Date:         Sat, 17 Oct 2015 16:57:18 -0500
Reply-To:     Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
Subject:      Re: Nytrogen and tires
Comments: To: Eric Caron <ecaron1@COMCAST.NET>
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Filling modern car tires is a modern day scam, and what's really a shame is many car dealers have bought into it!

Consider this - The air you and I breathe is already 87% nitrogen and any benefits due to pure nitrogen will be minimal at best.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Earth

Here's a good article.
http://www.edmunds.com/car-care/should-you-fill-your-cars-tires-with-nitrogen.html

The only exception for me would be air in classic car tire tubes. I can see a benefit to filling them with nitrogen for no reason other than there would be no moisture in the tubes, which can't be a bad thing for tires that might stay mounted for 30 years or longer.

Thanks, Tom Hargrave
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of Eric Caron
Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 4:32 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Nytrogen and tires

Hi folks,

this time of year I have a hard time keeping my tire pressure content.  the temperatures outside vary greatly.

        I recently learned that a friend has a car with Nitrogen filled tires.  Is anyone doing this with your vanagon?  Do you have any benefits to report?  Will this help with content tire pressure and tire wear?

A little reading on google gave me different opinions on the value but it sounded like my needs would have the most benefit from a nitrogen fill.  that is a car  that is used infrequently, has low mileage on the tires, and thus would like the tires to last longer. 

I’m not sure how expensive it is to fill this way and would like to hear if anyone has experience.

Eric Caron
85 GL Auto Westfalia
Currently at 51 PSI General Ultimax Tires on plain old air 

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