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RedRobin:

--- Quote from: chungster on August 31, 2009, 04:51:50 pm ---
thats an awful lot of money vs buying a gauge and checking it regularly.

I know they sponsor the Time Attack series and some of the racers are using it.

But for daily driving...is it really VFM?

i look at my tyres every day before i set off for work...just a quick glance for bulges and deflation.

then check the pressure every other week.


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^^^^  :laugh: So speaks an accountant! :laugh: (As mutual friend Neo would say) :evilgrin:

It's going to be better VFM (who's she?) for those doing trackdays and also for the tyre temperature bonus. The benefits in actual full-on racing are obvious.

However, even on a road-only usage I'd rather know sooner than later about any drop in tyre pressure.

I don't know the truth in the rumours that the public air machines at fuel stations etc aren't very accurate but that's where I regularly check mine about every couple of weeks - Have just done so today. Like you, I always walk around my car giving it a visual check before any drive.

RedRobin:

--- Quote from: cmdrfire on August 31, 2009, 04:29:49 pm ---
--- Quote from: RedRobin on August 31, 2009, 04:03:55 pm ---....

Apparently, from 2012 all NEW VEHICLES sold in the UK will be fitted with a Tyre Pressure Monitoring System when they leave the factory.

But I wonder if they'll be any better (more accurate) than the system VW already have in our GTI's. And why wait until 2012 FFS!?


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EU law, same with the DRLs.
They will be much more accurate (both in terms of response and resolution) that the passive TPMS that we have as it will be an active system using in-wheel sensors.


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....This system has 'in wheel' sensors and I think is TUV approved. I already got the DRL's - Nicked 'em off a Vulcan :evilgrin:

chungster:
hehe well u know me RR this "crunch" has made me look at £££'s in a different way (so why did i just buy a new camera????)

i dunno...i guess it doesn't appeal to me as much as it does to you.

just checked my tyres and oil levels....

oil topped up, need 2 new tyres!

more expense! Grrrrr

RedRobin:

--- Quote from: chungster on August 31, 2009, 05:25:43 pm ---
hehe well u know me RR this "crunch" has made me look at £££'s in a different way (so why did i just buy a new camera????)


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....Because you're hanging out with people who are a bad influence on you! (Us!)

QD MBE:

--- Quote from: chungster on August 31, 2009, 04:51:50 pm ---thats an awful lot of money vs buying a gauge and checking it regularly.

I know they sponsor the Time Attack series and some of the racers are using it.

But for daily driving...is it really VFM?

i look at my tyres every day before i set off for work...just a quick glance for bulges and deflation.

then check the pressure every other week.



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X2 buy a decent Px Gauge and carry out a weekly safety check on your vehicle, including tyre integrity.  I mean by that it is ok to automatically check the TP's, but what is a Tyre pressure monitor on poor  or damaged tyres?
 :confused:

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