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Re: Wheels

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On 2025-12-17 13:51, Daniel70 wrote:
> 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!!

Yes, I know. I have done it three times :-)

I just switch the front wheels to the rear, and the rear to the front, 
at about 30000 Km, ⅓ of life. The front wheels get more worn out than 
the rear, so I have to do that trick so that the four do last. The 
mechanic doesn't like it, but I know my way of driving :-)

The current mechanic doubted and checked the date of the rubbers. He 
said you do not want the rubber to crystallize and develop little 
cracks. But he checked and they were Ok.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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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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