The Tire Pro's Point S

The Tire Pro's Point S is an independent dealer on North Bluff Street operating under the Point S banner, handling tire sales and fitting, rotation and balancing, and general repair. Independent membership of a buying group is a common structure in this trade — national purchasing and warranty backing, local ownership and local decisions.

The wider picture

The four tires on a vehicle are not doing the same job, which is why a set bought together stops being a set. On most cars the front wheels handle all of the steering, the larger share of the braking load because weight transfers forward under deceleration, and on a front-wheel-drive vehicle all of the driving force as well. Left in place, they wear at roughly twice the rate of the rears. Rotation redistributes that so the set wears down together, which is partly about value and partly about handling: mismatched grip front to rear changes how a car behaves at the limit, usually in the direction of less warning. On all-wheel-drive vehicles it stops being optional. Differences in tread depth mean differences in rolling diameter, and a center differential or transfer case forced to absorb that mismatch continuously is being worn out by it. The correct rotation pattern depends on the drivetrain and on whether the tires are directional or asymmetric.

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