OT(ish): Tyre Pressures -FOAK

OTis 'cos its a SOC Q.

Got a nice little Pug 106 for Alan to tra^H^H drive for the next 12
months and didn't notice until t'other day the tyres are not the
regulation 145/155s but 165/65s.

The books list the standard as 32psi, they all seem to have 28psi.

Should I stick with that (28) or 32 psi ?
Does a member of the FOAK know the best course of action here ?

 

I'd stick with 32 psi myself. 28 sounds a bit low for a car made from
bacofoil cut-offs.

 

No, they just go wrong in a variety of bizarre and inexplicable ways, all of
which cost a fucking fortune to fix.

YMMV of course...

 

I'd say it's irrelevant. I doubt the vast majority of cars ever have
their pressures checked between services, & those that do will mostly
use the woefully innacurate guages on garage air lines. Whack 'em up to
35 to save a bit of fuel then forget about it.

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This is N

 

I have trained my kids to always use the pressure gauge I kep in my
leathers.

 

This reminds me of a conversion I had with the Triumph Product Development
Manager a few years ago, around the launch of the 1200.

It went something like...

Me: "So what will this bike do to the gallon?"
Him: "Why should you care? It will cost more in tyres per mile than petrol."

Do the maths, he was right!