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A day makes , about a month ago just before fuel prices shot through the roof I changed my car to a Honda CRV. , due to weather and personal matters in the intervening time we have not had the chance to really check it over , but Friday we went for a long ride to Llandudno .. to cut a long story short I was getting wheel wobble between 60-65 mph ,i though it might need the wheels balancing ..
So today I popped into the local garage and checked my tyre pressures ,according to the door sticker they should be 30 psi all round . It actually went like this f/n/s 22 f/o/s37 r/o/s 38 r/n/s 45 .
Adjust all to the correct 30psi and it’s like driving a different car ,smooth and lovely to drive . Won’t forget that lesson in a hurry
 
Yes, type pressures can be a lifesaver!

My current car and the one before it has a tyre pressure monitoring function...............once pressure make correct (NB make sure to inflate them when the tyres are cold !) I have to access the function and "set it". FWIW it is not too sensitive and will only sound a warning when the tyres at least 10% underinflated.

@the black fox if your CRV has the function do make use of it. And sorry to state the obvious but ideally check pressures at minimum once a month and especially when going on a longer journey ;)

PS when I got my current car in 2019 I checked the pressures before leaving the garage and found them too far out (imbalanced across the axles as well) including the space saver spare. I told the sales guy to go tell his technicians to re-calibrate their pressure gauges because if they think they had set them right, they have a problem. Suffice to say that garage do not service it for me!!!
 
the black fox said:
A day makes , about a month ago just before fuel prices shot through the roof I changed my car to a Honda CRV. , due to weather and personal matters in the intervening time we have not had the chance to really check it over , but Friday we went for a long ride to Llandudno .. to cut a long story short I was getting wheel wobble between 60-65 mph ,i though it might need the wheels balancing ..
So today I popped into the local garage and checked my tyre pressures ,according to the door sticker they should be 30 psi all round . It actually went like this f/n/s 22 f/o/s37 r/o/s 38 r/n/s 45 .
Adjust all to the correct 30psi and it’s like driving a different car ,smooth and lovely to drive . Won’t forget that lesson in a hurry
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Disgraceful. Hopefully everything else is OK with the car. We had two CRVs, very spacious and reliable. My current car, which is not a Honda, has different tyre pressure settings depending on load and economy. Never quite sure what the use but the tyre pressure monitor is sensitive and soon let’s me know if the pressures need amending.
 
the black fox said:
A day makes , about a month ago just before fuel prices shot through the roof I changed my car to a Honda CRV. , due to weather and personal matters in the intervening time we have not had the chance to really check it over , but Friday we went for a long ride to Llandudno .. to cut a long story short I was getting wheel wobble between 60-65 mph ,i though it might need the wheels balancing ..
So today I popped into the local garage and checked my tyre pressures ,according to the door sticker they should be 30 psi all round . It actually went like this f/n/s 22 f/o/s37 r/o/s 38 r/n/s 45 .
Adjust all to the correct 30psi and it’s like driving a different car ,smooth and lovely to drive . Won’t forget that lesson in a hurry
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One of my best buys was a digital tyre inflator from Halfords. Not the analogue one..the digital is far better to read and only £10 more .You just plug it into the charger point.. what used to be the old cigarette lighter. Before I sold my Prius I went round all the tyres once a week. My wife's car has a 'low tyre pressure' alert so I don't do it as often but will do so before a long trip. Obviously, it's great if you find yourself with a deflating tyre away from home and can inflate it enough to get to a garage that day or the next. It has a powerful light too.

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Went to Austria in 2017 in the Skoda. As we drove through France, the tyres had obviously heated up and they felt a bit wayward. There was also a smell of what I thought was brake pads or clutch, but which turned out to be tyres on the rear. Prior to setting out, I had inflated the tyres to what I thought were the correct pressures using the foot pump with built in gauge. Sadly that part was not working. Luckily we popped into an Auchan and I purchased a double cyclinder Michelin pump and a Michelin digital gauge. Instead of being 32psi front and 31psi rear, they were in the low 20's. So, even if you check the pressures regularly, you are still relying on the equipment being accurate, which in my case it wasn't
 
The Michelin foot pumps generally have a good accuracy reputation. I use one for my bikes.
 
I use a pencil gauge to check tyre pressures. Without a good calibrated gauge I don't know if a pencil gauge is accurate but I feel it should be due to only one moving part.

Dave
 
I'm very sensitive and fussy about car ride and handling and can often fixate on things no one else notices, even blokes at the garage I use.

I used to carry a foot pump in the back of the car but I bought one of those ones that plug into the cigarette lighter and it makes checking and pumping up the tyres much easier.
 
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already got a digital one but on this occasion I went to the garage for faster inflation ..
 
Sick of Sainsbury's tyre inflator always being broken, I decided to buy an Ring Automotive RTC 1000 12v compressor. It was worse than the broken compressor in Sainsbury's. If you have any recommendations on something more durable that that Ring, I would really love to know please.
 
Those are more portable, but there are some dodgy variants about. They also struggle more with high psi. I was going to say, similar price (discounting battery which you will have already) but it looks like the Makita has gone up substantially. Main reason I bought was to keep my single axle caravan up to pressure (c80 psi), which despite being theoretically in spec the small units were not able to do.
 
80 seems a bit high - 40-60 would be more normal. At well over £100 for the Makita, I'd be using garage forecourts and a pencil gauge, with a 2 barrel footpump for top ups!

Not had a problem with mine but only use it up to 42 on my vehicles.
 
Tringa said:
I use a pencil gauge to check tyre pressures. Without a good calibrated gauge I don't know if a pencil gauge is accurate but I feel it should be due to only one moving part.

Dave
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..and if you then find that you need to inflate a tyre you need to go to a garage..unless you have a foot pump..a pain...literally too if your foot slips off it .. and the last time I went it was 50p for a certain amount of time..usually just enough to do three tyres..lol..The other important advantage with a tyre inflator is that it's there for you in an emergency out on the road and has a powerful light.
 
Nod said:
80 seems a bit high
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It's a bit 'evy for a single axle (six berth, mtplm of 1500kg on two tyres.... )

Yes, if you need a battery it would be prohibitive, I think I paid about £40, they appear to be £55 ish for the bare body which does make it pricey.

And yes I may well have added a caravan battery to the array, as I use their rather good vac as well.
 
The Makita is a tad expensive as I would need to add on both battery and charger - although Tesco charges £1 for a few minutes - that requires you are organised with caps off before paying. I thought £40 and two year use for the Ring would be okay, but think that i'll continue with the pressure gauge and garage compressor right now.
 
Looks like Ryobi have a similar product if you are bought into that system.
 
I bought an electric tyre inflator from Amazon but found that the air lead from the unit to the tyre valve was too short and if the valve was towards the top of the tyre the unit was hanging in the air and this is only with a MX5 and a Hyundai Getz. That one went back and I ordered another brand which is ok but I do think that when buying these if at all possible it's an idea to check the length of the power lead and air line before buying although I do remember that with some of these both lengths are not always listed on Amazon at least.
 
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