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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / General Car Topics / January 2006Tire Pressure Question
I know that tire pressure should be measured when tires are cold. If I drive 5 miles to a service station over city streets, are my tires going to be warm enough to give too high a pressure reading? Also, are the digital tire gauges any more accuate than the standard $1.99 tire pressure gauge? Thanks! Scott 5 miles will make a difference, maybe a large one depending on road temperature. Mechanical gauges are 'usually' more accurate, they just push out as far as they can so they are stable. If it's off say 2 psi, it usually will always be off that. The digital ones have a plus or minus factor that can change each time it's used. They also are crap in the real cold, batteries tend to not work well when frozen. Mike 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view! Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2115147590 (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page) > I know that tire pressure should be measured when tires are cold. If > I drive 5 miles to a service station over city streets, are my tires [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Thanks! > Scott |
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