Your Tire Pressure

**ghosthunter** · August 25th, 2005 05:17 PM

[SIZE=4]What air pressure do you use in your tires? [/SIZE]

Just to make it simple, front tires.

**ghosthunter** · August 25th, 2005 05:26 PM

The reason for this poll is this: assuming everything is working fine with your car, tire pressure & wind resistance are the two factors which can affect fuel consumption.

Tire pressure - the less rolling resistance, the better fuel consuption. So using higher pressures will decrease rolling resistance of your wheels.

Wind resistance - air drag on your car increases exponentially as speed increases, so keeping a max speed of around 90 kph is said to be optimum for best fuel milage.

Since we can't change the shape of our cars (much), I'll concentrate on tire pressure.

**chieffy** · August 25th, 2005 05:32 PM

32 psi
at
30 psi

**mantoy** · August 25th, 2005 06:19 PM

30psi

**j_avonni** · August 25th, 2005 06:26 PM

33 psi

**Hayward** · August 25th, 2005 06:58 PM

40 psi front, 42 psi rear

**JohnM** · August 25th, 2005 07:01 PM

32 on all four (185/70R13 Bridgestone Turanza ER60)

Since the gas station is a bit far from the house I always fill up with 32 instead of 30 to compensate for the heat of the tires. Am I doing the right thing?

**box_type** · August 25th, 2005 07:14 PM

27 psi front/back 185x70x13 lancer-boxtype

**Smoke XIII** · August 25th, 2005 07:18 PM

20 in front and 25 at the back.. is this ok? the car is a Lancer '96..
and the tires are the still the original..

I was just told that I should keep the pressure at those values..

**ghosthunter** · August 25th, 2005 07:26 PM

Originally Posted by Smoke XIII

20 in front and 25 at the back.. is this ok? the car is a Lancer '96..
and the tires are the still the original..

I was just told that I should keep the pressure at those values..

what is your tire size?

your tire pressure seems to be pretty low ... 20psi front & 25psi rear

Currently I am trying out higher than recommended pressures to find better fuel milage at cost of some riding comfort. Anyway, I am usually the only one riding. Right now my pressure is 35psi front & rear.