Originally posted by ubatuba:
Hi all - noob here,
Bought my '96 GL new and now have 83,000 miles on it. Few complaints except...I am now looking at putting my fourth set of tires on this car (I have the 15" tires). Every 20,000 miles I have had to put new tires on, with the last two being Firestone Affinity tires. They had previously worn evenly across the tire and been rotated about two times while on. Each time Firestone couldn't explain why, except to say that something was wrong and give me a warranty price on the new tires. This time just the front tires have worn, the back ones are good. I am not a mechanic and try not to pretend to be one but something must be wrong, right?
Dave




Welcome. Something is very wrong. A "regular" Contour should have its tires last at least until 10K before the warranty mileage (unless you are drag racer ). You must rotate every 5K. In addition, you did not say if it was worned evenly on previous times. If your Contour is out of alignment or struts, springs or bearings are broken, then the tires will wear faster or unevenly.

"Always do the cheap and easy ones first." 1996 V6 ATX 96K miles