Nitrogen in Tires

[dogfriend]

Originally Posted by qbee42

There are many products that fall into this category: fuel line magnets, deer whistles, energy crystals, perpetual motion machines, magic fuel additives...the list goes on and on. They all purport to do something useful, but all they really do is transfer money.

Tom

Hey. are you saying that the 6 deer whistles I have on the front of my car are worthless? How am I going to attract deer if they don't work?

BTW, I always type using a squeaky hydrogen voice.

[qbee42]

Originally Posted by dogfriend

Hey. are you saying that the 6 deer whistles I have on the front of my car are worthless? How am I going to attract deer if they don't work?

BTW, I always type using a squeaky hydrogen voice.

It's not the deer whistles on your car that will attract the deer, it's the squeaky hydrogen voice.

Tom

[radioprius1]

Originally Posted by qbee42

There are many products that fall into this category: fuel line magnets, deer whistles, energy crystals, perpetual motion machines, magic fuel additives...the list goes on and on. They all purport to do something useful, but all they really do is transfer money.

Tom

Add chiropractics, homeopathy, and acupuncture to that list.

[OZ132]

Originally Posted by wvgasguy

Air is mostly nitrogen anyway. Now if you put helium in there I might understand it. The "lift" from the tires wanting to float should make the car "lighter".

And would make the tires sound funny, too?

[fuzzy1]

It's worh it to me if I don't lose air out of my tires at the rate of two pounds a month to use nitrogin, ...

Is that an O2 vs. N2 problem, or a bead seal problem?

One time when Costco mounted a new set of tires for me, they left bead leaks on every wheel, the worst being 1.5 pounds per day. When I had them try to fix it, one was still left at 1.5 pounds per week. They claimed they couldn't do any better with the aging alloy wheels. I lived with it for the life of those tires, but the original problem returned on the next set.

A local independent shop was able to clean the wheels and get a very good seal.

[dogfriend]

Originally Posted by radioprius1

Add chiropractics, homeopathy, and acupuncture to that list.

And credit default swaps.