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I recently bought an ex-demo Toyota Yaris Cross from my local Toyota dealer. When I checked the tyre pressures they were 32PSI all round. The manual says the rears should be 29PSI. I asked the dealer and...
I have a Toyota Yaris Cross and recently the in-car tyre pressure readout keeps showing a number of tyres as being below the required pressure. However, after driving the car for a while, the tyre pressure...
How accurate are tyre pressure devices? I gave three different ones and they all give slightly different readings.
If a tyre loses pressure a warning symbol appears on my instrument cluster in my Fiat 500. So why are we always advised to check tyre pressures regularly?
In response to another question recently asked on tyre pressure and temperature, I've just come back from a high speed Germany tour in 35-plus degrees heat where the PSI rose on my 911 Turbo S by as much...
Gay-Lussac's law of gases put simply is - in a given volume of gas (e.g in a tyre) the pressure is in direct proportion to the temperature. So as temperature increases so pressure increases and vice versa. Therefore...
I've heard differing opinions but I understand if a tyre pressure monitor fails, it is an MoT fail? Is this true, if so it makes no sense? Surely the MoT is concerned with vehicle safety? A failed tyre...
I have three pressure gauges, each of which shows a different pressure taken at the same time on the same tyre. Can you recommend an accurate one?
My Mazda MX-5 is covered for the winter and wired to my battery charger, so I cannot move it. The tyres are Bridgestone Portenza 205-45R17 84W CKC4509. What is the safest maximum I can inflate them to...
Why is my new Honda Jazz EX CVT not remotely like the car you reviewed on your website? The ride in the back is atrocious.