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Originally Posted by 70SATMan

For the price of gas, one could just drive the vehicle periodically to avoid flat spotting a tire. You know that kind of “maintenance” does wonders for the entire vehicle.

My experience is that flat spots from sitting and/or cold weather go away after the car is driven a few miles.

But I haven't ever had them from months of sitting. I guess that could be different, but I'd be surprised. I know that as tires wear, the ride isn't as smooth. I've often wondered if shaving and/or rebalancing would fix the problem, but when I notice the tires are usually about ready for replacement anyway.

I have once, gotten flat spots from locking up the tires in an unsuccessful threshold braking incident. It may have been possible to shave the problem away, but I just bought new tires instead.