar
Originally Posted By: bigjl
My reasoning for not rotating is that when I need tyres it will be two at a time and therefore easier to budget in the shorter term.
If you rotate them, all four will last longer and you will have more time to save for the purchase vs needing two tires sooner.
I hate having mismatched tires also. When shopping for a used car it says to me that the previous owner did not properly care for the car or a mechanical issue caused premature wear.
I rotate at oil changes - 5-8k depending.
A common misconception.
Your tyres will not last longer with rotations.
The wear will be spread more evenly over the set but the amount of wear is a constant.
As far as mismatched tyres go why would replacement in pairs lead to it?
I wouldn't go out of my way to find different tyres unless like on the Clio I purchased a harder compound set for the front to offset the heavy front tyre wear of the Clio.
Here is the way I look at tyre wear.
If you don't rotate the rears will last say 40k, the front will last say 20k.
With rotations they will last 30k for a set.
With rotation they are not going to last 50k.
The fronts will continue to wear at a higher rate than the rears.
So it comes down to personal preference.
Spend £200 twice (two tyres a time) or spend £400 once (full set).
You should always put new tyres on the back, thus moving the back tyres to the front...effectively rotating them anyway.
Originally Posted By: surfstar
Originally Posted By: bigjl
My reasoning for not rotating is that when I need tyres it will be two at a time and therefore easier to budget in the shorter term.
If you rotate them, all four will last longer and you will have more time to save for the purchase vs needing two tires sooner.
I hate having mismatched tires also. When shopping for a used car it says to me that the previous owner did not properly care for the car or a mechanical issue caused premature wear.
I rotate at oil changes - 5-8k depending.
A common misconception.
Your tyres will not last longer with rotations.
The wear will be spread more evenly over the set but the amount of wear is a constant.
As far as mismatched tyres go why would replacement in pairs lead to it?
I wouldn't go out of my way to find different tyres unless like on the Clio I purchased a harder compound set for the front to offset the heavy front tyre wear of the Clio.
Here is the way I look at tyre wear.
If you don't rotate the rears will last say 40k, the front will last say 20k.
With rotations they will last 30k for a set.
With rotation they are not going to last 50k.
The fronts will continue to wear at a higher rate than the rears.
So it comes down to personal preference.
Spend £200 twice (two tyres a time) or spend £400 once (full set).
You should always put new tyres on the back, thus moving the back tyres to the front...effectively rotating them anyway.
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