. . .with a tropical spin!
I was in the Cayman Islands and I rented a car just to be able to get away from the tourist zone a couple of times during the week.
Whenever I travel I tend to bring a tire gauge - even to check the pressures on a rental! Sure enough, the pressures on the car I had were between 5 & 6 lbs below the label on the door of my Suzuki Swift. When I asked the rental attendant if more air could be put in to bring it up to Suzuki's recommendation, here was his reply:
"I normally have my staff keep 28-29psi in all the cars because the ground is so hot down here that the higher pressures could warp the rims."
Well, this car had between 20-25psi in the tires, so I compromised, and went to a station and put 30psi all around, early in the morning. The handling isn't great, but it's better than where it was!
Folks - is this true - for tropical areas to lower the tire pressures a little to "preserve both tire & rim" due to the very high year round temps??
-ChrisCoaster