Nitrogen in tires
 

"John...same as yesterday." wrote in message
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The local Toyota place will fill all the tires with nitrogen for $30.
Is it worth it? Thoughts?
--
John H


The COSTCO store here filled your tires for free. Thay claim you don't lose
air pressure during climate changes. (fall-winter etc)

Nitrogen in tires
 

On Jul 2, 9:28*pm, "Don White" wrote:
"John...same as yesterday." wrote in messagenews:trhq45h4k7p75tnbfo4fhg3u2catuj9fkc@4ax .com...

The local Toyota place will fill all the tires with nitrogen for $30.
Is it worth it? Thoughts?
--
John H

The COSTCO store here filled your tires for free. Thay claim you don't lose
air pressure during climate changes. (fall-winter etc)

Well Don, that's what they may claim. But around here, in the late
fall, it seems that when a cold frost hits over night, you can pretty
well expect tires to lose about 10# of pressure a piece.

Nitrogen in tires
 

On Thu, 2 Jul 2009 19:35:44 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Jul 2, 9:28*pm, "Don White" wrote:
"John...same as yesterday." wrote in messagenews:trhq45h4k7p75tnbfo4fhg3u2catuj9fkc@4ax .com...

The local Toyota place will fill all the tires with nitrogen for $30.
Is it worth it? Thoughts?
--
John H

The COSTCO store here filled your tires for free. Thay claim you don't lose
air pressure during climate changes. (fall-winter etc)

Well Don, that's what they may claim. But around here, in the late
fall, it seems that when a cold frost hits over night, you can pretty
well expect tires to lose about 10# of pressure a piece.

I don't know about ten pounds, but certainly three or four.

Nitrogen in tires
 

On Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:20:41 -0400, Gene
wrote:

On Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:50:17 -0400, John...same as yesterday.
wrote:

The local Toyota place will fill all the tires with nitrogen for $30.
Is it worth it? Thoughts?

It makes some sense if you have aluminum wheels. Otherwise, it just
isn't worth it.......

Didn't make a damn bit of difference with the aluminum trailer rims
and tires.

The beads still leak after a couple of dunkings in salt water.

Nitrogen in tires
 

Wizard of Woodstock wrote:
On Thu, 2 Jul 2009 19:35:44 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Jul 2, 9:28 pm, "Don White" wrote:
"John...same as yesterday." wrote in messagenews:trhq45h4k7p75tnbfo4fhg3u2catuj9fkc@4ax .com...

The local Toyota place will fill all the tires with nitrogen for $30.
Is it worth it? Thoughts?
--
John H
The COSTCO store here filled your tires for free. Thay claim you don't lose
air pressure during climate changes. (fall-winter etc)
Well Don, that's what they may claim. But around here, in the late
fall, it seems that when a cold frost hits over night, you can pretty
well expect tires to lose about 10# of pressure a piece.

I don't know about ten pounds, but certainly three or four.


Don't you have those "never lose pressure" etec tires?

Nitrogen in tires
 

John...same as yesterday. wrote:
The local Toyota place will fill all the tires with nitrogen for $30.
Is it worth it? Thoughts?

No.

All it does is get you to come back to the dealer to get your tires
checked and refilled with nitrogen and for them to talk you into getting
an oil and lube jobs and tire rotation.

Nitrogen in tires
 

John...same as yesterday. wrote:
On Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:44:13 -0400, Keith Nuttle
wrote:

John...same as yesterday. wrote:
The local Toyota place will fill all the tires with nitrogen for $30.
Is it worth it? Thoughts?
--
John H

"A government policy to rob Peter to pay Paul can be assured of the support of Paul."
-- George Bernard Shaw
Your tires already have 78.0% nitrogen 20.9% oxygen and some trace gases
in them. How much are you going to have to pay to protect the inside of
the tire from the oxygen. How do they plan to protect the outside of
your tire from the effects of oxygen?

Good points all.

This group is definitely helping me with my senility problem.

Adm Arliegh Burke has a nice facility up in McLean for guys like you. If
you get into the alzheimer's ward they will give you the code to open
the doors but, you will forget it 10 seconds later.

Nitrogen in tires
 

On Jul 2, 9:42*pm, Wizard of Woodstock wrote:
On Thu, 2 Jul 2009 19:35:44 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Jul 2, 9:28*pm, "Don White" wrote:
"John...same as yesterday." wrote in messagenews:trhq45h4k7p75tnbfo4fhg3u2catuj9fkc@4ax .com...

The local Toyota place will fill all the tires with nitrogen for $30..
Is it worth it? Thoughts?
--
John H

The COSTCO store here filled your tires for free. Thay claim you don't lose
air pressure during climate changes. (fall-winter etc)

Well Don, that's what they may claim. But around here, in the late
fall, it seems that when a cold frost hits over night, you can pretty
well expect tires to lose about 10# of pressure a piece.

I don't know about ten pounds, but certainly three or four.

Around here, i can be 6-12. Or in my experience it has been.

Nitrogen in tires
 

HK wrote:
Wizard of Woodstock wrote:
On Thu, 2 Jul 2009 19:35:44 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Jul 2, 9:28 pm, "Don White" wrote:
"John...same as yesterday." wrote in
messagenews:trhq45h4k7p75tnbfo4fhg3u2catuj9fkc@4ax .com...

The local Toyota place will fill all the tires with nitrogen for $30.
Is it worth it? Thoughts?
--
John H
The COSTCO store here filled your tires for free. Thay claim you
don't lose
air pressure during climate changes. (fall-winter etc)
Well Don, that's what they may claim. But around here, in the late
fall, it seems that when a cold frost hits over night, you can pretty
well expect tires to lose about 10# of pressure a piece.

I don't know about ten pounds, but certainly three or four.


Don't you have those "never lose pressure" etec tires?

Wow, a post by Harry, who'd a thought? Trying my new digs, gonna' lose
Google for good.. After all, it's the Anti-Christ according to Tom;)

Anyway, good seeing you again Harry, PLONK. Buh, bye...

Nitrogen in tires
 

"John...same as yesterday." wrote in message
...
On Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:23:49 -0400, Wizard of Woodstock
wrote:

On Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:50:17 -0400, John...same as yesterday.
wrote:

The local Toyota place will fill all the tires with nitrogen for $30.
Is it worth it? Thoughts?

Well, consider this - regular old air is 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 1%
other gases and water vapor.

The advantage of nitrogen is that it won't diffuse through the rubber
because the molecule is bigger.

Personally, air is cheaper and mostly nitrogen anyway.

Hadn't looked at it that way. What I'd be doing is paying $30 for a
change of 22%. Hell, I'll probably be paying a lot more for 'change'
when my next income tax bill comes in.
--
John H

"A government policy to rob Peter to pay Paul can be assured of the
support of Paul."
-- George Bernard Shaw

Costco does it for free. And they just had $70 on 4 michelins.