My wife abuses tires. Over the 15 years I've known her, her car has consistently gotten 1/2 the life out of tires that mine has. This is across multiple vehicles in this time. I've grown to accept this, and just know we are buying tires more frequently for her. She's also independent, and handles getting the maintenance done on her vehicles, which works for me.
She comes home last night and tells me that her front tires on her AWD Rav4 are 4/32 and the backs are 7/32. These are General Altimax RT tires. The shop is recommending that she needs to start considering buying 2 new tires, and move the rear ones to the front.
I understand the reasons behind that recommendation. What I'm curious about is whether the difference in tread depths is material enough to warrant a new tire purchase, or if I could rotate them and be ok.
In the scheme of things, tires are cheap. So if there is a risk/concern to rotating the existing tires, I'll buy new ones. If not, I'll rotate and get a few more miles out of the set. What do you think?
She comes home last night and tells me that her front tires on her AWD Rav4 are 4/32 and the backs are 7/32. These are General Altimax RT tires. The shop is recommending that she needs to start considering buying 2 new tires, and move the rear ones to the front.
I understand the reasons behind that recommendation. What I'm curious about is whether the difference in tread depths is material enough to warrant a new tire purchase, or if I could rotate them and be ok.
In the scheme of things, tires are cheap. So if there is a risk/concern to rotating the existing tires, I'll buy new ones. If not, I'll rotate and get a few more miles out of the set. What do you think?
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