From: thekmanrocks@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 10:06:37 PM UTC-4, the.com wrote:   
   > Leave the "Max. Cold Pressure" figure OFF the tire sidewalls period, since   
   more than half of    
   > drivers, vehicle owners, and even supposedly "ASE Certified" mechanics first   
   look there for    
   > what to adjust tire pressures to. Not kidding, leave it off!    
   >    
   > Instead, next to the maximum load weight in pounds & kg, inscribe: 'REFER TO   
   VEHICLE    
   > MANUFACTURER TIRE PLACARD OR LITERATURE FOR APPROPRIATE COLD TIRE    
   > PRESSURES' on the tire sidewall, so as to remove any doubt.    
   >    
   > The bursting inflation on tires made since the '90s is probably 50-100psi   
   above any pressure    
   > the car makers are likely to specify anyway, so why list a Max. Cold number,   
   since it's not    
   > near the bursting pressure anyway.   
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   Back in the late 1990s  I had the oppty to drive  a '65 LeSabre with what   
   mustve  been the  original  bias ply tires on it,   which were low,  so  I    
   filled them  all to the max cold pressure on them(35psi).  That  Buick    
   handled  like  the lead  car  on    
   the Cyclone  at Coney Island!  BAM  BAM  BAM! over even minor  cracks in the    
   street.  Plus  the  steerjg  had  zero feel or weight  with those worn out   
   bias plies  at pressures more normal  for   modern radials.  It's  a good   
   thing  I  never got  that    
   old sonovabitch out  on the highway,  or I might not be around today  to be   
   posting this  anecdotal gem.  :D   
      
   Back  then  I didn't know  where else to look for the proper pressures for   
   the  stock size tires on  a '65  Buick.,  but  I'd bventure they  were closer   
   to the mid-20s psi for  a car of  that  LeSabres size  still on  bias ply   
   tires.   
      
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