EVOldtimer said:It is fine for you to say you don't want to spend the extra monkey keeping your TPMS functional, but it is irresponsible to encourage other people to do so.
It is incumbent upon us a consumers of technology to keep asking ourselves whether we are getting a good value for our tech dollar. "Do we really need this feature?" After driving almost fifty years now, and Never Never having ruined a tire in my lifetime, I still say TPMS is one of the best ideas--best improvements to cars I have seen.
pncguy said:I've been driving for 31 years without TPMS and I have never ruined a tire because it was low.
YMMV.
EVOldtimer said:"I've been driving for 31 years without TPMS and I have never ruined a tire because it was low."
Good for you. I never have either, and I have been driving much longer than that.
Now go to any tire store and ask them how many tires come in an an average day, destroyed because someone ran them low. Or better yet, lets go back and find all of those people killed or injured for life in the Ford Explorer rollover crashes (which were mostly precipitated by low tire pressures) and ask them (or their survivors) if they think TPMS would have been a good addition to their cars. Nobody really cares if you think it is a good idea or not. It is here. It is the law. And the average driver needs it..
I've been driving for longer than that and I destroyed a fairly new tire doing 65 on I-84 in Oregon last May because I couldn't tell it was punctured until too late (it was a rear tire and the road was fairly rough). Lots of smoke and some luck that other drivers let me get safely over to the shoulder. Had a full size spare and pump so I was able to change it and be on my way.pncguy said:I've been driving for 31 years without TPMS and I have never ruined a tire because it was low.
YMMV.
Quote from their site:BrockWI said:So I am tempted to purchase some sensors now that they look quite a bit less expensive. My question is can any of them "clone" the existing ones so the car doesn't notice or would it still require a leafspy (which I have) swap out each tire change?
An aftermarket TPMS is an option and a good idea.dgpcolorado said:... After that experience, I've become a fan of TPMS since it never would have happened if that old car had them.
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