Is this vehicle FWD or AWD? If FWD, I wouldn’t even bother to have the tires rotated. It does not actually save money on a FWD vehicle. Instead, drive on the tires until the front pair are worn out, then buy only two new tires (which go on the rear), and the former rear tires go on the front. If AWD, then yes, you should rotate the tires, because all 4 must be replaced at the same time.
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STOP overthinks this!!! And why are we trying to give the OP information that he/she will not be able to process/comprehend, probably ever??? !!! All any of us are doing, at this point is confusing the OP even more than he/she already is, it is useless to some people…
OP, SET your tire pressure to the place card and FORGET everything else…
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I was surprised that my tires went from 30# normal to 38# after a highway drive and the winter temp around 70. We are ranging with temps from. 30 to 70 and it is still winter. I’m not ready to let air out of the tires yet but have never noticed that much of a change before.
@bing We don’t have that problem in my state. Our state legislature repealed Charles’s Law and Boyle’s law in anticipation of EVs replacing the internal combustion engines so gas laws will no.longer be necessary.
All I’m trying to do, via the previous exercises, is to illustrate exactly those two points:
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The car mfg. tire pressure recommendation is not “too low”.
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The car mfg. tire pressure recommendation often accommodates from 110 up to 130% of the maximum load the vehicle is designed to carry - as long as OEM-size spec tires are used as replacements.
Never did I suggest that anyone go through the arithmetic rigamarole that I did, to determine the correct range of cold pressures to adjust their tires to. But, the hope is that now more people lurking and participating in this thread will look beyond the sidewalls of their tires for the correct, vehicle-specific, tire inflation pressures.
And also, hopefully, buyers of new car will realize that self-opening and shutting rear hatches ain’t all they’re cracked up to be…!
… until they’re approaching their vehicle during a pouring rain, and are able to open the rear hatch w/o needing to take a key or key fob out of their pocket, and only need to perform a foot maneuver beneath the bumper in order to open the hatch.
Technology rules… except for those who are firmly lodged in Luddite Land…
I have a sneaky suspicion that, given current and future events, some of you latter-day-tech worshippers may envy us luddites soon.
Just sayin…
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A legitimate tire store will put on the correct tire for your vehicle, period.
Would be a really sleazy operation to install tires that do not meet size and load capacity.
That link you posted also says to go by the tire pressures on the placard.
Unlike you, I don’t live in abject fear of having to have my vehicle repaired–gratis–under its 4 year/50k mile bumper-to-bumper warranty, or under its 6 year/70k mile powertrain warranty. If I manage to survive longer than its warranty coverage, I will willingly pay to have it repaired, or I will simply buy yet another new vehicle to take me through my remaining years.
Some of us have invested wisely-enough that we don’t need to worry about things like this, and–overall–life is too short to pinch pennies on whatever might make us happy. Have you invested wisely?
Yes, with my relatively normal 2010 Honda Accord. And I would shop for another, maybe a 2012 next time, if this one started to go south.
No stupid dashboard tablets, just a regular audio system with aux jack under the arm rest.