On Monday, June 6, 2016 at 12:52:50 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> On Monday, June 6, 2016 at 1:25:37 AM UTC-10, tmail.com wrote:
> > On Monday, June 6, 2016 at 2:45:44 AM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> > > On Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 12:53:39 PM UTC-10, .com wrote:
> > > > On Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at 5:04:16 PM UTC-4, th wrote:
> > > > > dsi1 wrote: "You used to inflate the tires to the max pressure but you
> > > > >
> > > > > Now, if you can post official, actual instructions
> > > > > to inflate tires to cold max pressure on tires here,
> > > > > that would be appreciated. From a TIRE or
> > > > > VEHICLE mfg, website, or association such as
> > > > > AAA, NOT from a blog or forum, please.
> > > >
> > > > ______
> > > > So almost a week ago, I posed a challenge to
> > > > dsi1(or anyone else) who could post a link to,
> > > > or an image of,official documentation
> > > > instructing owners of motor vehicles to inflate
> > > > their tires to the maximum cold pressure
> > > > stamped on the tire itself as opposed to what
> > > > is on the B-pillar label of the vehicle.
> > > >
> > > > Guess such instructions do not exist.
> > > >
> > > > !
> > >
> > > My, aren't we so self-satisfied. Wadda ya want - a medal?
> > >
> > > The info I got was from a tire expert. Perhaps other tire experts will tell me different. What I'm not going to do is put much stock in people with no tire training at all advising me on how to set my tire pressure. The way I see it, we have the exact same training in this field. Think yourself more qualified than I, do you?
> > >
> > > Feel free to do whatever you want. I'm going to do my thing too. Are we all happy now? :)
> >
> > ____________
> >
> > "from a tire expert" is not a valid
> > source. Have him come on here and
> > present his argument.
> >
> >
> > And I am not doing "whatever I want" -
> > I'm following the vehicle mfg's
> > recommendations as stated on the
> > B-pillar. I didn't pull those
> > pressures out of a hat. They were
> > arrived at by testing and engineering.
> >
> > I also said that they were not
> > mandatory, just a guideline. I myself
> > go a couple PSI over them. But if
> > everyone blanketly went by the pressure
> > listed on the tires themselves,
> > we'd have as many blowouts and
> > accidents due to insufficient contact
> > patch as we would blowouts due to
> > underinflation and sidewall scrubbing
> > the roads. And underinflation is
> > defined as below the vehicle mfg's
> > recommendations stickered on the
> > vehicle itself - NOT below the cold
> > MAX pressure, MAX, mind you, on the
> > tires.
> >
> I already knew that. You sound like some kind of yokel.
> >
> > Just because a nonstick frying pan
> > says "max temperature 500F", in the
> > instructions or label on it, does
> > that mean you must use it at, or
> > near, that temperature??
> >
> >
> > Think!
> I never said that that I use the maximum tire pressure as on the sidewall..
I'll inflate the tire to whatever I want - the same as you do.
>
> Think!
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Me setting my tires pressures to, or just above the vehicle recommended
cold pressures, is not "whatever I want" to fill my tires to - it's called
FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS.

My current car calls for cold inflation pressures, for the OEM tire size, of
32psi at all four corners. I keep them at 33psi cold, to account for possible
gauge discrepancy. In winter, 34psi to compensate for rubber not heating up
with driving as quickly as during the other three seasons.

Been doing that for over a year now, and my tread depths, across the treads,
have been within 1mm from inside to outside. Ride and handling? What I'd
expect them to be under a wide variety of driving scenarios or conditions.