After our recent trip I decided to rotate the tires today (front to rear and rear to front) after about 9,000 miles in two years. When I had the tires off and side by side, I could not tell if the rears were more worn then the fronts. They looked the same. I asked my wife to take a look as she has much better eyesight and she could not tell the difference either. I guess these cars are so well balanced now that it really isn't necessary to rotate the tires unless you burn rubber a lot. I certainly don't and I won't be rotating again. It wasn't a total waste of time since they all received a thorough cleaning and wax treatment all around.
It may make a difference with the quality of the tire too but these top of the line Goodyear Exhilarate showed just normal wear.

 

I always rotate my tires religiously on all my cars every 5k. Funny thing a few years ago my Mustang failed inspection because of tires but it wasn't the rears that failed but the fronts. Obviously I've grown up and not burned off the rears but wore out the fronts driving her how she was designed to take the corners.

 

I have noticed the same thing -- can't tell any difference between the front and rear, or the inside and outside of the fronts

but I rotate them anyway

... I guess I need to do more burnouts, or get back to the road track! (road track does a very nice job of shredding the outside of the front tires)

 

I solved the rotation problem, my set up is staggered and directional.... Ha, no really, is the only downside of this set up....but I dont drive that much anyway---38K miles in 18 yrs of ownwership....3rd set of tires. Just because I swapped out the wheels, not bc of driving....

 

Despite putting less than 5k miles per year, I still have my tires rotated at least every 24 months just for additional piece of mind...

 

That's what I did with my R/T when I bought new tires earlier this year. A nice proper staggered set up. There was no real wear on the prior set and I don't rack up the miles or burn rubber too often. The years will get me, not the miles.

 

^Spot on.

 

All The Tire Rotation Talk Reminds Me of Back in The Day Some Customers Insisting That The White Letters On There Tires All Needed To Be Synchronized in the The Same Position on All Four Wheels. And Try To Explain as Soon as They Turned a Corner They Would Be Out of Sync. Still Insisting That it Be Done As They Just Would Not Believe You!

Knuckle Heads Have Been Around Forever!

KC

 

Unreal!!!!