# What is the Difference Between Overinflated and Underinflated Tires?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-overinflated-and-underinflated-tires/204452>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [November 14, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-overinflated-and-underinflated-tires/204452 "2025-11-14T21:21:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![CapriRacer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/capriracer/32/22_2.png) [@CapriRacer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/CapriRacer)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 12:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-overinflated-and-underinflated-tires/204452/42 "2025-11-18T12:40:52Z")

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How did I miss this thread??

I have nothing to add, though!

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**Author:** ![Old-Days-Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7feea3/32.png) [@Old-Days-Rick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Old-Days-Rick)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 12:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-overinflated-and-underinflated-tires/204452/43 "2025-11-19T00:21:52Z")

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I know for a fact overinflating tires makes it alot easier to spin the rear tires in the Caprice. I will sometimes overinflate the rear tires when I go blow off steam driving like im on COPS.

I will put 50 pai in rears and get that contact patch nice and small and its absolutely terrible for anything but squaling and spinning tires going around a corner.

NOT the best for handling. I do this on empty roads with no one around. Its a good honest healthy way to blow off steam.

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**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-overinflated-and-underinflated-tires/204452/44 "2025-11-19T13:49:12Z")

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Only 42 replies so far.  
We had a good drop in temperature last week, down to 37 degrees, my onboard display showed tires down to 27 from their normal 32. Did I bring them up to 32, no, we are back to low 80s, tires back to 32 PSI.

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