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To: Libloather

Semi off-topic: Is Nitrogen really good for tires?


4 posted on 11/02/2023 4:38:14 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Good, how? They’re filled with about 80% nitrogen, regardless.


8 posted on 11/02/2023 4:41:54 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold eday in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Yes, no oxygen.


10 posted on 11/02/2023 4:42:27 PM PDT by sasquatch
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

It makes your valve caps green…


14 posted on 11/02/2023 4:44:25 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Nitrogen doesn’t expand and contract like air does with changes in temperature which means the tire pressure doesn’t change with the temperature


30 posted on 11/02/2023 5:29:52 PM PDT by diverteach (Pureblood proud and unashamed !)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

For most people it makes zero difference. The air has about 80% nitrogen in it by default.


33 posted on 11/02/2023 5:40:11 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

It’s used on jet liner tires.


34 posted on 11/02/2023 5:55:30 PM PDT by NCC-1701 ((You have your fear, which might become reality; and you have Godzilla, which IS reality.))
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

“Is Nitrogen really good for tires?”

Tires are designed to use regular air.


39 posted on 11/02/2023 6:24:01 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

It should not matter, most rims made of corrosive resistant material or coating and not prone to oxidation damage. Little leaks out of the rim can start corrosive spots as the outer rim is exposed to the elements and gets dinged and scratched. Those spots can start corrosion though whether you have pure nitrogen air or regular air in the tires bucause it’s exposed to the air and rain. I think it’s just a way to try and charge extra. Regular air 78% nitrogen 16 % oxygen and the rest is mostly inert gas, except of course the evil 0.04% carbon dioxide.


50 posted on 11/02/2023 7:43:02 PM PDT by EERinOK
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Highly overrated for all the reasons it is recommended. It’s a money marker for car dealers.

If you have a fetish about maintaining the air pressure in your tires to the Nth degree all you need to do is get a $35 compressor and check your tires a couple of times a month.

I check my motorcycle tires several times a week, the cars? Maybe once a month.


52 posted on 11/02/2023 8:46:06 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ( If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there..)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Eh. Maybe in racing applications. Maybe. Mostly it’s a crock. Doesn’t matter in normal driving.


58 posted on 11/03/2023 8:24:40 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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