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Re: Wheels

From Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc, alt.comp.os.windows-11
Subject Re: Wheels
Date 2025-12-17 23:51 +1100
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <10hu90n$3fold$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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On 14/12/2025 9:55 am, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> On 2025-12-12 20:12, rbowman wrote:
>> On Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:44:34 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>
>>> My current car has pressure sensors on the 4 wheels. I can read the
>>> values in the dash display. I think the sensor is in the valve, with a
>>> battery and a radio.
>>
>> Yes. My car reports low pressure by turning on a light, but not the
>> pressure in each tire. The wheels with the studded tires don't have
>> sensors so the light is on during the winter.
>>
>> When you bought new tires there was always a charge for new valve stems
>> that I thought was a bit of a scam. The first time I bought tires for a
>> car with sensors I thought they wouldn't charge for new stems. No, they
>> charged for 'rebuilding' the sensors. I think you can replace the battery
>> in some, but not all, models so it still smells like a scam.
> 
> I still have not changed the rubbers on my current car. It has nearly 
> 90000 Km, and I usually get around 95000 Km out of them. So I will find 
> that out soon. Within a year, probably.
> 
WOW!! 95,000 Km!! I thought I was doing well getting 60,000 - 65,000 out 
of a set of tyres on my Mazda 3!!
-- 
Daniel70

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Re: Wheels "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-12-12 14:44 +0100
  Re: Wheels rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-12-12 19:12 +0000
    Re: Wheels "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-12-13 23:55 +0100
      Re: Wheels rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-12-14 01:36 +0000
      Re: Wheels Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-12-17 23:51 +1100
        Re: Wheels "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-12-18 23:07 +0100
          Re: Wheels rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-12-19 03:24 +0000
            Re: Wheels Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2025-12-19 00:55 -0600
              Re: Wheels "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-12-19 15:46 +0100
                Re: Wheels rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-12-19 19:09 +0000
                Re: Wheels "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-12-19 22:42 +0100
                Re: Wheels c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-12-20 03:56 -0500
                Rubber "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-12-20 13:32 +0100
                Re: Rubber Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-12-20 13:37 +0000
                Re: Rubber rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-12-21 02:06 +0000
                Re: Rubber Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-12-20 12:26 -0500
                Re: Rubber Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-12-20 20:45 +0000
                Re: Rubber rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-12-21 02:03 +0000
                Re: Rubber Don_from_AZ <djatechNOSPAM@comcast.net.invalid> - 2025-12-20 21:38 -0700
                Re: Rubber candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-12-24 14:10 +0000
                Re: Rubber Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-12-22 01:00 +0000
                Re: Rubber rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-12-21 01:52 +0000
            Re: Wheels Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-12-19 05:06 -0500
              Re: Wheels rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-12-19 18:48 +0000
                Re: Wheels Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2025-12-19 19:26 +0000
                Re: Wheels "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-12-19 22:49 +0100
                Re: Wheels rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-12-20 05:01 +0000
            Re: Wheels Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-12-19 22:48 +1100
              Re: Wheels "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-12-19 15:51 +0100
              Re: Wheels rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-12-19 18:54 +0000
              Re: Wheels c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-12-20 01:50 -0500
                Re: Wheels "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-12-20 13:47 +0100
                Re: Wheels rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-12-21 01:48 +0000
                Re: Wheels rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-12-21 01:42 +0000

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