Confused by proper tire pressures

#11

Follow tire pressure placard; an extra 2 or 3 psi is alright----if your
Forester is running around at 40 psi somebody did a half ass PDI on the
car; they are shipped overinflated from factory, "parking lot bleed
down" is BS, tire pressures are supposed to be set at PDI

On Dec 13, 7:30 pm, big... (AT) backpacker (DOT) com wrote:

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32 all around works for me

davesixtyth... (AT) yahoo (DOT) com wrote:
I alway check tyre pressure first thing in the morning. I follow the
door as the vehicle rollover and emergancy handling tests are done
with this pressure in mind. I do however well remember the Firestone
low pressure issues on the Explorer.
Oscar_Lives wrote:
"tenplay" <tenp... (AT) mail (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:L6idnTyjSbl_v-LYnZ2dnUVZ_oKnnZ2d (AT) comcast (DOT) com...
The plate on the door panel of my 2004 Forester recommends tire pressures
of 29 (front) 28 (back) with a light load and 29 (F) and 36 (B) with a
full load. Yet I notice that, when mechanics service my car, they usually
put 32 lbs in all 4 tires. I am driving tomorrow on the Interstate over
the mountains from Olympia, WA, down to Oakland, CA, with my son and our
luggage. The I-5 could be slick. We will be carrying chains just in
case. I left the front tires at 32 and inflated the back tires to 34.
Does that sound about right? Somehow 29 seems low. And I read somewhere
that underinflated tires are bad for the suspension and tires. Thanks for
any advice.

Your mechanic is an idiot.

Inflate the tires to factory specifications when they are at the proper
ambient temperature.- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -

#12

Your 32/34 is what I run mine at when I expect to be loaded and 32/30
normally.

#13

In article <1166047878.922395.68450 (AT) f1g2000cwa (DOT) googlegroups.com>,
"Frank" <frank.logullo (AT) dol (DOT) net> wrote:

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My wife refuses to let me know her weight. Is it safe to drive her
around in my Forester or should she drive separately?
In that case she needs to walk!

#14

"Spam away" <Trashhere (AT) spam (DOT) net> wrote

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In article <1166047878.922395.68450 (AT) f1g2000cwa (DOT) googlegroups.com>,
"Frank" <frank.logullo (AT) dol (DOT) net> wrote:

My wife refuses to let me know her weight. Is it safe to drive her
around in my Forester or should she drive separately?

She doesn't weigh that much. I can tell by her favorite: "reverse cowgirl"
that she isn't much over 125 lbs.

She might want to get that little mole looked at, however...

Merry Christmas!

Quote:

In that case she needs to walk!

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