I am floored. Tire pressures at GM recommended 33 psi, no mods of any kind. My drive to work (uphill, roughly 18 miles) got me 34mpg according to the trip computer. My drive back? 37. Granted, trip computers are generally a bit optimistic, but that's a very nice number, especially compared to the 26-27 I could usually pull out of Norm on that drive.
I filled up tonight, so we'll see what the extra weight does.
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Originally Posted by elhigh
Shipping pressure. Every Toyota I checked in off the trailer had as much as 80 psi in the tires. That was one of the first things I checked, getting the tires down to the placard rating.
That "dealer prep" you pay $400 for at the dealer, negotiate out of that. I was 18 and paid $3.50 an hour, it took me 20 minutes to do all the dealer prep and they charged $400 for it even then. Sounds to me like these guys are skipping steps - doing even less dealer prep than I was - so it's even more of a BS charge than before.
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Oh I'm 90% sure every charge the dealership comes up with is bs. I'm very glad to be done dealing with those a#$clowns for a while.
The "technicians" today probably assume that if the tire pressure light isn't on, everything is good.
