Originally Posted by
Ivan Cloherty
Mazda very good reputation, very reliable, but your tyre fitter needs to brush up on tyre fitting, you see that little red dot on the tyre, that should be fitted where the tyre valve is, as every tyre has a balancing point and the red dot indicates it, it indicates the heaviest part of the tyre/wheel combination, so that when balancing you need fewer compensation weights (in ounces), if you put it diametrically opposite then you need more weights. Must admit that I didn't know that until had four new tyres fitted some weeks ago. Confirmed it with Michelin,
Just one of those daft things you learn in life