Nitrogen in tires??
02-07-2013, 10:52 AM
#3
Drifting
Very good reading on it...
http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars...stions/4302788
With nitrogen, your tire pressures will remain more constant, saving you a small amount in fuel and tire-maintenance costs. There will be less moisture inside your tires, meaning less corrosion on your wheels. You will not be able to feel any difference in the ride or handling or braking, unless your tire pressures were seriously out of spec and changing to nitrogen brought them back to the proper numbers
http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars...stions/4302788
With nitrogen, your tire pressures will remain more constant, saving you a small amount in fuel and tire-maintenance costs. There will be less moisture inside your tires, meaning less corrosion on your wheels. You will not be able to feel any difference in the ride or handling or braking, unless your tire pressures were seriously out of spec and changing to nitrogen brought them back to the proper numbers
Or me.
02-07-2013, 01:16 PM
#6
Team Owner
If I had a Nitrogen fill-station at home I would use it religiously. I don't, so I won't.
02-07-2013, 01:23 PM
#8
☠☣☢ Semper Ebrius ☢☣☠
Dry air and dry nitrogen will react exactly the same in response to temperature changes. It's water that's the issue.
Since tire pressure varies around 1 PSI for every 10 degrees of temperature change, you should be checking and removing/adding air or nitrogen every month anyway.
There is an issue with dry air where the oxygen interacts with the tire, causing a slight pressure loss, but it's miniscule compared to changes from temperature. This also means that each subsequent fill with dry air results in more nitrogen and less oxygen, eventually effectively leaving you with a nitrogen fill anyway.
Since tire pressure varies around 1 PSI for every 10 degrees of temperature change, you should be checking and removing/adding air or nitrogen every month anyway.
There is an issue with dry air where the oxygen interacts with the tire, causing a slight pressure loss, but it's miniscule compared to changes from temperature. This also means that each subsequent fill with dry air results in more nitrogen and less oxygen, eventually effectively leaving you with a nitrogen fill anyway.
02-07-2013, 01:26 PM
#9
Racer
I have Nitrogen in my '08 Avalon; road warrior, +100K miles. I don't like the Nitrogen at all. I check my tires regularly, plus I have TPS on the car. I can find no difference in wear or gas mileage. And, when I need to top off because of whatever reason, I have to go to the place that originally filled the tires with Nitrogen or pay to have it topped off. On two "on the road" occasions I've had to pay $24.95, over the cost of the flat fix, to put Nitrogen back in the repaired tire. I won't do that again. In my less-than-humble opinion, I think that a Nitrogen fill is an ingenious solution to a non-existent problem; i.e., a marketing ploy.
Last edited by GySgt1811; 02-09-2013 at 04:44 PM.
02-07-2013, 05:33 PM
#14
Team Owner
02-07-2013, 07:46 PM
#16
Team Owner
LoneStar, I want to say that avatar is an improvement, but... Well it really isn't.
02-07-2013, 10:45 PM
#17
Team Owner
02-09-2013, 10:23 AM
#18
I have Nitrogen in my '08 Avalon; road warrior, +100K miles. I don't like it. I check my tires regularly, plus I have TPS on the car. I can find no difference in wear or gas mileage. And, when I need to top off because of whatever reason, I have to go to the place that originally filled the tires with Nitrogen or pay to have it topped off. On two "on the road" occasions I've had to pay $24.95, over the cost of the flat fix, to put Nitrogen back in the repaired tire. I won't do that again. In my less-than-humble opinion, I think that a Nitrogen fill is an ingenious solution to a non-existent problem; i.e., a marketing ploy.
02-09-2013, 12:24 PM
#20
Team Owner
We've been known to discuss it once in awhile in the C6 General forum. 
Last edited by Vette_DD; 02-09-2013 at 02:00 PM.