I've noticed that radials look different when viewed directly from
behind and from an angle. If the person reporting this was driving,
the left tire would be roughly in front of her while the right tire
would be at an angle. Could that explain her seeing a difference?

On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 01:46:17 GMT, Gus <GusPod@XXX.optonline.net>
wrote:

>Steve Lee wrote:
>> Took a day trip just this past Sunday to an out of town destination
>> with a family friend of ours. They were following us on the highway to
>> and fro and she mentioned how my rear left tire appeared to be flatter
>> compare to the right rear tire.
>>
>> When she first told me this at our first washroom stop at a gas
>> station, I checked the pressures in both of the rear tires and they
>> were exactly the same. So, I told her to keep her eyes on the tires
>> and report to me again once we arrive at the destination. The funny
>> thing is, when parked, the tires look pretty much identical to me.
>> The left one didn't seem flatter or under inflated at all compared to
>> the right one.
>>
>> So, I took my car to a Goodyear dealer today and had a technician
>> check out the tire and he told me that he couldn't find anything wrong
>> with the tire at all. I have Goodyear Integrity on my Pilot.
>>
>> I was thinking if this tire problem only manifests itself at
>> relatively high temperatures, such when travelling on a highway and
>> perhaps that is why I had experienced a sustained vibration during a
>> previous highway travel which I had posted about in here. On the day
>> trip I just took though, the vibration didn't seem to be there. It
>> was kind of hard to tell because of uneven roads, but didn't
>> experience the same vibration as I did during another highway travel I
>> had before.
>>
>> What are your thoughts on this? What else can I do to make sure that
>> there are no tire or related problems here? Can an alignment problem
>> have made my rear left tire look flatter than the right one on the
>> highway? TIA!
>
>If the tire checks out okay & isn't losing air, I wouldn't worry about it.
>
>YMMV