"E90M3" (e90m3)
05/03/2018 at 13:17 • Filed to: None
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"E90M3" (e90m3)
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Might keep you from driving around like this person. Not that this car had a TPM system, but you get the idea.
My bird IS the word
> E90M3
05/03/2018 at 13:21 |
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especially when you have a slow leak on run-flat tires.
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> E90M3
05/03/2018 at 13:29 |
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I dislike it in the winter, otherwise I admit it’s a feature that’s really handy.
Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> E90M3
05/03/2018 at 13:31 |
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I like TPM on cars, especially if they tell you the actual tire pressure, then you can decide if you need to worry about it or not.
PartyPooper2012
> E90M3
05/03/2018 at 13:31 |
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till the sensors’ battery go dead and you find out how many hundreds of dollars it will cost to replace 4 watch batteries.
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> E90M3
05/03/2018 at 13:36 |
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Some of those park avenues had TPMS, and the good ones too, that tell you each corners pressure. So yeah, their dash might look like a Christmas tree, and their odometer probably looks like a slot machine with the error messages scrolling about.
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> PartyPooper2012
05/03/2018 at 13:37 |
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True, but typically the sensors last a long time and only one goes bad at a time. $40-$60 every so often isn’t too bad.
SmugAardvark
> E90M3
05/03/2018 at 13:38 |
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If that person doesn’t know they’re driving on a flat tire, maybe they shouldn’t be driving. Just sayin’...
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PartyPooper2012
> merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc
05/03/2018 at 13:46 |
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Lexus said 300 for all 4. I said I’ll look at the tire every so often and live with a blinking light.
smobgirl
> E90M3
05/03/2018 at 14:20 |
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I like it on the Fiat, because it’ll tell you the difference between “broken” and “low air.”
The light has been on for 5 years in the company car (because broken) but no one bothers to keep an eye out for low air and the system doesn’t know the difference.
syaieya
> E90M3
05/03/2018 at 14:26 |
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At 80 dollars a corner they cost near the same as the tires theyre mounted within.
But it is a solid system offering live pressures and doesnt require coding. And the ability to turn the system off is also a plus.
Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW!
> Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
05/03/2018 at 14:38 |
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Yeah but how much you gotta pay for that option? I wish my Outback told me that.
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E90M3
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
05/03/2018 at 14:49 |
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You mean like this?
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E90M3
> smobgirl
05/03/2018 at 14:50 |
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I wish my bmws did that. They just tell you if the tire is low.
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E90M3
> My bird IS the word
05/03/2018 at 14:52 |
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Or non-run flats. My M3 had a slow leak and I would have never known from a visual. Sure enough it was at 20-something psi. I’d just fill it up everyday since I was unemployed and didn’t want to spend money. I eventually did get it fixed, had 3 nails in it. Guy patched it for free. Still got the tire on, but it’s time for new rubber.
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Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> E90M3
05/03/2018 at 15:01 |
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Wow, it even identifies which tire (in this case: all of them).
On my Taco it’s like:
“Hey man, you got a low tire. Or possibly more.”
“Oh, alright, which one? Or... ones?”
“Listen, I’m just a dummy light man, I’m not a rocket surgeon.”
“Brain surgeon.”
“That too.”
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Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW!
05/03/2018 at 15:16 |
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It seems to be standard on most newer cars I driven in the last couple of years, say 2015 and newer. My 2013 Scoobaru Outback just has a dummy light, doesn’t tell you what tire or what pressure.
For entertainment on a Camry I rented I left the tire pressure display on and did a bunch of hard cornering, watched the pressure increase by 2-3 psi on the front tires.
FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
05/03/2018 at 15:26 |
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My cheap 2007 Hyundai had a little diagram of of the car below the tach with an LED at each wheel that would light up for which one was low. This is apparently too difficult for Subaru in 2014.
Sovande
> E90M3
05/03/2018 at 15:27 |
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When I swapped wheels I never reinstalled the sensors. But I am a madman. I am also against spending the money for the sensors to alert me to a thing I can determine by using my eyes and by how the car is driving.
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Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
05/03/2018 at 15:38 |
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I shouldn’t be surprised in a 2014 vehicle with crank windows and manual locks... but come on!
Long-Voyager
> E90M3
05/03/2018 at 15:54 |
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You’re making the ass-umption they will look away from their phone long enough to see a light is on.........
Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
05/03/2018 at 17:25 |
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I don’t have a car that knows the which tire, but I also know that if I had a car that knew which tire, it wouldn’t be adjusted properly...
I’d love one that told me the exact pressures.
I love how they come on when it is cold, too, then go off when the tires warm up. My wife’s car does this every year.
HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
05/03/2018 at 19:42 |
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My wife’s Fit is the same way
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HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
05/03/2018 at 19:42 |
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I’ve seen that in a few cars. It’s amazing
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> PartyPooper2012
05/03/2018 at 21:29 |
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That seems odd, typically you don’t lose more than one or two sensors at a time. I’ve only had to replace one on my MILs 2003 caddy deville and that was a year or so ago, so a decent run on the original batteries. 15 years and 90k miles. Might be able to code it out too. My S8 winters don’t have sensors yet, so I code out the system for the winter and recode it on when I put on the summer set. But I ended up grabbing a set of sensors for the winters for next year when I ha he out the rubber. I like having the sensors working.
Nibby
> E90M3
07/16/2018 at 13:21 |
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it’s a GM so it will run on that flat tire for another 12,000 miles