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Either you can see the tire is low visually, or when you hear a thump-thump-thump you know you blew a tire. I do not agree with your point. I do understand it,
by dgfitz 1y ago
Either you can see the tire is low visually, or when you hear a thump-thump-thump you know you blew a tire.
I do not agree with your point. I do understand it, don't agree.
- bumby 1y agoTPMS essentially automates people checking their tires because the reality is most people do not do a walk around on their car before driving. In theory, we could use a dipstick in our fuel tank but most of us prefer an automated gage.
- kube-system 1y agoEven if you do a walk around, under-inflated tires are typically not distinguishable from normally inflated tires. Especially on today's cars with shorter and stiffer sidewalls. I had a rental Mercedes with a leak in a tire recently... a tire was at something like 15psi but looked visually the same as the other tires. I absolutely do a walk around on all of my rentals and take pictures, but I would have had no clue if it weren't for TPMS. I would have driven it until it failed.
- dgfitz 1y agoIt had already failed. You had run-flats on the car. They’re still visually apparent.
- dghlsakjg 1y agoTires can have low enough pressure to affect vehicle handling without being visually low, you simply cannot measure tire pressure visually. That's why even tire shop workers use a gauge instead of eyeballing it.