Federal regulations and tire pressure sensors...
05-04-2002, 02:21 PM
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Federal regulations and tire pressure sensors...
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05-04-2002, 07:26 PM
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I'm a freak - I check my pressure weekly (motorcycle habit) because the 4.2 is a big fat oaf without
many, many lbs. to support it.
I wish I could dial in what I want from the dash board (so I could remain a big fat oaf (American Style!)).
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I wish I could dial in what I want from the dash board (so I could remain a big fat oaf (American Style!)).
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05-05-2002, 12:05 PM
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Tire pressure can drop a lot faster than one month.
And, we all have to look out for the jackasses who don' t check their pressure.... they might hit one of US!
I point out low tires to drivers at least once a week. I keep a pressure gauge handy as a visual aid in pantomiming my message to them.
I point out low tires to drivers at least once a week. I keep a pressure gauge handy as a visual aid in pantomiming my message to them.
05-05-2002, 02:55 PM
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Nothing intrinsically wrong with TPS in cars...
...you'd probably pass on seats belts as well, <i>nicht wahr?</i>
Hell, TPSs were introduced on the Porsche 959! Doesn't that add a little cachet to the technology?
Nah! Not for me either.
Hell, TPSs were introduced on the Porsche 959! Doesn't that add a little cachet to the technology?
Nah! Not for me either.
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05-05-2002, 04:50 PM
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I usually check mine every 2 weeks.
They usually loose at most 1 PSI per month.
I'm sure it will depend on other factors such as tire, wheel, driving habits, etc. The point is that this is a slippery slope, the government can't protect eveyone from ALL the idiots in this world.
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I'm sure it will depend on other factors such as tire, wheel, driving habits, etc. The point is that this is a slippery slope, the government can't protect eveyone from ALL the idiots in this world.
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05-05-2002, 04:54 PM
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Seat belts and tire pressure sensors are totally different.
There is nothing you can do to save yourself if you don't have a seatbelt. If you aren't a total jackass you can take 5 minutes and check your tire pressure. I don't want $200 added to the price of my car because it's cool to have a pressure monitoring system.
Truth be told, if it were an option, I'd take it. I just don't like the government saying "They're a lot of lazy *******s out there, so the price of your car just went up $200. Sound good?"
No, it sounds like a nice big ****burger to me.
That's just my 2 cents anyway,
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Truth be told, if it were an option, I'd take it. I just don't like the government saying "They're a lot of lazy *******s out there, so the price of your car just went up $200. Sound good?"
No, it sounds like a nice big ****burger to me.
That's just my 2 cents anyway,
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05-05-2002, 05:22 PM
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I'm not sure this is the answer everybody's looking for...
I think this is good technology, and a pretty good thing to have available if I want it on my car. But do I think that tire-pressure monitors would have saved all those poor folks who died in their Explorers? No.
There was an article in the Wall St. Journal around the time of the Congressional hearings over the Ford/Firestone mess. Among the things the article talked about was the collaboration btwn Ford & Firestone to recommend ONLY 26 PSI of air in the Explorer tires because at higher tire pressures the SUVs were prone to overturning. Even though they knew it was potentially dangerous in terms of tire temperature & subsequent failure, they put the Explorers on the road with low RECOMMENDED tire pressures because they had invested too much money in the truck to go back to the drawing board & make it safe.
With that in mind, I ask whether many deaths would have been prevented by a monitoring system that would have been programmed to accept an unsafe pressure as normal?
As to Singletrack's argument above, I am usually of the same mind as far as the gov't trying to save us from our own stupidity. I'm something of a Darwinist that way. However, whan you think about it, the mandating of these systems in all cars really doesn't affect me in a significant way. $200 is such a tiny fraction of the cost of a new car, especially an Audi, that I really can't get too excited about it. It may save my life bcs even though I do check my tires frequently, I don't know that the person next to me on the highway does. And it doesn't affect the way I drive in any significant way, so why should I care?
There was an article in the Wall St. Journal around the time of the Congressional hearings over the Ford/Firestone mess. Among the things the article talked about was the collaboration btwn Ford & Firestone to recommend ONLY 26 PSI of air in the Explorer tires because at higher tire pressures the SUVs were prone to overturning. Even though they knew it was potentially dangerous in terms of tire temperature & subsequent failure, they put the Explorers on the road with low RECOMMENDED tire pressures because they had invested too much money in the truck to go back to the drawing board & make it safe.
With that in mind, I ask whether many deaths would have been prevented by a monitoring system that would have been programmed to accept an unsafe pressure as normal?
As to Singletrack's argument above, I am usually of the same mind as far as the gov't trying to save us from our own stupidity. I'm something of a Darwinist that way. However, whan you think about it, the mandating of these systems in all cars really doesn't affect me in a significant way. $200 is such a tiny fraction of the cost of a new car, especially an Audi, that I really can't get too excited about it. It may save my life bcs even though I do check my tires frequently, I don't know that the person next to me on the highway does. And it doesn't affect the way I drive in any significant way, so why should I care?