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Old November 4th 04, 01:10 PM
Brian Turner
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That would be the right approach for a test drive. The correct air
pressure would depend on the size of the tire. In my case, I have
195/50-15 and they require less pressure. A 14" tire may require more
pressure.

"Chris D'Agnolo" > wrote in message >...
> That's the whole reason I suggested 30 psi, it may not be perfect but it
> ain't gunna cause terrible handling or super harsh ride, no matter what
> tires are on the car.
>
> Once you own a car you can fine tune the best pressures.
>
> Chris
>
> "josh" > wrote in message
> news:1099493757.151514@sj-nntpcache-5...
> > Brian Turner wrote:
> > > I would suggest making sure the tire pressure is no more than 26-28
> > > PSI. Any more than that and you wil get a harsh ride.

> >
> > Well the flipside to that, depending on exactly what tires are on the car,
> > is that lower pressure = poor cornering/handling.
> >
> > I run 34 rear, 35 front in my M2, minimum pressure that the car handles
> > close to right with the awful Falken Ziex ZE-512 tires... last set were
> > Pirelli P7000's at 36 rear, 37 front, they were killer. Original Yoko's
> > took 33 front and 32 rear to handle right. 26-28psi has been awful with

> any
> > of the three sets of 185/60-14 tires I've had on my M2.

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