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10-28-2013, 04:10 PM

#11

2005Redfire6

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Join Date: Jul 2008

Location: Acworth, GA

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Originally Posted by Nuke

+1. No sensors in the winter tires/wheels. No big deal. Just hit the reset button.

TPMS is a pain in the azz, forced down the consumers throat. I check my tires regularly. I don't need some POS system to tell me I'm down to 26 PSI or less. Hell, I add air when mine are below 30 PSI and that TPMS system doesn't help squat for that.

You got that right.

10-29-2013, 02:42 AM

#12

IamNobody

Join Date: Aug 2012

Location: California

Posts: 46

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Originally Posted by Nuke

Yeah it can be a pain but can be a good thing as well. I was on the freeway a couple months ago and all of a sudden the car felt funny. Started getting that unstable feeling like drifting all over the lane. Next thing I know there's a loud tone from my message center and a message saying "Low Tire Pressure". So I get off at the next exit and check and sure enough one of my front tires is almost flat. I had my 11 year old son in the car with me so it helped me fix a problem which could have turned bad.

10-29-2013, 06:02 AM

#13

Nuke

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Originally Posted by IamNobody

... I was on the freeway a couple months ago and all of a sudden the car felt funny. Started getting that unstable feeling like drifting all over the lane. Next thing I know there's a loud tone from my message center and a message saying "Low Tire Pressure"....

Based on what you stated above, it was YOUR OWN BRAIN SENSOR SYSTEM that alerted you that something was wrong followed by the TPMS system. Had the TPMS system not alerted you, would you have kept on driving? Heck, no.

I'm not saying that the TPMS should never have been available, just that it should have been an option for those folks that wouldn't know a rock if it hit them.