Hi Jack..
one method ..
look at the tires.
the fronts will wear slighlty 'roundy' compared to the rears ..
the rears where less, and pretty evenly across the whole tread face..
the fronts wear more on the outer edges.

you can spot any poorly serived carin an instant by the brake pad dust
on the front wheels, the very worn front tires,
and the barely worn rear tires.

You don't keep a little log book ? ..
like I do for fuel ..'where, miles, how much, and what I spent, and mpg
sometimes too;'

then I have a section for service and maint., items ..date and miles.
its' fun.
Keeps the value of your van up too. ...good records always raise the
value of any used vehicle.

whooops ..I didn't pmail.
Others may benefit from your query too.

scott

On 12/6/2012 1:50 PM, Rocket J Squirrel 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.
>