Auto Talk 101: Learn What it Means to Rotate Tires in Your Car - as part of the expert series by GeoBeats. Rotating your tires ultimately means that you want that each tire to live on each corner of the vehicle at some point in its life. Typically, trait practice is that the tires get rotated about every other oil change and typically will get moved from the front to the rear at that time. The cost it to have that done should range anywhere from free to say thirty dollars. In some cases the tires shop that installed your tires will do it for free for you in a regular basis to maintain the health of them.