# Why overinflate tires during storage?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-overinflate-tires-during-storage/84968>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [May 10, 2014, 8:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-overinflate-tires-during-storage/84968 "2014-05-10T20:23:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![UsedEconobox\_2\_UsedBMW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8491ac/32.png) [@UsedEconobox\_2\_UsedBMW](https://community.cartalk.com/u/UsedEconobox_2_UsedBMW)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2014, 8:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-overinflate-tires-during-storage/84968/1 "2014-05-10T20:23:17Z")

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What does this accomplish?

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**Author:** ![insightful](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/insightful/32/2732_2.png) [@insightful](https://community.cartalk.com/u/insightful)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-overinflate-tires-during-storage/84968/2 "2014-05-10T20:30:46Z")

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Keeps 'em rounder.

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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:** [May 10, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-overinflate-tires-during-storage/84968/3 "2014-05-10T20:41:47Z")

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And they will lose air while they sit. If you overfill them, they might not be flat when you pull the car out of storage.

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**Author:** ![asemaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@asemaster](https://community.cartalk.com/u/asemaster)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2014, 12:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-overinflate-tires-during-storage/84968/4 "2014-05-11T00:30:46Z")

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It accomplishes (or tries to) not having flat tires when you get the car out of storage.

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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:** [May 11, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-overinflate-tires-during-storage/84968/5 "2014-05-11T15:36:14Z")

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Yup, flat spots.

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**Author:** ![Rod-Knox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rod-Knox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rod-Knox)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2014, 4:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-overinflate-tires-during-storage/84968/6 "2014-05-11T16:09:07Z")

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When the weakest points in keeping air in the tire are the bead to rim seal and the schrader valve seal and both increase in their sealing effectiveness as pressure increases wouldn’t it be logical to inflate the tire to its maximum safe limit?