On 3/9/2013 2:46 PM, Nate Nagel wrote:
> On 03/08/2013 03:16 PM, Harry K wrote:
>> On Mar 8, 3:49 am, Nate Nagel > wrote:
>>> On 03/06/2013 03:05 PM, necromancer wrote:
>>>
>>>> Judy **** For Brains Dairya spewed:
>>>
>>>>> This is gonna add thousands of $ to the cost of a car and would not
>>>>> be
>>>
>>>> No it won't, you stupid american (sic) bitch. Just like everything
>>>> else you claim will, "add thousands of $ to the cost of a car," has
>>>> yet to do so.
>>>
>>> Well, death by a thousand cuts. There's definitely thousands of dollars
>>> worth of mandatory stuff on a car that isn't on, say, my '55 Stude
>>> coupe. Collapsible steering column, door beams, airbags, ABS/DSC, OBD2,
>>> catalytic converters, etc. etc. etc. Some are definitely Good Things,
>>> some of them have questionable value.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>> necessary except people are psychos who insist on driving while
>>>
>>>>> texting or playing with the CD player or radio.
>>>
>>>> Just like you do on a regular basis. Except you do it while speeding
>>>> through school zones and mowing down first graders.
>>>
>>> Indeed.
>>>
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>>
>> The latest is the Tire Pressure Monitor crap. Very little application
>> for "safety", lots for reducting fuel consumption. One can throw away
>> any extra wheels for snow tires unless they are equipmmed iwht the
>> instrument (?transmitter?).
>>
>> Harry K
>>
>
> the real value of TPMS comes when you are using run-flat tires...
> because of the ultra-stiff sidewalls you may not notice a flat tire just
> tooling down the highway until you go into a curve and/or the tire just
> starts disintegrating.
>
> Personally I'm old school, I'd rather just carry a full sized spare, but
> mfgrs. don't seem to like that option anymore.

One big incentive for that was to remove the spare on the backs of SUV's
while not taking up more space in or under the cargo area.