I have filled many tires with air over my life and only found out recently that you don't fill them to the pressure listed on the tire, you look for a sticker on the driver door that tells you the pressure required for the tires. The front may be different from the back. Blew my mind and I felt like all my knowledge was questionable.
Yep - like an AWD version of a car may use different pressures than a FWD version, to manage traction.
I've seen an AWD version use lower pressures in the rear than FWD - this helps keep the rear of that car from sliding due to a combination of torque transferring to the rear wheels and more weight back there.
I do care about tire wear but where I live the daily temperature regularly fluctuates by 25+ degrees which means the alert goes off almost all of the time because at least one tire is a degree different or too low at least a couple times a day. I’d have to fill my tires daily to avoid it to be honest. That seems a bit excessive to me.
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CaptDust@sh.itjust.works · 18 pts · 1y
Mine fluctuate so regularly with temperature, I'd go mad if I let a few psi bug me.
FourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
Simply enjoy the fact that you car is now mildly more efficient making gentle turns to the left
Peppycito@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 1y
I have filled many tires with air over my life and only found out recently that you don't fill them to the pressure listed on the tire, you look for a sticker on the driver door that tells you the pressure required for the tires. The front may be different from the back. Blew my mind and I felt like all my knowledge was questionable.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
Yep - like an AWD version of a car may use different pressures than a FWD version, to manage traction.
I've seen an AWD version use lower pressures in the rear than FWD - this helps keep the rear of that car from sliding due to a combination of torque transferring to the rear wheels and more weight back there.
PriorityMotif@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
It used to be that way with old bias ply tires and still is with trailer tires, unless otherwise stated somewhere else.
Zwiebel@feddit.org · 2 pts · 1y
My car has the sticker in the fuel door
chromeleon@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
sockman@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y
Love that guy. Any time I want to buy a new gadget I check and see if he has a video comparison on it.
PriorityMotif@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Torque test channel has caused me to buy several items lately.
saltesc@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
The tyre pump will be off. I often have to overinflated by a1-2 PSI onmost pumps to get correct readings from the sensors.
And of course there's tyre temperature at the time. Resting and driving pressures are quite different because of temperature.
PriorityMotif@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
I often find that you have to pull the gauge off of the tire and put it back on to get a better reading after you put air in.
FrankLaskey@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1y
My 2023 Toyota beeps and shows a warning every time I start the car if one of the tires is even 1 PSI lower than the others. It’s ridiculous.
Coreidan@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
It’s only ridiculous if you don’t care about tire wear.
FrankLaskey@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
I do care about tire wear but where I live the daily temperature regularly fluctuates by 25+ degrees which means the alert goes off almost all of the time because at least one tire is a degree different or too low at least a couple times a day. I’d have to fill my tires daily to avoid it to be honest. That seems a bit excessive to me.