Tyre Pressures
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From: Lagru
This picks up from the "That Post Dealer Feeling" thread.
I checked my tyres with two different cheapo gauges and used two different garages over the weekend and found discrepancies between the 4 gauges of 6 lbs psi.
Result? - a poor ride and bad handling.
So, I just went to Halfords and paid
I checked my tyres with two different cheapo gauges and used two different garages over the weekend and found discrepancies between the 4 gauges of 6 lbs psi.
Result? - a poor ride and bad handling.
So, I just went to Halfords and paid
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Bang on Pete, I learned this lesson after checking three garage airlines against each other one Sunday, some years ago. Still reeling from that, I borrowed everyone's cheapo guage that I knew... even worse.
The best investment you can make. On the subject of pressures, on my door sill it says 32 front 32 rear. I figure that Honda and Bridgestone had some input into that figure and it wasn't one they just plucked out of the air.
The best investment you can make. On the subject of pressures, on my door sill it says 32 front 32 rear. I figure that Honda and Bridgestone had some input into that figure and it wasn't one they just plucked out of the air.
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Originally posted by Cedric Tomkinson
Bang on Pete, I learned this lesson after checking three garage airlines against each other one Sunday, some years ago. Still reeling from that, I borrowed everyone's cheapo guage that I knew... even worse.
Bang on Pete, I learned this lesson after checking three garage airlines against each other one Sunday, some years ago. Still reeling from that, I borrowed everyone's cheapo guage that I knew... even worse.
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I got divorced 19 years ago. It's character building to put it mildly.
I went from driving a Daimler Sovereign to a Fiat 126. Nobody I worked with at that time took the piss........................much!
Ah.. the fortunes of war!
I went from driving a Daimler Sovereign to a Fiat 126. Nobody I worked with at that time took the piss........................much!
Ah.. the fortunes of war!
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by PWE 896
[B]This picks up from the "That Post Dealer Feeling" thread.
I checked my tyres with two different cheapo gauges and used two different garages over the weekend and found discrepancies between the 4 gauges of 6 lbs psi.
[B]This picks up from the "That Post Dealer Feeling" thread.
I checked my tyres with two different cheapo gauges and used two different garages over the weekend and found discrepancies between the 4 gauges of 6 lbs psi.
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Originally posted by UK Paul
What is the range of the indicator? If it can go to 160 psi it therefore could be +/- 1.6 psi (better I agree than petrol station garages though!)
What is the range of the indicator? If it can go to 160 psi it therefore could be +/- 1.6 psi (better I agree than petrol station garages though!)
Seems good enough for S2000 tyre check purposes ?
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went from driving a Daimler Sovereign to a Fiat 126
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I use a little digital gauge - same kind of specs to Pete's guage. Not too expensive and certainly seems accurate enough. Intersting about the Sainsbury's gauge - I know forecourt gauages have a bad rep, but in my experience they are far more accurate than the POS gauges that come on cheapo pumps. I don't rely on them, but I've been pleasantly suprised.
I've also shocked at how often I see someone changing tire pressures at a motorway services. There's no way that they've left the tires long enough to get a cold pressure...
-Brian.
I've also shocked at how often I see someone changing tire pressures at a motorway services. There's no way that they've left the tires long enough to get a cold pressure...
-Brian.
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Originally posted by bmarshall
I've also shocked at how often I see someone changing tire pressures at a motorway services. There's no way that they've left the tires long enough to get a cold pressure...
-Brian.
I've also shocked at how often I see someone changing tire pressures at a motorway services. There's no way that they've left the tires long enough to get a cold pressure...
-Brian.