I let myself & Saturn slip on regular changes,it's been done once,the
frist 3k,& this past monthI(34k),the tires on front now don't seem to
wear in,theres a slight hum/tread noise,but,the car rolls smooth
enough & thers no pull on the steering.On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 16:27:27
GMT, "Roy" <crawroy @ nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:

>I only rotate/switch front to back and my tires wear evenly. I thought the
>roads here were bad but I've never had an alignment done on the Saturn I've
>had three years and about 50,000km (approx. 30,000 miles) and my car runs
>straight and doesn't wear the tires out prematurely.
>"Ron Herfurth" > wrote in message
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>>
>> "micven55" > wrote in message
>> lkaboutautos.com...
>> > While 3000 miles is a short interval it is by no means outrageous. If
>> you'd
>> > like all four tires to wear evenly and not develope odd wear patterns
>then
>> > you should probably rotate the tires every 5000 miles or less. It's
>> > preferable to have tires that have the same amount of wear at each
>corner
>> > of the car and then replace them 4 at a time. Also, an alignment check
>> > every 15000 or when the car starts wandering wouldn't hurt.
>> >
>>
>> 15,000 ????? with all the pot holes in Virginia if I only "checked"
>> alignment every 15,000 miles I'd need new tires every 15,000 miles. I'm
>> figuring I've spent more money on alignments than all other services
>> combined - about $80 a throw at least once a year for 11 years almost
>> exceeds the cost of both alternators, all 3 batteries, 6 tires, 2 T-fluid
>> flushes, 2 radiator flushes, every oil change, a handful of gas and air
>> filters, 2 sets of pads, and a break shoe in a pear tree. I've wondered if
>> it would be cheaper to just align it only when I got new tires and replace
>> them when they wore out from mis-alignment.
>>
>> The only advantage I see from rotating is all 4 will need replacing at the
>> same time so there's no confusion later about how old the replacements are
>> or where you got them. Would you get even wear by just rotating front to
>> back (but not side to side)?
>> Ron- 94 SL1 (considering a Cypress Green 06 VUE)
>>
>>
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