How often should tires be rotated???

[dhlwtu]

Hey everyone, quick question. I rotate summer and winter tires and drive maybe 8000km per year (mostly city). Is there a rule of thumb as to how often I should get a 4 wheel alignment on my 2006 Mazda3 GT? Also the cambers are what gets adjusted with an alignment.... right??

Thanks in advance!

[Pokey]

At 8000km/year your tires will get old (cracked sidewalls) before you wear them out. I wouldn't worry about alignment unless you're ridin' low :)

[aris]

I do an aligment every year... I do 50,000 km a year and these cars aligment get out of whack easy... I've all readY wreaked a set of tires from my alignment been out

[Jackal]

If you can stay away from things that screw your alignment like potholes etc. Otherwise once a year for me.

[jonjon72]

I get an alignment done once a year. After the winter and once I get my summer tires and rims put on.

If you have springs installed, let them settle for a couple of weeks then get an alignment.

[Cosmo77]

Mazda recommends that you rotate your tires every 8000km.

Alignments I like to say once a year or every 25Kish....I think that doing one every spring is the way to go, most people hit or kiss a curb in the snow and knock things out a bit and lets face it. Our summer tires are worth way more then or snows!

[bluemazda3]

yeah recommended rotating every 8ks....

[BigO]

Didn't do my alignment in time, now the inner portion of my tires is bald!