Tire Rotation Pattern

Got an '07 V6 Accord EX-L with 17" Michelin Pilot MXM4 tires (OEM) that it's
time to rotate.

Do I do an "X" rotation or just swap them front to back on the same side?

 

I've been doing a front to back rotation for over two decades now. No
issues with premature tire wear or handling.

 

RTFM...

What does the owner's manual say?

 

That has little to do with the question of tire rotation.

 

Really?

Have you looked?

Mine tells how the tires should be rotated.

 

Yes, really.

I don't need to look at the manual for everyday normal things that I
have been doing for decades.

Maybe you're one of those people who needs to read the manual, until
you gain more life experiences.

 

That was the problem-- X for non-directional tires, same-side for
directionals. I don't know which my tires are...

 

Have you considered looking at the sidewalls and seeing what they are,
that's if you can't tell by looking at the tread. :^)

It truly doesn't matter which way you rotate the tires if they aren't
directionals. Corner to corner or front to back. The key is to rotate
them and keep the proper air pressure in them all the time. It's all
about preventative maintenance and tire longevity.

 

You've been doing front to back rotation on an '07 V6 Accord EX-L for decades?

a

 

If they are directionals, there should be an arrow on the sidewall
indicating the direction of rotation.

a

 

What does your owner's manual say?

You know, the instruction book that came with your shiny new $28,000 toy?

Do you even know where it is?

Go ahead. Listen to random strangers on the net instead of finding that
book and opening it and <gasp!> READING it. The engineers who created
the instructions are clearly inferior in all ways to the random people
on Usenet.

 

Pray tell.

Of course it does.

 

Ah. The old "I've been doing it this way for decades, I know what I'm
doing, I don't need anyone to tell me different" fart who ends up not
knowing shit is here to offer his "opinion".

 

tire rotation is a legacy of solid axle wheel dynamics. and you don't
have any on that vehicle.

 

actually, it does. you can easily lose 20% of tire surface contact with
a rotation until the rubber blocks have worn to a new rotation sense.
that means 20% less braking and 20% less cornering and 20% less safety.
many modern higher performance cars don't have tire rotations at all
for precisely this reason.

 

don't worry, he's been doing this since 1950, he knows how cars work.
03 NSX, '50 Rambler--it's all the same. Don't try to tell him different.

 

You people can do it your way. I'll continue to do it the way I have
found works for me over the years. I am quite happy with having a set of
tires give me over 50000 miles on my vehicles.

 

That's all you get?

Jesus, you are a dinosaur.

 

tire wear trumps road safety? that's a bizarre concept!

and brian, don't snip the relevant stuff - here let me re-insert it for you:

"you can easily lose 20% of tire surface contact with a rotation until
the rubber blocks have worn to a new rotation sense. that means 20% less
braking and 20% less cornering and 20% less safety. many modern higher
performance cars don't have tire rotations at all for precisely this
reason."

there you go.

 

You have a weird concept of what was said as opposed to what wasn't
said, Jim. Maybe you should stick to reading the printed word and give
up reading between the lines.

There was no need to leave the irrelevant stuff in my response.