Jasonoff

JimGnitecki

The Ford study is an interesting read. I guess there are a lot of opinions, and also I imagine a lot of debate about some of the benefits.

In the case of C63 owners, I suspect that the "longer structural life" of tires filled with Nitrogen is not of much interest since we seem to rub all the tread off them long before they get "old".

Jim G

Ludedude

Interesting. They tested using a 50/50 mix of oxygen and nitrogen...that's not air, that's an artificial concoction meant to accelerate aging.

Good thing you can fill the inside of the tire with nitrogen though and then only the outside is being attacked by evil oxygen and ozone

Jasonoff

That study pretty much means if you're paying for it you got suckered...

zcct04

Probably NOT just once. In most areas your winter-to-summer tire pressure swing is 5-10 pounds. . . and its about the same whether you your tires are filled with air or with nitrogen. For most people, that's enough to justify at least one and sometimes two tire pressure adjustments every fall.
Even though yours 'seem' to remain constant because of the temperature-controlled overnight storage, that factor goes away as soon as you start driving in the elements. If you checked pressures at work before driving home, you'd be seeing a very different scenario.

BLKROKT

I love this thread. It's like watching a monkey trying to **** a football.

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BLKROKT

If you could Photoshop Jim G's head on that, my life would be complete

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