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Subject: Re: re: shocks and shifting - (nf)
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Date: Sat, 30-Jul-83 03:26:59 EDT
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orstcs!hakanson    Jul 28 15:33:00 1983

The manual for my modern, fuel-efficient front-drive car suggests
rotating the tires at each oil change.  All front-drive cars wear
those front tires at a high rate.  I thought everyone knew that
(except the salesmen, but they don't count).

However, even if you didn't rotate your tires at all & just replaced
the front ones as they wore out, three sets of front tires in 82K seems
pretty reasonable to me, depending of course on the quality of the tires.
I just bought four new tires for my car, to replace the four original
tires which were all equally and evenly worn out after 43K miles 
of moderate to very hard driving.

Now, let's see.  By 82K miles, if my car lasts that long (I think
it will), I may be ready for another set of 4 tires.  That makes
8 tires for 82K miles, and I think I remember in the original article
that you had replaced the two rear ones, also, giving 6+2=8 tires.
That doesn't sound too far off what my car may show.  I just prefer
to have all 4 corners of my car behaving the same in the rain, snow,
or during hard cornering.  Besides, there's something esthetically
"neat" about having all the tires being the same (age, type, brand,
condition, etc.).

By the way, I think my next major maintenance expenditure may be for
new shocks all around, as soon as I can afford it.  But the suspension
on my car is so stiff, it's just beginning to ride a little more
comfortably (it's an '80 Dodge(Mitsubishi) Colt RS, for those who
are interested), so it won't hurt to wait a while.

Marion     Yellow Colt Racing :-)     {hp-pcd, teklabs}!orstcs!hakanson