Tire pressure

[thekmanrocks]

Ed Pawlowski wrote: "- show quoted text - Wow, you were serious about 1/10 of a pound???? I know some serious car guys but never heard of anyone be that anal. "

How about the way you arrange all the socks in your drawer by color?

Seriously, before you call someone anal, think about how you'd feel if someone called YOU anal.

Like I said, for every one of me, there are 100 who don't even TOUCH their tires. Think about that next time you're on the highway - how many adjacent vehicles are riding 10psi above or below their recommended pressures.

Back to topic, people: TIRE PRESSURES - not how "anal" someone is.

[Tony Hwang]

Hi, It gives actual pressure reading(mine in KPa) 2008 Acura MDX. I have 2 sets of them for summer and winter tires. So far so good.

[Tony Hwang]

Hi, It does my car displays in KPa unit.

[rbowman]

I don't know about anal but I see some serious technical problems with measuring pressure that accurately including ambient temperature, atmospheric pressure, the A/D conversion, and so forth. But if it makes the OP feel good...

[Ed Pawlowski]

I have a few pairs of black socks in the back of the drawer. I have a bunch of white socks in the front of the drawer. All the same brand,same everything. Makes life simple.

I've been called worse. Most of us are probably anal about something. Go ahead, call me what you want. If you've not already called me an a-hole I'd be disappointed.

You said 1/10th. If you would say 10# that is opposite overboard, but I agree, many are =/- that much. If you said you keep your tires within

1#, I'd believe you and say, very good.

OK, your not anal (maybe), but at 1/10th PSI you are not believable. Was that a typo? You have to pull your car into a science lab, not use garage tools. You can get a $90 digital gauge that reads to 0.10 but typical tire gauges a +/- 2 psi. By the time you get the 4th tire as close as you say, the first will have changed 1/10th.

I'd put money on it. At any given time if I went to your car and checked the tires, they would be out more than that.

[thekmanrocks]

Ed Pawlowski wrote: "I've been called worse. Most of us are probably anal about something. Go ahead, call me what you want. If you've not already called me an a-hole"

I'll call you by your given name. I've been called too many names and adjectives in my life to not know how it feels. Ergo the little scriptural above about doing to others as you would like done to yourself.

And yes, I am very precise about tire pressures. On my large dial gauge I can adust to exactly the 30, 32, or 34psi tick mark and be satisfied with the result. Call that anal - I call it common sense.

People also tend to criticize what they don't understand or are ignorant of. And that leads to name-calling or adjectives (such as 'weird' or 'anal'). It's hunan nature. I can forgiveyou if that's genuinely the case.

[Ed Pawlowski]

I agree that is common sense. Going back to the original statemnt I saw, it read 1/10 of a pound. That is far different that using the tick marks of a normal tire gauge.

Not a matter of understanding. When I read 1/10 of a pound, I honestly thought it was a joke. Really. Your present statement is very believable. The best driver in the world could not tell if three tires were inflated to 32# and one was 32.1#.

[clare]

The vast majority of pressure guages don't have repeatability within

2/10, much less accuracy.

[clare]

OK - on RECOMMENDED pressures - I generally run at least 5 psi higher than the sticker pressure on the car. Stock tire size. Tires wear better, and handle a LOT better - no "tucking in" on hard corners.Rides a wee bit harsher, but that can be an advantage when a car rides like it's on a cloud.

And what pressure to you run an a lightly loaded pickup that came from the factory on little 14 inch tires when you put larger 15 inch snow tires on it? Or even bigger 16 inch LT tires on the summer mags??? The "recommended" pressure goes right out the window. (HInt - you do NOT use the pressure stamped on the sidewalls or you might as well be running on steel trolley wheels!!!)

[clare]

I'll take it one step farther. On a common vehicle with a street suspension setup I defy ANYONE to tell if one tire is off by 1 full PSI from 32 - either up or down by driving it.

[Ed Pawlowski]

Agree on that. Added benefit is the TPMS light does not go on if the weather turns cold. I happened to be at the dealer's service area on a day we had the first cold snap. Sure enough, a couple of people cam in to have tires checked.

[rbowman]

What happened to the 0.10 psi claim?

[Stormin Mormon]

My goodness, how....

Oh, nevermind.

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