@therealjrn When I was a daily hypermiler in the late 2000s, I would inflate my tires to 50 PSI. These were Continental Contact-Pro 195/65 R15 (one size up from stock to get 2% larger circumference) low-rolling-resistance tires. That sounds dangerous, BUT, the specs on tire testing is over 100 MPH + Max PSI + max load on each tire, where the tire is tested to destruction in say 15(?) minutes. The Continentals were 130 MPH + 51 PSI + 1356 lbs on each tire. My 50 PSI tires were mostly toodling along under 60 MPH on the freeway and had maybe 700+ lbs max on each tire. It was a bumpier ride, but I never had a tire failure (or I never met that pothole with my name on it).
@Luko26 Very few of the factory TPMSs will do anything more than just inform you that one of them is low, however. On the other hand, the aftermarket TPMS that is on my Scion will tell me the pressure of each tire, in real time, if I so choose.
Once an hour.
Unless it’s your actual job, no one checks their tires daily. Or even weekly.
About once a month. I’ve noticed better gas mileage since I started staying on top of if.
@therealjrn When I was a daily hypermiler in the late 2000s, I would inflate my tires to 50 PSI. These were Continental Contact-Pro 195/65 R15 (one size up from stock to get 2% larger circumference) low-rolling-resistance tires. That sounds dangerous, BUT, the specs on tire testing is over 100 MPH + Max PSI + max load on each tire, where the tire is tested to destruction in say 15(?) minutes. The Continentals were 130 MPH + 51 PSI + 1356 lbs on each tire. My 50 PSI tires were mostly toodling along under 60 MPH on the freeway and had maybe 700+ lbs max on each tire. It was a bumpier ride, but I never had a tire failure (or I never met that pothole with my name on it).
https://ecomodder.com/forum/showthread.php/my-continental-contact-pro-tires-2642.html
Newer cars have tpms, so they are checked the whole time your car is on.
@Luko26 Very few of the factory TPMSs will do anything more than just inform you that one of them is low, however. On the other hand, the aftermarket TPMS that is on my Scion will tell me the pressure of each tire, in real time, if I so choose.
I check the reading on the dashboard regularly and sometimes with a gauge.
@therealjrn From the man who brought us Flat Eric!!
@therealjrn Eeep. That’s a real movie. RT rates it 66% on the tomatometer, 46% on the popcornometer. That’s not particularly terrible.
I know! I looked it up from @dseanadams blurb today! Looks fun!
@therealjrn @yakkoTDI I rarely open my mouth when I watch things, but this got me there.
Its posted on the speedometer area. So everytime I drive I see it.