Don't forget to check your tires

"CobraJoe" (cobrajoe) 01/06/2014 at 12:13 • Filed to: None

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This mornin, I did something kinda stupid, I saw I had low pressure in my tires and I drove off anyways (Hey, it's a 5 mile trip on slow roads and my car is a bit of a beater). Sure enough, after 2 miles I got a flat. I didn't see a cause, so I'm sure the cold combined with the bumpy road and low pressure to unseat the tire.

Moral of the story: Air up your tires in the winter, they'll go low and then go flat on the coldest day of the year and you'll have to change a tire in -30 degree windchill.

jmaseV8 > CobraJoe 01/06/2014 at 13:17

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Think the rule of thumb is tire pressure moves 1 pound of pressure per 10 degrees of air temperature change.