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Old 02-27-2002, 07:17 PM
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BMW recommends not rotating tires.
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Old 02-27-2002, 09:31 PM
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For 2001 it was definitely at 5k, for 2002 it is at 10k.
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Old 02-27-2002, 10:09 PM
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Well for me it was some twisted Catch-22, I scored an o-fer on the free rotation. Oh well.
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Default Here's TireRack's recommendation:
<ul><li><a href="http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/general/rotate.htm">Tire Rotation</a></li></ul>
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Old 02-28-2002, 02:34 AM
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According to which dealership? I've never heard that before...
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Old 02-28-2002, 09:22 AM
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It is in my 02' owners manual.
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Old 02-28-2002, 09:28 AM
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Default Wow, that's weird. I know they rotate the tires on my brother's 1996 530i and my father's 1999 740iL
Do they give an explanation as to why it is not reccomended? What kind of beammer?

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Old 02-28-2002, 10:04 AM
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Default BMW has had no-rotate policy for at least 10 years
First ran into this with my '93 E36. As you can imagine, this is a fairly controversial view. I once visited all the major tire websites and they all recommend rotations for all tires and offer 3 or 4 different patterns depending on drivetrain.
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Old 02-28-2002, 10:36 AM
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Default They might not have a policy, but they do it at my local dealer. Is it that they don't have a policy
or that they reccomend against it? I would think they just don't want to do it for free.

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They lay it out in the owners manual - rotations not recommended
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