Reparing Leak in Tire Side Wall

I move them front to rear every time I change them.take off the snows and put on the summers opposite of how they came off. I never rotate tires left to right.

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clare
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If I spend $1000 for tires, the least you can do is give me the nitrogen that cost you 50 cents to make.

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Ed Pawlowski

Yup, works great 98% of the time. I put a Kenda 21" knobby on the front wheel of one of the bikes. The rear went like planned, but that damn front bead would not seat. I aired it up to 90 psi, aired it down, poured on soapy water, beat on it, took it out for a ride, and it finally seated. I'm going back to Dunlop 606's next time.

I learned to deal with tubes damn near 60 years ago changing tires on my genuine 'English' bicycle with the three speed Sturmey-Archer planetary hub. I also learned there are a lot of springs in one of those things, but that's another story.

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rbowman

Different tire. Absolutely no comparison after the part about rubber and round.

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Jeff Strickland

Probably has not changed, but with global warming there are no guaranties.

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Jeff Strickland

Ten bucks it ten bucks. I'd rather pay it at Starbucks than buying air for my tires.

Nitrogen is snake oil, one. It's already in the air, two.

Pay for it if you want, but you might as well light your money on fire.

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Jeff Strickland

FOR THE RECORD I amnot against nitrogen. Nitorgen is good. It's not worth paying for. If the store wants to give it away, then buy your tires there. But if the tire store wants an other ten bucks or more, then pass.

Nitrogen is going to seep out and you will go to the gas station and use the machine to refill your tires, and this will dilute the nitrogen. After you put air into the tires a few times, you will have the same concentration of nitrogen that already exists in free air.

ALL I AM SAYING IS, DO NOT PAY FOR NITROGEN, and give peace a chance...

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Jeff Strickland

And you think valve stems and road hazard insurance are free???? Obvious you've never been in the automotive service or tire business!!

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clare

Go into the tire business and see if you can make a living.

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clare

Says the guy who will pay $10 to "rent" a cup of coffee for an hour or so, then P!$$ it down the drain!!

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clare

If indeed these benefits to the dealer do exist, then it is "quite obvious" there is a benefit to the owner as well - which over the life of the tires is "definitely" worth $10.

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clare

And the real truth of the matter is MOST tire shops either do not have a drier or do not maintain it faithfully - so you are not getting "dry" air.

And who pays for the quite substantial cost of the machine in the first place??

The bottom line is you can be cheap if you want. Doesn't mean other tire buyers have to follow your lead.

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clare

So all "discernable advantages" should be paid for by someone else and provided to you for free?? Sounds a little bitopportunistic anda lot like a bad case of "entitlement"

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clare

If you lose 10% of your nitrogen and replace it with air, the tire now has 2% non nitrogen , compared to 20% if initially filled with nitrogen.

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clare

I have a 2007 and 2008 and the TPMS have failed on both of them. I have no intention of getting them replaced. I think I was quoted a proce of about $

60 to $ 80 for each wheel. That is getting close to the price of a tire.

The 2007 has about 55,000 miles on it and the 2008 has about 25, 000 on it. I hae replaced the factory tires on both of them with some 80,000 mile tires. I should trade by the time I need tires again.

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Ralph Mowery

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Over the years I've had at least four vehicles can remember had TPMS systems and have yet to have the first failure. The last Le Sabre was over 10 yo and 180k miles when it went. I don't recall the previous one's age (it was folk's when we came back so didn't have quite the direct connection for total recall). The so-equipped two vehicles presently are '10 and '11 so they're still almost brand new by my counting scheme...

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dpb

Is that your car? I don't have TPMS on my car, but I keep a tire gauge in my glovebox, and occasionally check all tires. If leakage is excessive I get it fixed. That seldom happens. If I had TPMS and it worked, I would do the same, less the check. I haven't had trouble with tire wear.

Oil change is the only one on my car. What others are available? I don't understand this sudden interest in nitrogen. Tire Rack says: "Overall, inflating tires with nitrogen won't hurt them and may provide some minimal benefits." "Rather than pay extra for nitrogen, most drivers would be better off buying an accurate tire pressure gauge and checking and adjusting their tire pressures regularly."

Doubt I'll ever put nitrogen in my tires. None of the "minimal benefits" even apply to me, or most drivers. But if it's free I won't turn it down.

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Vic Smith

Either tires are a LOT cheaper in the USA than in Canada (I know they are somewhat cheaper) or you are buying crappy tires. I haven't bought a tire for less than $118 on sale in quite a few years - and I don't have 17 inch or larger rims or super low profile tires.

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clare

There is talk of making TPMS and stability control mandatory on all vehicles in North America within 5 years.

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clare

Have you priced a nitrogen filling unit?? Average cost is somewhere close to $8000 for the required equipment. Not sure what the maintenance cost is.

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clare

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