I would only replace the badly worn tire and only then only when the
thread approached minimum specs. Of course, it's use would be limited
to the rear wheels. Ignore any noise etc by turning up the radio...

Your car should last another 100K with the care that you give it.

JT




Elle wrote:
>
> Any sage advice on whether to replace the other tires or how
> to rotate them at this point?
>
> Background:
> 1991 Civic, 179k miles. One of my (then) front tires
> displayed inboard wear about 7500 miles ago. Back then I
> rotated it to the rear, did some suspension work, and think
> I found the main cause of the wear (severely worn stabilizer
> link and associated bushings). So the wear is not continuing
> (knock on wood).
>
> Yesterday I rotated the worn tire back, from rear to front.
> Subsequently I noticed steering wander towards the wear side
> of the tire. I switched my two front tires, and sure enough,
> the wander switched.
>
> Two of my other tires have 30k miles on them. The third has
> 5k miles on it (got a serious flat a few months ago). None
> of these three tires are so showing irregular wear; just
> what looks usual for 30k miles, and certainly not down to
> the wear bars.
>
> I am going to buy at least one new tire this week and change
> out the badly worn one. The tires are Wal-Mart Viva 2, size
> as recommended by Honda. Very inexpensive, consistent with
> my expectation that the car may not last more than five
> years more.
>
> I certainly do not plan on losing any sleep over this. My
> Civic drives great otherwise, averaging around 42 mpg for
> the last five fillups. Little oily down below, but not
> enough to cause garage floor spotting.
>
> I have been holding off on the alignment (mentioned some
> weeks ago) because of this, for good or bad.