Do you rotate your tyres?

eatcustard · 15 Jul 2010 at 19:36

No, never done, pointless.

Rotate tyres and then have a bill for 4 tyres at the same time!!1 Why?

Better for a bill for 2 tyres at a time.

loltim · 15 Jul 2010 at 19:38

eatcustard said:
No, never done, pointless.

Rotate tyres and then have a bill for 4 tyres at the same time!!1 Why?

Better for a bill for 2 tyres at a time.

Do you also put £10 of fuel in rather than filling the tank?

mjt · 15 Jul 2010 at 20:59

Tim said:
Do you also put £10 of fuel in rather than filling the tank?

If you're skint, or do zero mileage, fine. But otherwise I don't really understand this.

Am I the only one that likes to have a full tank, likes to know how much he gets to a tank and resets the trip odo every time I fill up?

Fossil · 15 Jul 2010 at 22:34

mjt said:
If you're skint, or do zero mileage, fine. But otherwise I don't really understand this.

Am I the only one that likes to have a full tank, likes to know how much he gets to a tank and resets the trip odo every time I fill up?

You're not the only one on here

Everytime I fill up a full tank I always reset the trip odo and see how many miles I can get out of that tank.

As for the orig Q.. fitted 4 new tyres in 2005, had to replace front tyres in 2008 as one had a bulge on sidewall. New tyres went to the front as car is FWD and prefer front tyres with most tread. When it comes to replacing the rear tyres in the future, the new tyres will go to the front.

Do little mileage per year so wear on tyres is minimal.

Django x2 · 15 Jul 2010 at 23:37

Tesla said:
A lot of tyres are directional so it's not a good idea to go swapping left with right or vice versa.

Eh!? You can swap a directional tyre dead easy from left to right. As long as you remove it from the wheel first

[FnG]magnolia · 16 Jul 2010 at 00:16

Lucero said:
Eh!? You can swap a directional tyre dead easy from left to right. As long as you remove it from the wheel first

I'm pretty sure you can't, or at least not on all makes :confused:

My contisports are specifically near side and off side.

Django x2 · 16 Jul 2010 at 01:39

Not many tyres are handed though. Conts do this because their outer sidewalls are stronger than their inner sidewalls

Simon · 16 Jul 2010 at 07:27

eatcustard said:
No, never done, pointless.

Rotate tyres and then have a bill for 4 tyres at the same time!!1 Why?

Better for a bill for 2 tyres at a time.

Mute point for me with different fr and back tyres. But on some cars you can end up with the same tyres on the rears for several years. You're better off keeping fresh rubber on the car by rotating tyres as you replace them.

Howard · 16 Jul 2010 at 07:57

mjt said:
Am I the only one that likes to have a full tank, likes to know how much he gets to a tank and resets the trip odo every time I fill up?

Nope

Bear · 16 Jul 2010 at 09:03

No for me as I have wider rears than fronts, also the tryres are directional

bledd · 16 Jul 2010 at 09:48

Going to swap my front and rears (see previous page) so I replace all 4 at once