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Originally Posted by CapriRacer
Remembering that this thread started out as an epiphany about why tires are overinflated
when you leave the shop, I think there is more going on than technical reasons. Sometimes
it's just to avoid the legal liability of underinflating tires.
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Yes, I'm sure that is part of the pie. But no reason, as some customers have complained, to have their tires inflated to at or just below, the tire sidewall maximum value.
4-5psi over vehicle mfg. spec at the garage should be sufficient. Consumers must learn that tire pressure maintenance continues after leaving the shop, and cannot just wait until A, the next visit, or B, something goes wrong. I heard it in a movie some time ago, and it sticks in my mind years later: 'If something's important, you make the time'!