<VV> Tire size vs air pressure survey

[Ron]

Never do the tire or automobile manufacturers recommend operating tires at 
the maximum safe inflation pressure.  That's analogous to operating ropes, 
cables  and hoses at their rated loads which is never done where safety is a 
concern.  The tire manufacturers have no idea where their tires will end up 
so they designate a maximum safe pressure that has nothing to do with the 
dynamics of a specific car and especially a Corvair.  Maximum tire pressure 
in the front of my Corvair would have sent me wildly off the road on many 
occasions, I'm sure.

I don't understand the fetish for high tire pressures on the highway amd 
find it interesting that the Germans who are very fussy about such things 
specify 32 front and 33 rear for my Crossfire and those values are good to 
150 mph.

RonH

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>
> I always inflate the rears to the max. recommended by the tire 
> manufacturer as indicated on the sidewall and then inflate the fronts to 
> 10 fewer p.s.i.
>
> ~Bill Stanley
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