purpose of holes in ohtsu fp7000

[eljefino]

Clunker rolled home behind me on these. I could post a pic but found a better one online:

There aren't enough holes for winter studs, and mine have kind of a squarish bottom, like a Robinson drive.

I figure they're there as a remnant of the assembling process, and have nothing to offer traction wise. But, why are they there?

 

[slacktide_bitog]

Tire rotation time indicators. The round holes will turn completely square when it's time to rotate.

The Ohtsu FP7000 id the same tire as Pep Boys' Falken Ziex ZE-329

 

[eljefino]

Wow! Cool.

 

[simple_gifts]

I rotate my tires every time i drive.

 

[Inspecktor]

Originally Posted By: simple_gifts
I rotate my tires every time i drive.
I got that one right away!

 

[y_p_w]

The Falken Sincera tires on my wife's car has these. Not sure how to handle them since I only bought a pair and am waiting for the older tires to be totally unacceptable before putting on new ones. So it's not going to have a normal rotation pattern since the old tires will have had a head start regarding wear.

 

[SwampSurvivor]

Those are the death holes. That's what will happen to you when you don't use Michelin tires.