Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.comp.os.windows-11 Subject: Re: Wheels Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2025 23:55:27 +0100 Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <106mke5$1di32$1@dont-email.me> <10gjueh$1934g$3@dont-email.me> <10gmhif$273r2$8@dont-email.me> <10gp6kv$37llv$7@dont-email.me> <10guib0$1ai5r$1@dont-email.me> <10h15ek$2cgcb$1@dont-email.me> <10h6jb8$5cd2$1@dont-email.me> <10h8se2$nshd$6@dont-email.me> <10h92s4$pu3t$1@dont-email.me> <10h9air$s0tc$3@dont-email.me> <1ipl0mxq5b.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10h9s9u$11cvm$3@dont-email.me> <10hbhu6$1di3b$11@dont-email.me> <2rit0mxofv.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 1LyVw/yzTyquBui6+ClwYw6sH2GOXYBWlFjLt4kB9zznLfrCs4 X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:nBIxm0hX8MkKMPT/itY/HAvJ6xI= sha256:cRlr7VbPpmKH0Zpqjvv4E/+h5gBZ99KwqYWCMdo2+kM= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:79029 alt.comp.os.windows-11:28378 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. -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;