Cayman Islands - Tire Pressure Issue
I dutifully carry a tire gauge with me on vacation, so that I can check tires on whatever I'm driving there.
The car rental agent who signed off on the car I was to drive in Grand Cayman for 5 days says that he keeps all cars in his yard at 28psi, regardless of what the car or tire mfg says, for the following reason, and I quote:
"The ground and air temperature are so hot down here that it overheats the tires and warps the rims.."
Unquote.
So I took him at his word and drove off. Next morning, I checked the tires: all between 20-25PSI, on a 2005 Suzuki Swift requiring 33PSI front & rear!
I compromised, setting them to 30psi at a station two blocks away. Ride & handling was surely improved. I didn't set them all the way to 33 because I didn't want a letter or a phone call a week later from so&so rental car Grand Cayman that something happened to the wheels on the car I rented. LOL!
Your thoughts on this rental agent's SOP(standard operating procedures)?
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