# Nitrogen in tires?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/nitrogen-in-tires/519>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [June 12, 2007, 9:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nitrogen-in-tires/519 "2007-06-12T21:04:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![DocJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ea924/32.png) [@DocJay](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DocJay)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 9:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nitrogen-in-tires/519/1 "2007-06-12T21:04:12Z")

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I’ve rear the hoopla about using nitrogen in tires. Is it worth the effort and $10 a tire?

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**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 9:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nitrogen-in-tires/519/2 "2007-06-12T21:10:21Z")

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No. Zero Benefit.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/d/1d47c66a543aa6c5a7873bb2320858f978ff52ed.png) [@system](https://community.cartalk.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nitrogen-in-tires/519/3 "2007-06-12T21:13:57Z")

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It’s free at Costco.

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**Author:** ![SteveF](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/stevef/32/2_2.png) [@SteveF](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SteveF)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 10:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nitrogen-in-tires/519/4 "2007-06-12T22:00:05Z")

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There are no benefits, none at all. So you decide – is it worth $10/tire for you?

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**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nitrogen-in-tires/519/5 "2007-06-12T22:05:00Z")

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$10.00 per tire !!!!!    

Crazy. Air is mostly nitrogen. :-)  

There is some advantages to using 100% nitrogen. I would estimate the value of that to me at about 3? per tyre and that is likely high.  

It is a sales or profit scheme by some dealers.
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**Author:** ![lenjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f475e1/32.png) [@lenjack](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lenjack)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 1:18am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nitrogen-in-tires/519/6 "2007-06-13T01:18:14Z")

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I prefer a custom blend of 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen and 1% miscellaneous gases. Hard to fund, but well worth it.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/d/1d47c66a543aa6c5a7873bb2320858f978ff52ed.png) [@system](https://community.cartalk.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 2:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nitrogen-in-tires/519/7 "2007-06-13T02:17:56Z")

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For your daily driver, no. Pure nitrogen has a predictable pressure rise per a given temperature rise which is critical for a racing car. Plain air has varying amounts of humidity which varies the pressure rise with temperature rise which is not critical for your daily driver.