How To: Check Tire Pressure and Inflate Tires by Edmunds.com

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Underinflated tires might cause an accident that could kill you. Need another reason for inflating your tires?

Underinflated tires increase tire wear, which could burn through a set of $400 tires a year early. Need another reason?

Underinflated tires waste gas. How much gas? The Department of Transportation estimates that 5 million gallons of fuel per day are wasted due to low tire pressure. That's more than 2 billion gallons per year, just because people don't take the time to inflate their tires properly.

OK, OK, you get the point. Inflating your tires to the specified pressure is important. So make it a habit to check and refill your tires once a month. And remember, you can't tell if a tire is underinflated just by looking at it. If it actually looks underinflated, it is way underinflated.

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[chakazulu3000]

same here...my girl just asked me to check her tire pressure on her car, didn't wanna look stupid.

[Vignas Gunasegaran]

I'm going to check my car tires now

[CrashTest355]

Cheap Harbor Freight Air Compressor.

[Chris Go]

Cheap ass air compressor.

[NeonGenesisPlatinum]

AWESOME man!

See we don't have much of that stuff down here.

I never knew that!

Thanks man, how cool would that be......must have a compressor on board????

[sirtubemaster]

the first one comes to mined is HUMMER! I also know that Acura vehicles have this technology also. My buddy has Hummer and he can inflate and deflate all with a push of a button without ever leaving the driver seat

[NeonGenesisPlatinum]

Which ones?

Just curious???

Name one.......please

[sirtubemaster]

some cars nowadays DO have the ability to tell air pressure and even adjust it with a switch of a button

[cheeseburger9418]

Ok but some of us don't have a fancy tire pressure guage like.that

[NeonGenesisPlatinum]

No, your car has no way of telling how much air is in your tyres!

Is your handbrake on? read the car manual and it will tell you what the picture on the dash means!

[TheSg1helio]

ok, but What about the tire sizes?

[MsOrlandos]

my oil is fine, water, break fluid, all checked yesterday, but theres a warning light telling me to stop on the dash just below the speedometer............clueles­s i am.....i need new brake pads, would it be that or could it be tyre pressure