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Subject:Re: Stratagies to remember when to rotate tires
From:Dave Mcneely
Date:Thu, 6 Dec 2012 16:34:34 -0600

Marc, do you really get that many miles on a set of tires on your Vanagon?  What tires, I want a set of them.  mcneely

---- Marc Perdue <mcperdue@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Years ago, after going through a set of tires in 24K miles (Firestone, but
> who's naming names?) =8^O, I was told that I needed to rotate my tires much
> more frequently. Ever since then, I have them rotated every other oil
> change. It seemed crazy at the time, but since then, I usually get 60-80K
> on a set of tires.
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 4:50 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
> > My local good alignment shop chided me for not rotating my tires
> > frequently enough. How do you guys remember when it's due? I'm lousy at
> > that. Use a Post-It note near the odo? "Rotate at 97k"?
> >
> > (This isn't worth wasting list bandwidth on mainly because I suspect
> > that this is too trivial for many of you, so pls to p-mail me with your
> > tip.)
> >
> > --
> > Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> > 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> > Bend, Ore.
> >

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David McNeely