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From: Matthew.Ridges on 14 Jun 2010 18:45
To my amazement sitting in que waiting to use the airline at the local
petrol station. The chap infront of me in a vauxhall zafira 1.something :)
.... shot 50 psi in all tyres!!



From: Gio on 14 Jun 2010 19:13

"Matthew.Ridges" <none(a)host.com> wrote in message
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> To my amazement sitting in que waiting to use the airline at the local
> petrol station. The chap infront of me in a vauxhall zafira 1.something :)
> ... shot 50 psi in all tyres!!
>
>
>
should be 38 front 46 rear for carrying a full load so if the tyres were hot
then it is reasonable to suspect 50 psi in the rear tyres I suppose.


From: Adrian on 15 Jun 2010 02:30
"Matthew.Ridges" <none(a)host.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying:

> To my amazement sitting in que waiting to use the airline at the local
> petrol station. The chap infront of me in a vauxhall zafira 1.something
> :) ... shot 50 psi in all tyres!!

I'm not surprised. Higher pressures do give slightly better fuel economy,
but at the expense of ride, grip and tyre life.

The usual short-termism.
From: Matthew.Ridges on 15 Jun 2010 05:47

"Gio" <x(a)x.co.uk> wrote in message news:hv6d3u$82l$1(a)news.datemas.de...
>
> "Matthew.Ridges" <none(a)host.com> wrote in message
> news:hv6bf2$ah$1(a)speranza.aioe.org...
>> To my amazement sitting in que waiting to use the airline at the local
>> petrol station. The chap infront of me in a vauxhall zafira 1.something
>> :) ... shot 50 psi in all tyres!!
>>
>>
>>
> should be 38 front 46 rear for carrying a full load so if the tyres were
> hot then it is reasonable to suspect 50 psi in the rear tyres I suppose.
>

Ok, I usually put 32 psi in all round on my golf, occassionally a little
more in the rear on heavy loads.


From: Chris Whelan on 15 Jun 2010 16:08
On 15/06/2010 10:47, Matthew.Ridges wrote:
[...]

>
> Ok, I usually put 32 psi in all round on my golf, occassionally a little
> more in the rear on heavy loads.

Would you should do is inflate them to the manufacturer's stated pressure.

If the pressure varies significantly from that, you are commiting an
offence, at least in theory.

Chris

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