Date:         Wed, 15 May 2002 17:53:46 -0400
Reply-To:     "Fitz-Randolph, Douglas" <Doug@BEACONTEL.TV>
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From:         "Fitz-Randolph, Douglas" <Doug@BEACONTEL.TV>
Subject:      Tire rotation and placement, oops.
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Hi everyone. I did something really stupid when I put on my snow tires last
fall. Rather than mark my summer tires with the positions from which I
removed them - i.e. RR, LF, etc. - and then follow the usual rotation
pattern, I numbered them 1 through 5. Why? Well, I don't know - I really
can't imagine what I was thinking at the time. So needless to say, 6 months
go by and I can't remember where I started the numbers - was 1 the spare, or
was 5? Duh! Anyhow, I put the most worn of the 5 in the spare location,
which left me with two tires about equally worn, a little more worn than the
other two, which are also about equally worn. So... where should the most
worn tires go - front or rear - so that come fall perhaps all 4 will all be
worn about the same? Phrased another way, which tires wear out faster -
front or rear? Oh... '90 Syncro with a pretty tight VC. Thanks!!

Doug Fitz-Randolph
Freeport, ME