<VV> Fwd: Reality check WAS Need tire pressure gage buying advice

Wed Feb 8 17:35:17 EST 2012

Keep one tire gauge in each car one owns and do not ever compare  them.  
That way one will never be confused.

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In a message dated 2/7/2012 7:14:21 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
stingerken at earthlink.net writes:

Segal's  Law; Man with one watch knows what time it is. Man with two 
watches is not  sure.
Bubb's corollary; Man with one pressure gage knows what the pressure  is. 
Man with two pressure gages is not sure.

-----Original  Message-----
>From: Bob Tarpenning  <bobtcars at wildblue.net>
>Sent: Feb 7, 2012 5:41 PM
>To:  'Bryan Blackwell' <bryan at skiblack.com>, 'Virtual Vairs'  
<virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>Subject: Re: <VV> Fwd: Reality  check WAS Need tire pressure gage    
buying     advice
>
>Well ,if you are going to have two gauges you better buy  three. If the two
>don't agree how do you know which one is  right?
>Bob T
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:  virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
>[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org]  On Behalf Of Bryan Blackwell
>Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 9:44  AM
>To: Virtual Vairs
>Subject: Re: <VV> Fwd: Reality check  WAS Need tire pressure gage buying
>advice
>
>No, it's  *best* to keep an accurate gauge in the glove box of each car  
and
>compare them on a regular basis, as Matt suggested.  Then when  something
>doesn't quite seem right you can check and see if it's the  gauge or your
>butt that's out of whack.  If you don't want to  spend the money for one 
for
>each car, at least get two so you have a  way to compare them.
>
>Yes, I'd know if the tires weren't at 30,  but were at either 25 or 35.  Or
>40 vs. 35, or 20 vs. 25.   That's because I have more than one gauge and I
>cross reference  them.  Most people might not consciously notice, but if 
you
>put  the tires to a set pressure based on some actual criteria for  that
>choice they would like it better.  The original question had  to do with a
>gauge that was becoming erratic, BTW.
>
>I  stand by my statement.  Telling people they don't need an accurate  tire
>gauge is terrible advice.  Ask Ford if 5 psi matters (ref:  Explorer
>rollovers).  Ask the feds, TPMS is now a mandated piece  of safety 
equipment
>on new cars.  The *only* thing that keeps your  car on the road are the
>tires, IMHO it's impossible to overstate their  importance and it's worth
>bothering to know the actual tire pressure  you are using, whatever it is.
>
>--Bryan
>
>On Feb 7,  2012, at 9:59 AM, Ken Pepke wrote:
>
>> 
>> Completely  disagree?  Well, plus or minus 5 would be, in your example,  
an
>'ideal' pressure of 30 PSI, a choice you may make for the rear of  your
>Corvair.  If you set the pressure with the SAME GAUGE it  would be really
>quite easy to get them within one or two PSI of each  other with any gauge.
>If, unknown to you, the gauge reading was off 5  PSI would you know the 
tire
>pressure was off by that amount?   Perhaps, but most would have no idea.  
If
>one did notice they  would, more likely, decide the tires should be at 28 
or
>32 PSI and  adjust them to the new number.          
>>  
>> Ideal tire pressures are just not an exact science.  Best to  keep a 
pencil
>type gauge in the glove box of each car and use only that  gauge for that
>car.
>> 
>> Ken P
>>  Wyandotte, MI
>> Worry looks around; Sorry looks back, Faith looks  up.
>> 
>> ***************
>> 
>>>  From: Bryan Blackwell <bryan at skiblack.com>
>>> Date:  February 7, 2012 9:04:49 AM EST
>>> To: Ken Pepke  <kenpepke at juno.com>
>>> Cc: Vair Views  <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>>> Subject: Re: <VV>  Reality check WAS Need tire pressure gage buying 
>>>  advice
>>> 
>>> Sorry, I disagree completely -  plus/minus 5 is a 10 psi swing from top 
to
>bottom, I can most certainly  feel the difference on all the cars in ride 
and
>handling between 25 and  35.  Usually I find a 3 psi difference noticeable,
>that's about my  minimum.  If it's just one tire it takes more like 5, but 
at
>that  point I start wondering what's going on.  Plus or minus 1 psi  is
>acceptable, but no more.
>>> 
>>>  --Bryan
>>> 
>> 
>
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