Tire Pressure Vs. Ambient
I recently found that adjusting our tires to the cold inflation temperature base on the local ambient may not be the correct way to do this. Based on this info, the ambient temp for setting tire pres...
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Executive wrote:Nobody is encouraging anyone to fill a HOT tire, but with this technology, you can. Let's face reality. It's not always convenient or even practical to fill your tires when they are cold.
Always wise to out think the tire engineers....:S....
I've never seen anything anywhere that encourages one to fill a HOT tire...but of course, I've never "skidded to a halt in 100 degree weather" either...:W....Dennis
What happens when you get to the rest stop and notice your tires look a little low? Did someone fool with your tire? What do you do? In your case, I guess you'll sit there and wait until morning to fill them. After all, you don't want to "out think" any tire engineers, do you? In my case, I'll fill it to the proper heat adjusted pressure and move on, safe in the knowledge that the pressures will be perfect and will remain perfect even the next day.
You may fill your tires in accordance with good engineering theory. I fill mine in accordance with good engineering reality.
