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Old 08-05-2014, 11:12 PM   #121 (permalink)
E.Roy
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Originally Posted by Old Mechanic View Post
About 120,000 miles of tires at 45 PSI and not any uneven wear, on several different tires and cars-trucks running higher pressures for a decade. In fact based on my experience the tires will last longer, as well as the brakes and most other vehicle parts from hypermiling.

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Mech
I agree with you that the tires may last longer inflated 45-50, at least my experience backs that up in the 175/65-14 and 185/65-14 size at 50psi.

Snow tires (edit: Blizzak) are a different story. I have worn the center down on those at 35psi, they should probably be run about 30 for even wear.

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