How to Rotate tires yourself?

[Ric]

I had a recent experience regarding rotating tires:
In Norway, as well as in other snowy areas of the world I guess, we use winter tires during the winter months. They are rougher and comes with, or without steel studs to increase the grip. Well, after putting the winter tires on last winter, after a few months, it felt like I was running on a bumpy road. Eventually I found the cause of of this, the studs, having the previous winter being rotated in one direction, had now been unintentionally rotated around on the car (left to right and vice verca), and were now rotating on the road in the opposite direction from last year. This gradually not only loosened the studs, but also softened parts of the rubberlayer underneath, causing parts of the tire circumferencis to swell out, and consequently giving a bumpy ride. All tires had to be changed out. I got the dealer to split 50/50 with me on the new tires..as they had done the last tirechange, but I on the other hand had done a season or two with them allready.So - be aware if you are running with studs. PS: The tires were Michelins "Snow&Winter" or some similar type name.