From race car drivers to last place drivers...I'm referring to the slower more cautious drivers. Whether you have a new car/truck or old car/truck with brand new tires or old and barely making it tires...TIRES SHOULD ALWAYS BE ROTATED EVERY 5,000 MILES. Well that's at least what most dealerships recommend.
Rotating our tires properly is one of the best ways to get the most mileage out of them, considering you don't spin your tires at every stop light. But then again proper tire rotation should give the ones with a "heavy foot" just a few more miles they can "make them puppy's bark" until it's time to spend a good lump sum of money that you don't have on a brand new set of tires that you will eventually need to have rotated. That's if you're anything like me and try to do all that you can to get the most out of your tires. In case you're wondering mine are 35x12.5x20 NITTO Trail Grapplers and yes I very much want to get as many miles as I can out of them before I have to go spend $1,500 on a new set.
Before you tell me to stop crying about it because I don't necessarily have to go out and buy expensive tires...YES I DO! My truck is my office and my office travels a lot. For those of you I'm losing, I'm always out in the middle of nowhere on peoples land. Sometimes it's not rough at all on my truck. But most times it can be very muddy, wet, bumpy with sudden drop offs. My 4 wheel drive and "big tires" really help me from getting stranded out in the middle of nowhere. Also, my tires honestly just look very cool! I don't say that being boastful, I say that being very grateful that I can afford tires like mine.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHICH BRINGS US TO THIS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have you ever thought about marking your tires right before you get them rotated? I can almost bet 99.9% of you reading this haven't and/or don't. I'm 37 years old and the first time I marked mine was today 7/18/16.
If you're not following me I'm referring to marking your tires in a way that you will know whether your tires where really rotated...OR NOT!
I bet I've really got your attention now! Think about it for a minute. If all four of your tires on your vehicle are identical, then how do you really know if they were really rotated? You absolutely don't know. By nature you just trust the word and ethics of a big dealership...like Moritz Dodge over here in Fort Worth, Texas.
Believe it or not but today I actually marked my front passenger tire with 1 red dot and 1 white dot right above the first "r" in Grappler and took a picture of it before I went to the dealership to have my tires rotated. Can you guess what I saw when they said my truck was ready? I walked straight over to the front passenger tire to look for the dots and yes they were there. I honestly felt my face instantly get hot I was so pissed! I pulled my phone out and pulled up the picture...I forgot to mention the picture had the date and time stamp on it. I walked straight over to the manager and showed him the picture while letting him know that I just now paid to have my tires rotated and asked him "does it look like my tires where rotated to you?" He was shocked that his guys never rotated my tires and informed me there would definitely be consequences for this.
Even while all this was happening I couldn't help but to begin thinking of all the other times I paid to have my tires rotated...and I only thought they were rotated! That infuriates me to the core!
There are millions of vehicles going through these dealerships and let's not forget about the small "mom and pop" automotive centers that are suppose to be providing us with the service that we are paying for....IF YOU DON'T FIND A WAY TO ENSURE YOU'RE GETTING THE SERVICE YOU'RE PAYING FOR, THEY WILL FIND A WAY TO KEEP RIPPING YOU OFF BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE DO NOT PAY ATTENTION TO DETAIL.
***BE AWARE OF SERVICES THAT YOU PAY FOR***
TAKE THE SMALL STEPS THAT YOU CAN TO ENSURE YOU'RE NOT BEING RIPPED OFF!
I VERY MUCH BELIEVE THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD BE TREATED FAIR.
Nobody gives a shit, Stop being a little pussy and rotate your own damn tires.
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