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<blockquote data-quote="prodigy" data-source="post: 1195093" data-attributes="member: 232"><p>the budak,</p><p>Get your friend from the states to prove it to us then. Since you've got friends to prove it, we've got our facts to back us too. What do you mean that there's less noise when you run over the yellow lines leading to the toll? What has nitrogen got to do with less tyre noise? </p><p></p><p>kyheng,</p><p>True that nitrogen is inert and does not catch fire, but have you seen any tyres ever caught fire when travelling at highway? Don't forget, air consist of 77 or 78% nitrogen too. Water is not the right term to use, but there's vapor in it. When its hot, it'll expand and you'll probably get a 3-5% increase in tyre pressure, maybe less. Its quite negligible actually. Furthermore, if you're doing 110kmh, even a 10% increase in tyre pressure is still acceptable. However, its applicable to our normal daily driving condition. In track or formula 1 racing, its a totally different scenario altogether.</p><p></p><p>As for correct tyre pressure, yes its important and you'll probably save a couple of cents when you use the correct tyre pressure against another driver who's driving with an almost deflated tyre. Besides, tyres are not cheap, if your tyres are not inflated properly, there's excessive wear on the sidewall, which basically means your tyre is gone. Beware not to pump too high pressure too. Higher pressure means there's less contact patch on the road and can be quite dangerous.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="prodigy, post: 1195093, member: 232"] the budak, Get your friend from the states to prove it to us then. Since you've got friends to prove it, we've got our facts to back us too. What do you mean that there's less noise when you run over the yellow lines leading to the toll? What has nitrogen got to do with less tyre noise? kyheng, True that nitrogen is inert and does not catch fire, but have you seen any tyres ever caught fire when travelling at highway? Don't forget, air consist of 77 or 78% nitrogen too. Water is not the right term to use, but there's vapor in it. When its hot, it'll expand and you'll probably get a 3-5% increase in tyre pressure, maybe less. Its quite negligible actually. Furthermore, if you're doing 110kmh, even a 10% increase in tyre pressure is still acceptable. However, its applicable to our normal daily driving condition. In track or formula 1 racing, its a totally different scenario altogether. As for correct tyre pressure, yes its important and you'll probably save a couple of cents when you use the correct tyre pressure against another driver who's driving with an almost deflated tyre. Besides, tyres are not cheap, if your tyres are not inflated properly, there's excessive wear on the sidewall, which basically means your tyre is gone. Beware not to pump too high pressure too. Higher pressure means there's less contact patch on the road and can be quite dangerous. [/QUOTE]
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