Hi, George:

To answer your question, the wear seems on the inside on the front tires.
The back ones are older, as I had bought a pair about 25,000 miles ago or
so, for the front. I am going to be changing them out (all 4) soon if I
still have the Civic in Nov (my wife is considering a new CRV, but she's not
sure yet...yawn !!).

Lanning....sorry to hear about your tire trouble on a brand new Si.

Vinnie
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"Lanning" <LanningREMOOVE@THIScox.net> wrote in message
news:hHt3b.75938$xf.62712@lakeread04...
> George, what could be the reason(s) my '02 "Si" has always wandered too
> much?
>
> I should say that an unusual thing about my car is that it came with three
> of the tires having the cosmetic side toward the inside. I doubt Honda
built
> it like that.
>
> Also, when I got the extended warranty contract, I saw that the end date
was
> about five months earlier than it should be. Calling the dealer and Honda,
I
> find that an incorrect "in-service date" was used. The car was built a
full
> year before I bought it, and it seems to have basically been on my
dealer's
> lot almost that long according to the shipping information. It had about
30
> miles on it. Does this all make you think something is fishy, like
something
> happened to the car, or even that it could have been sold albeit briefly?
>
> The dealer said they have fixed the extended warranty date, and that I'll
be
> getting a new warranty contract in the mail. As for the tires, they said
to
> bring the car in for reversing the three tires and balancing them. They
> didn't even question me as to the possibility of my having done something
to
> create the tire situation.
>
> There doesn't seem to be any TSB for wandering (most irritating on the
> highway), but two other posters here who have the new model "Si" have
noted
> the same thing after I mentioned it here.
>
> I talked to a tire shop mgr. who said new cars sometimes have their
> alignment ruined by the downforce of being tied down during shipment, and
> this car was made in England.
>
> So, I hope this doesn't read too convoluted. Thanks for any help. Roy.
>
>
> "George Macdonald" <fammacd=!SPAM^nothanks@tellurian.com> wrote in message
> news:3f4dac50.71986248@news.tellurian.com...
> | On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 02:14:58 GMT, "vinniemak" <vinniemak@netzero.net>
> | wrote:
> |
> | >My wife has a 1991 Honda Civic hatchback with 121K miles. The car
still
> | >runs great. The resale is down low enough that for the last 3 years, I
> | >said...if this car has any issues we'll get rid of it and get a new
> | >one...BUT HONDA'S DON'T DIE EASY....this one still has 5 years left on
it
> at
> | >least. No problems...excepting..
> | >
> | >The tire wear is somewhat uneven. I noticed the "inside" to be a
little
> | >more worn than the outside. I have seen camber kits for Honda Civic
> | >hatchbacks being sold on Ebay.
> |
> | Is it only on the front and evenly worn on the inside on both sides?
As
> | the suspension "settles" on those cars, the front wheels tend to develop
a
> | slight toe-out, which can easily be corrected by cranking half a turn or
> so
> | on both tie rod ends. There isn't much to adjust otherwise but at that
> age
> | it might be worth checking on radius rod bushings and and other bushings
&
> | ball joints for wear.
> |
> | Rgds, George Macdonald
> |
> | "Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean you're not psychotic" - Who,
> me??
>
>