Have you noticed right rear tire wear?
 

Just got back from Tire Round-up and they said that Villagers have right rear tire wear because of the round-about!...Wow!

Wouldn't timely tire rotation prevent such tire wear?

Hard to imagine unless you drive in the roundabouts like this :)

Amazing Dukes of Hazzard Drift - YouTube

Put some wedge in it!
Your too loose......air pressure
adjustment on the next pit
stop......

Hmmmmmmmmm??

LOL....I bet everyone that reads this will be out checking their R/R tire now!
Maybe we should go clockwise on odd number days and CCW on even number days.

Just the buses and trucks:a20:

What about the right front tire? The term for that tire wear is "Bovine Scatology".

Can we assume the "they" was some guy that was digging ditches last week?

Note to self: Never go to Tire Round-Up.

First, The CW an CCW on the roundabouts way TOO FUNNY, thanks I needed that.

As for the tire wear. myself and maybe a 100 or more co-workers used a parking deck with one of those corkscrew exits. We had to park on the top level (#7), and then corkscrew all the way down. The surface was very rough to improve traction (this was up north), and we actually did see some additional wear on the tires.

I cannot see the same thing happening on our roundabouts unless you are spending a LOT of time going in circles......

I don't see the logic in this. The roundabouts are essentially circles in the middle of a straight road. You turn to the left and right the same amount when going straight through the roundabouts so the wear should be even. If you consistently went 270 degrees around the roundabouts as opposed to going straight through I could see some preferential wear. The presence of roundabouts will probably increase tire wear overall compared with driving on a straight road without roundabouts but it isn't clear to me why it would preferentially pick on the right rear tire if you are primarily going straight through.

If you believe that I have a bridge in Brooklyn for sale to you

I have a slow leak in LEFT rear tire. Any explanation for that? Pulling too close to gate card thingies maybe?

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I thought I've heard everything until now. I can just imagine everyone going to check their r/r tires. Finally, a post with humor to it!

Been here for 12 years. If you drive a lot in the round a bouts you may want to rotate tires every 5k miles and check your front end alignment. He's right. Even low speed. Just good advise. You'll be surprised on your alignment.

You know....
 

When I get on TOTV, I really need to invest in a good bullet proof vest...
You know that you are shooting the messenger AGAIN....

I don't know whether Tire Round-up was pulling my leg, but he sounded very sincere and believable....

You guys are amazing!!!!....Please don't take that as a compliment!

I am sorry to say that "sincere" and "believable" are not the same as true. I just don't see how it can be true.

I'd suggest you find another tire store.

Ok, let's think this through:pray: First you turn to the right entering the RB. So In theory this puts pressure left then right on the outside of the right side tires and inside on the left side tires. As we travel through the RB weigh shift if we are going straight through the RB. The action reverse the load on the tires and apply pressure on the right side inner tires and outside of the left tires. Factors that could affect single tire. Low air pressure (which most vehicles running around the villages have due to owner neglect.). Another factor could be speed. Some think they are competing in 24 hours of LeMans while other like turtle crossing the road. Then there the curb banging and 4 wheel alignment. Every look under your car and see the small suspension parts. it don't take much to knock wheel alignment or bend links which effect tire were. And the last some go around and around which would be different wear pattern also.:shrug::beer3:

We know we are! :):icon_wink::):icon_wink:

Oh come on. Nobody is shooting the messenger here. It's the tire store that's under fire. I appreciate you letting us know what they said.

:gc:The rear axle must be broke, just spinning one tire. :gc:

Where in the world did he come up with something like that;
remind me never to go to Tire World

None of these 3 things are true! Especially the gas and time.

If you want some facts, read this from the Federal Highway Administration

http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/intersect...hwasa10006/#s2

I guess you would rather have stop lights?

Never mind - can't get diagram to look right - posting seems to remove blanks.

Below is a diagram as to why I don't believe this. This is an approximation of a roundabout circle where you are going straight through. Notice that there are 2 right turns and 2 left turns so it should be a wash.


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Circles keep traffic moving and if there should be an accident it will only be a sideswipe not a fatal T-bone crash. You also aren't wasting gas or time setting at a red light. The worst intersections are 4 way stops which this also eliminates.