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Right!
That got your attention!
Ignore your dashboard Tyre Pressure readings and get yourself a Tyre Pressure gauge that you can trust.
Pump your tyres up to 40 psi (from cold) and go for a drive.
You should notice a difference?
I got the idea from @DougC when I saw his Tyre pressures on Saturday.
The fact that he had a six month old car, with OEM Chinese Bridgestones and NO vibes really got me thinking.
His pressures were higher than mine being the only difference.
I've always run mine at an indicated Dash Reading of 2.7 BAR approx 39 psi.
(OEM is 2.5 bar 37psi)
Yet on checking with a reliable gauge the reading said 36 psi!! (Cold)
Pumped up to 40 psi and the vibes are for all intents and purposes, gone!!
This would explain why we are all experiencing different 'feelings'
We will all no doubt have slight variations in pressures, hence the massive discrepancy in reports of severity or not, as the case may be.
So to conclude
Get a gauge you trust.
Pump up to 40/41 psi from Cold.
See what you think.
(After) Not a great picture but that is 40 psi
Forgot to do a before. Soz.
This final picture is my car saying in BAR circa 40 psi, but at the tyre, the actual reading is just 36 psi!!!
That got your attention!
Ignore your dashboard Tyre Pressure readings and get yourself a Tyre Pressure gauge that you can trust.
Pump your tyres up to 40 psi (from cold) and go for a drive.
You should notice a difference?
I got the idea from @DougC when I saw his Tyre pressures on Saturday.
The fact that he had a six month old car, with OEM Chinese Bridgestones and NO vibes really got me thinking.
His pressures were higher than mine being the only difference.
I've always run mine at an indicated Dash Reading of 2.7 BAR approx 39 psi.
(OEM is 2.5 bar 37psi)
Yet on checking with a reliable gauge the reading said 36 psi!! (Cold)
Pumped up to 40 psi and the vibes are for all intents and purposes, gone!!
This would explain why we are all experiencing different 'feelings'
We will all no doubt have slight variations in pressures, hence the massive discrepancy in reports of severity or not, as the case may be.
So to conclude
Get a gauge you trust.
Pump up to 40/41 psi from Cold.
See what you think.
(After) Not a great picture but that is 40 psi
Forgot to do a before. Soz.
This final picture is my car saying in BAR circa 40 psi, but at the tyre, the actual reading is just 36 psi!!!
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