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05-17-2006, 09:30 AM
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Tire rotation - I'm confused
Prior to owning a BMW, I would rotate my tires every other oil change. BMW told me, and I've read here, tire rotation is not necessary. They will do it, but it is not a covered service. So anyway, I open my lease payment bill and on the little Inside Track pamphlet which is included, this months car tips are how often you should rotate your tires.
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05-17-2006, 09:43 AM
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I'm not sure if the Diamaris are uni-directional, but if not you have to have them flipped left to right (and remounted)...normally you move tires rear to front, but now you have staggered tires. On non-staggered tires, I believe the interval is 7K. I was under the assumption my Diamaris tires would be due for replacement before they needed rotation...dunno.
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05-17-2006, 10:15 AM
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L, if the flyer wasn't X5 specific, my guess is it's just
a mailing stuffer from the feelgood/mkting dept. I'd skip the tire rotation thing... Even on cars that do "allow for" TR, I'm not sure I need a high school drop out hammering on the rims and wheel lugs with an impact gun, twice a year. My 2Cts. BR,md
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05-17-2006, 10:21 AM
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BMW engineers carefully studied the concept of tire roation, economics etc, and concluded rotation is not worth the time and money. (if your wheels are properly aligned and inflated, etc...)
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11-15-2006, 04:56 PM
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05-17-2006, 10:40 AM
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05-17-2006, 11:08 AM
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I got nearly 70K miles from my original Michellin Energy tires and never rotated them. And the wear pattern was just fine. Don't bother with rotating them.
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05-17-2006, 11:16 AM
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the problem is the amount of neg camber on the 4.4 SP. the inside wears faster than the front. the only way to even the wear is to dismount the tire and flip them. Not an option with diamaris or alot of tire out there today since they have a specific side facing out.
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11-15-2006, 05:17 PM
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btw, the steering is very "light" with new the Michelin Energy tires. not sure if this is normal or not. almost seems like I have servotronic now. i bought this X5 4.4 used with 10K miles so I wouldn't know how it drove off the dealer lot.
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11-15-2006, 05:23 PM
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Let me also add that the shop said my tires were evenly worn (no rotation done before), which meant no alignment needed for the new tires.
I was actually surprise, probably because I keep thinking the rear (with the large camber) tires would be worn unevenly.
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