what size tires are you using???

What are YOUR driving habits??????

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Charles Tague
93 Honda Civic DX HB
1.6L SOHC VTEC 14.85 @ 89 mph,1.98 60 ft.
With ZEX 85 hp ZEX 13.09 @ 103 mph, 1.81 60ft.
86 Pontiac Trans Am
225/50/15 GForce Drag Radials
305 peanut cammed 15.29 @ 88 mph
http://home.cinci.rr.com/mistab0ne/
"Caliban" <caliban03nospam@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> My 1991 Honda Civic now has four new Goodyear tires. The technicians
filled them
> to 30 psi and recorded this. I pointed out that Honda recommended 26 psi
for my
> car. The shop said they'd be happy to lower it to this but implied that 30
psi
> was customary. I figured they had their reasons and decided to research
and
> adjust according to what I found.
>
> I did a groups.google search. It seems people are about evenly divided on
using
> the manufacturer's pressure and using a pressure say 4 psi or so higher.
The
> lower pressure gives a more comfortable ride. The higher pressure
supposedly
> gives better handling and longer tire life.
>
> Has anyone run their own experiment, trying the manufacturer's pressure
for the
> life of one set of tires, then at some time trying a pressure a few psi
higher
> for another set of tires?
>
> I hadn't started watching my tire pressure that closely (about once a
month now)
> until just a few years ago, so I don't have a good "database."
>
>