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    PSA: Check your tire pressure

    PSA = Public Service Announcement

    If you haven`t checked in awhile, be sure to check your tire pressure! I checked mine yesterday and both of my tires were surprisingly low.

    In hindsight, I should have checked them much more frequently like when I changed my oil or cleaned and lubed my chain or when I washed my bike this weekend.

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    Re: PSA: Check your tire pressure

    I am usually good on this. Tires are not cheap!
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    Re: PSA: Check your tire pressure

    I keep mine at 30 but when they are cold in the morning it takes a little `fun time` to get them heated up to temp

    good heads up Ray


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    Re: PSA: Check your tire pressure

    Checked mine a couple weeks ago when I changed the oil. Will check again soon when I get the wheels off to clean and coat them

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    Re: PSA: Check your tire pressure

    I`m pretty good at checking my tires - whenever I`m getting gas I`ll take a walk around the car and see if anything looks amiss/ needs attention. And I always make a point of checking my tires before a long drive.

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    Re: PSA: Check your tire pressure

    Im so lucky my Grand Cherokee has tire sensors and shows me a screen of all 4 tire pressures anytime..
    And, even though I have never had the Spare Tire down, it recently told me the Spare Tire Pressure was low - and it was !

    I added air to it - I like to run 35psi all around - and like magic, the Screen Reminder went away...
    And this is an old 2009 model...
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    Re: PSA: Check your tire pressure

    I used to carry a tire pressure gauge and a plug repair kit with mini air compressor anytime i`d take joy rides on bike where i knew i was going to be out for a few hours. I also walk around the car before going out to check for any low/flat tires and keep a small cigarette lighter plug-in compressor in the trunk.

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    Re: PSA: Check your tire pressure

    I once drove for three weeks with my tires at 20-22 psi (rear- from the track) because I kept forgetting to air them up in the morning and I jump in my car when I`m running late to make up time on the 30min drive


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    Re: PSA: Check your tire pressure

    i typically scroll through the TPMS in dash reader every now and then

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    Re: PSA: Check your tire pressure

    Note that the psi that provides even wear and long tire life is seldom the psi that provides the best handling.

    More critically,m when VDI was doing studies on how tire pressure effected handling during emergency maneuvers, they had to discontinue testing around ~32psi as the sidewalls were rolling over enough to threaten rim-to-pavement contact (which will flip the vehicle). And those were tires with fairly stiff sidewalls too.

    The pressures I run make my tires wear unevenly and quickly (so I buy tires somewhat often), but also provide not only good handling, but also *safe* handling during those Emergent Situations that, thankfully, hardly ever happen.

    Even with all the Stability Controls/etc. in today`s vehicles, roll-overs are quite common, and the cause is almost always low tire pressure.
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    Re: PSA: Check your tire pressure

    Quote Originally Posted by Stokdgs View Post
    And, even though I have never had the Spare Tire down, it recently told me the Spare Tire Pressure was low - and it was !
    Now that is cool. I had no idea GC or any car did that.
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    Re: PSA: Check your tire pressure

    Huh, stuff gets more modern all the time, I never heard of spare psi monitoring either!

    Another worthwhile PSA: check the pressure in your spare regularly, and if you run different "nice" wheels make sure the lugs are compatible with the spare and that you have a lug wrench that fits (I`ve had to carry five lugs for the spare and even a second wrench/socket in some vehicles).
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    Re: PSA: Check your tire pressure

    Quote Originally Posted by Accumulator View Post
    Huh, stuff gets more modern all the time, I never heard of spare psi monitoring either!

    Another worthwhile PSA: check the pressure in your spare regularly, and if you run different "nice" wheels make sure the lugs are compatible with the spare and that you have a lug wrench that fits (I`ve had to carry five lugs for the spare and even a second wrench/socket in some vehicles).
    Yes ! Check the Spare because no one does...

    With every Detail I do, when I get to the trunk, everything comes out, including the spare and I always check the air pressure and always have to add air...
    I keep a smaller plug into 110vac air compressor just for that, in the garage..
    My bigger compressor is an old Craftsman 220vac and I dont need that now..
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    Re: PSA: Check your tire pressure

    Wow checking a clients air pressure and filling their tires is an awesome courtesy service add-on I never thought of! Thanks Dan!

    I was talking to a detailer recently and he told me he started off mobile detailing and he would notice most cars he detailed were due for an oil change. So he would offer an oil change package to change their oil before having the car detailed. It sounds like an amazing idea to me. I know a lot of people would LOVE the convenience of an oil change while having their car detailed in their own driveway.
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    Re: PSA: Check your tire pressure

    don`t forget to check the blinker fluid too


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