Busting the Myth of 5 year tire life.
I sold tire pressure monitoring systems for 9 years and regularly presented lectures on tires. One of the most frequently heard statements was, "You should get new tires every 5 years." NOT SO! I ha...
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To add to what Doug says....I have been in RV parks and have seen first hand several Class A owners who were letting their rig idle as the got ready for their days trip. You could hear their TPMS system beeping and they just ignored it. I asked two of them what that beeping was, knowing all along what the beeping was from my own TPMS. I got the same reply from both which was: "yep that TPMS beep is irritating but once I drive a few miles the tire pressure will come up and it will stop." Brilliant!
I no longer ask but I can tell you that in many years of travel, I can still count on one hand the number of people that I have seen actually check each tire with an air gauge and top them off before hitting the road in the morning.
I no longer ask but I can tell you that in many years of travel, I can still count on one hand the number of people that I have seen actually check each tire with an air gauge and top them off before hitting the road in the morning.
