Mine fluctuate so regularly with temperature, I'd go mad if I let a few psi bug me.
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Simply enjoy the fact that you car is now mildly more efficient making gentle turns to the left
I have filled many tires with air over my life and only found out recently that you don't fill them to the pressure listed on the tire, you look for a sticker on the driver door that tells you the pressure required for the tires. The front may be different from the back. Blew my mind and I felt like all my knowledge was questionable.
Yep - like an AWD version of a car may use different pressures than a FWD version, to manage traction.
I've seen an AWD version use lower pressures in the rear than FWD - this helps keep the rear of that car from sliding due to a combination of torque transferring to the rear wheels and more weight back there.
It used to be that way with old bias ply tires and still is with trailer tires, unless otherwise stated somewhere else.
My car has the sticker in the fuel door
I bought a new gauge recommended by the Project Farm YT channel. Looking forward to using it the next time I check my tires.
Love that guy. Any time I want to buy a new gadget I check and see if he has a video comparison on it.
Torque test channel has caused me to buy several items lately.
The tyre pump will be off. I often have to overinflated by a1-2 PSI onmost pumps to get correct readings from the sensors.
And of course there's tyre temperature at the time. Resting and driving pressures are quite different because of temperature.
I often find that you have to pull the gauge off of the tire and put it back on to get a better reading after you put air in.
My 2023 Toyota beeps and shows a warning every time I start the car if one of the tires is even 1 PSI lower than the others. It’s ridiculous.
It’s only ridiculous if you don’t care about tire wear.
I do care about tire wear but where I live the daily temperature regularly fluctuates by 25+ degrees which means the alert goes off almost all of the time because at least one tire is a degree different or too low at least a couple times a day. I’d have to fill my tires daily to avoid it to be honest. That seems a bit excessive to me.