What is the proper way to rotate the tires in our cars?

Below I've drawn up something in Paint quickly to illustrate the proper way to rotate tires in my old car (Mazda 626)


Can someone draw me something up quick to show me how we are supposed to rotate ours? (2007 Mustang 4.0)

 

I usually just go front to back. On my stang now I have directional so I cannot do anything more than that.

 

That is the standard way to rotate tires on most cars.

 

The way I posted?

So is that what I should do to my stang?

 

biased ply tires get criss crossed, radials get moved front to back

if you are paying someone to do it it is a waste of money, i rotate mine half way through the life of the tires and thats it (40k tires i rotate at 20k)

 

Definitely not paying anyone...I've got a friend in an Automotive class that will do it for free heh. Anyways I dont know what my tires are... They are just stock... So which way?

 

Check this out...

http://www.sullivantire.com/training..._rotation.aspx

 

hmmm... check page 130 of the owners manual?

 

What?! Who reads manuals! pffft..

 

I try to have my tires rotating in the same directions at all times.
When they dont, really bad things happen.