# Tire gague for a frugal buyer

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/tire-gague-for-a-frugal-buyer/154037>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [December 4, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tire-gague-for-a-frugal-buyer/154037 "2019-12-04T16:11:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 3

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**Author:** ![KTPhil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ec9cab/32.png) [@KTPhil](https://community.cartalk.com/u/KTPhil)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tire-gague-for-a-frugal-buyer/154037/41 "2025-12-19T19:39:20Z")

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It was meant to be a funny reply, nothing critical or personal!  
It refers to a thermometer but not the ■■■■ variety!  
-Phil

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/6/602d295699c664ee41f5e74eb1e2b9d202636f1e.png)

> ![](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/45/41750_2.png "davesmopar") | [davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)  
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> ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/7/f/7fa3e82397f3161e099668a8d411cde47e35afb9.png)KTPhil:
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> You can always repurpose the pencil gauge as a ■■■■■■ thermometer

Since you last post 12 years ago, some words are being redacted now, and I have no idea what your 6 letter word is, please give some kind of hint, cause your post makes no sense to me or my wife…

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**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 8:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tire-gague-for-a-frugal-buyer/154037/42 "2025-12-19T20:23:51Z")

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OK, I think I figured it out… lol

And no, you didn’t offend me, I am a mechanic with thick skin… 🤣

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**Author:** ![ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/christhetirewhisperer/32/34798_2.png) [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ChrisTheTireWhisperer)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 11:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tire-gague-for-a-frugal-buyer/154037/43 "2025-12-19T23:38:30Z")

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Can’t believe this algorithm is censoring a medical/anatomical term.

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**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tire-gague-for-a-frugal-buyer/154037/44 "2025-12-20T00:43:29Z")

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Please, I’m eating. But let’s be careful not knowing the range of the readers here. You heard about the kid that died when his so called friends used an air hose there. Dumb dumb dumb.

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**Author:** ![ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/christhetirewhisperer/32/34798_2.png) [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ChrisTheTireWhisperer)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 12:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tire-gague-for-a-frugal-buyer/154037/45 "2025-12-20T00:49:33Z")

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Please! 🤣 I just dropped my phone on floor..

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**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 2:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tire-gague-for-a-frugal-buyer/154037/46 "2025-12-20T02:46:25Z")

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> [@bing](#):
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> air hose

We had stories during our safety contacts in the steel mill about that too.

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