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Originally Posted by cbaber
I learned a pretty important lesson today. Check your tire pressure on a regular basis! I decided to check my tires today before heading to work and was shocked to see them at about 30 PSI when I had just pumped them up a few months ago to 40. I pumped them up to 45 PSI and headed to work. My usual trip average from home to work has been about 46 MPG. One time I managed to push it to 47.6 MPG. But today after airing up the tires, I hit a trip average of 53 MPG halfway into my commute before having to exit off and get gas. That stop was cluttered with rush hour idiots and it dropped my trip down to like 46 and I was not able to make it up for the rest of my commute.
But still after pumping up the pressure I instantly saw a huge jump in my ablility to P&G. Before I would struggle to hit even 45 MPG at the same point of my commute where I was hitting 53 MPG today. I am hoping to get at least 50 MPG on this tank of gas!
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GREAT POST!!!!!
I run nitro in my Infiniti Q45 at 43psi. it stays at that.
I drove my daughter's Kia Sportage and the tires were at 28-30. I put them up at 40 and got the exact same resut as you!
A dramatic improvement!