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Old 08-19-2013, 01:03 PM   #39 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ACEV View Post
Today I might just be driving myself, but tomorrow I might be taking the family and a full car of vacation stuff on a very long trip.
In any of those cases I would be running the same pressure in my tires.

Higher pressure (up to a point) = better fuel economy. The fact that I might also desire higher pressures when carrying a heavy load is, at best, secondary to my decision.

In addition, based on the experiences, links, and other information presented on this forum, I personally have come to the conclusion that higher tire pressure and uneven tire wear are largely unrelated. You are of course welcome to believe as you will, but you should be aware that folks here place a lot more faith in evidence than than they do in conjecture.