<VV> Corvair Tire Pressure and Octane

[FrankCB at aol.com]

Ron et al.
    Well, tires usually contain air, which normally has  water vapor in it.  
Air also has oxygen which can cause things to oxidize  especially if they have 
YEARS of close contact.  I guess the answer is to  inflate tires with DRY 
nitrogen as that would eliminate both the water vapor and  the oxygen.
    Frank "also aging" Burkhard
 
In a message dated 8/30/2006 2:48:13 PM Eastern Standard Time, ronh at owt.com  
writes:

I really  doubt that tires contain water and can "dry out" in any manner. 
The rubber  compound may oxidize from sunlight and age but "dry out"?  No  
way!
RonH