Tyre pressure
Sadly, the car maker’s requirements on tyre pressure do not always match the reality of the road surface in Ukraine. What pressure is optimal, and what happens when tyres are under- or over-inflated? Every motorist decides for themselves what matters more: safety and comfort, or longer tyre life.
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Tyre pressureYou should, of course, start from the car maker’s recommendations - the table of tyre pressure values for a given size and the car’s actual load is usually stuck to the fuel filler flap or on the…424 words- Low tyre pressureBy deliberately running tyre pressure, say, 5%, 10% or 15% below what the car maker recommends in poor road conditions, you get more comfort, a longer service life for the car’s suspension and…451 words
- High tyre pressureThere is decidedly no point in over-inflating your tyres - whatever you save on fuel, you will pay back many times over at the tyre shop and the garage when the suspension needs repairing early and…155 words
- PSI to bar: tyre pressurePSI to bar (atm) conversion table, a description of the units used to measure tyre pressure.226 words