[Girlcopper]

Originally Posted by lambstuff

Learned something today, make sure you rotate your tires as the villages roundabouts cause excessive wear on the front tires and to occasionally check for wear.

Driving around a circle doesnt affect tires or everyone would have to drive on only straight roads with no turns.

[FastDrive]

Originally Posted by lambstuff

Learned something today, make sure you rotate your tires as the villages roundabouts cause excessive wear on the front tires and to occasionally check for wear.

Thank you for this useful information.

[PugMom]

Originally Posted by TandHSTAR@AOL.com

One of the things my husband taught me is when you get an oil change have them rotate your tires.

exactly! some places offer it as part of the service. each time the car goes in, the tires are rotated

[greenflash245]

improper inflation is the culprit.

[oneclickplus]

Originally Posted by lambstuff

Learned something today, make sure you rotate your tires as the villages roundabouts cause excessive wear on the front tires and to occasionally check for wear.

If your tires wore unevenly or excessively, your front end had an alignment problem.

Roundabouts in the Villages or anywhere would not do this.

(former mechanic)

[Waltdisney4life]

More fake news improper inflation is the culprit of tire wear very simple.

[brakey]

Fact of the Matter is that "IF" you see unusual wear on the front tires you may need a wheel alignment.
No you don't need an alignment periodically unless you want to support the local wheel alignment and tire shops with additional profit.
Running counter clockwise on the roundabout's may or may not cause tire wear on the right front tire. Cornering force will act on the outside edge of that tire but tire wear in this case will be dependent on your speed through the roundabout. It depends how aggressive you are.
Generally wheel alignments are needed when some front end component is damaged or worst case if a front end part is bent from going off road, into a curb or some other obstacle.
The best way to determine if you need a wheel alignment or wheel balance is to monitor tire wear. You can google tire wear or pick up an automotive book that describes what tire wear to look out for and what to do about it.

ASE certified master mechanic and Automotive Engineer

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Originally Posted by Two Bills

More likely turning steering wheel when stationary.
You take a lot more sharp left and right turns than circling roundabouts.
Someone is pulling your chain!

I don' know that the turns made in an out of round abouts qualify as "sharp". In fact it seems just the opposite to me. Ninety degree turns at intersections are sharp. The turns made in round abouts are not close to ninety degrees.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by brakey

Fact of the Matter is that "IF" you see unusual wear on the front tires you may need a wheel alignment.
No you don't need an alignment periodically unless you want to support the local wheel alignment and tire shops with additional profit.
Running counter clockwise on the roundabout's may or may not cause tire wear on the right front tire. Cornering force will act on the outside edge of that tire but tire wear in this case will be dependent on your speed through the roundabout. It depends how aggressive you are.
Generally wheel alignments are needed when some front end component is damaged or worst case if a front end part is bent from going off road, into a curb or some other obstacle.
The best way to determine if you need a wheel alignment or wheel balance is to monitor tire wear. You can google tire wear or pick up an automotive book that describes what tire wear to look out for and what to do about it.

ASE certified master mechanic and Automotive Engineer

Agree, except It would be in inside of drivers side tire if you routinely take roundabouts at high speed and don’t rotate tires.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Waltdisney4life

More fake news improper inflation is the culprit of tire wear very simple.

More dipsticks comments that can’t find dipstick.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr

I don' know that the turns made in an out of round abouts qualify as "sharp". In fact it seems just the opposite to me. Ninety degree turns at intersections are sharp. The turns made in round abouts are not close to ninety degrees.

It not sharp, it speed and centrifugal force.

[vintageogauge]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

Maybe you’re not aggressive driver as some?

The OP didn't state they were aggressive and I am probably a tad more aggressive on the turns than most but in a careful way. I also never get my tires rotated, over the years there were several Cadillacs I owned that had different size tires front and rear that did not call for rotation and ever since then I stopped doing it to all of my cars. I drive my cars around 36,000 miles and then trade them in and have not come close to needing tires in decades. I do keep the pressure where it should be and check the them regularly. I also might add that I don't even remember the last time I had to have an alignment.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Girlcopper

Driving around a circle doesnt affect tires or everyone would have to drive on only straight roads with no turns.

Why’d do you think race care tires wear out? Speed and centrifugal force.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Girlcopper

Driving around a circle doesnt affect tires or everyone would have to drive on only straight roads with no turns.

You’re joking right.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by mike1946

What a load of rubbish re-tyre wear. We have roundabouts everywhere in the UK and some that would blow your mind (Google the magic roundabout - not the TV show - there's one in Swindon and another in Hemel Hempstead) and after driving here for 50 odd years the tyre wear is due to tracking mis-allignment and tyre pressure. By the way the word is Tyre not Tire ... Tire means getting fatigued ..the Y is there to differentiate the meanings ...just saying.

I’ve drove in England and roundabouts are not as curvy as on BV or MB. And where they where you could not speed through them.