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10-10-2010, 06:51 PM
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2013 ZL1
Drives: 2013 ZL1 m6 Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Avondale AZ & Indy will always be home
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In my opinion, nitrogen for cars is just a way for tire stores to make more money. I work in the aviation industry and we still have to use temp charts when filling tires with nitrogen. It DOES expand and contract with temp changes. We use it because of the moisture in air freezes inside the tires at altitude and as you can guess ice inside a tire when a plane lands would be bad.
I have a problem with my TPMS telling me the tires are at one pressure and when I check with a tire guage I get a different reading. (TPMS 32, G 36 cold) |
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10-10-2010, 07:22 PM
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 Drives: 2015 Camaro 2SS 1LE Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Moore, OK
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danvillekidd, that is not why nitrogen is used in aircraft tires.
The primary reason Nitrogen is used is because the FAA came out with an Airworthiness Directective (AD) which said that all tires on braked wheels must be serviced with dry nitrogen. This cuts down greatly on the possibility of a brake fire being fed by a tire with normal air. The airlines find it much easier to use nitrogen on all tires instead of specifying braked on non braked tires. The tires used to be serviced with just compressed air until the FAA came out with this directive. nitrogen is an inert gas and will not feed a fire. regular compress air is not an will. compressed air + brake fire = boom. |
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10-10-2010, 07:22 PM
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Drives: very poorly Join Date: May 2009
Location: Glendale, Arizona
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25.3 average MPG. Summer road trip of 800 miles thru the mountains of northern Arizona and southern Colorado.
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10-10-2010, 07:23 PM
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Drives: 2015 c7 Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: MI
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lol i get 14.3 and you are mad about 17 mpg .....
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10-10-2010, 08:03 PM
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Emerald Coast Camaros
Drives: 2010 Camaro 2LT/RS M6 Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Tallahassee FL
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with my six im getting almost 23 miles per gallon. It all depends on how hard you drive and how fast you accelerate. But you guys know this
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10-10-2010, 08:20 PM
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Drives: '10 SS CGM #75,288, '14 Stingray Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Wake Forest, NC
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While I didn't purchase my SS for the gas mileage, I "try" to be a good girl and milk a few more miles outta every tank.
My first big road trip was to the Fest this past April in GA. Avg speed on I95 was 68 MPH (give or take a little) and I was shocked when we stopped to fill up that I was getting almost 27 MPG... Added bonus.. |
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10-11-2010, 04:36 AM
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2013 ZL1
Drives: 2013 ZL1 m6 Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Avondale AZ & Indy will always be home
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mr. anderson, You are right about the AD, but the reason why airlines use it is not the point. The point is that it does change with temp just like normal air which is already 71% nitrogen, so why pay extra to have nitrogen put in car tires?
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10-11-2010, 10:52 AM
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Drives: Car Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Place
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Took a trip from Chicago to Toronto, Oshawa, Niagara Falls and then back -- avg 24.5MPG
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