Anyone use nitrogen inflated tires?

Nitrogen is said to be larger then air so it can't seep out of the tire as easily. It depends on how much they are charging you but if the claims are true, it can save you in the end. Maintaining pressure can save wear on your tires. If your air is low you will wear the outside edges of the tires much faster then you would normally. Keeping your tires at the proper pressure will also help with fuel mileage.

I posted about a trucking company that uses nitrogen in their fleet. Here is what they said about it. "Over time though, Dan Freight collected data that indicated that the fuel savings attributable to nitrogen was just over 1%. The data also showed there was less over-inflation, less irregular wear and far fewer flats. Drivers also found the ride more comfortable."

http://gearheadcentral.com/index.ph...combination-for-dan-freight.526/#.Up0IH-IrdbE

We just bought a set of winter tires from Costco and they fill all of theirs with nitrogen. This is my first time using it so we will see what I think of it. One issue is if you have to fill it up and use regular air, I think they have to purge it and refill it. I'm sure there would be a charge for that. I'm going to watch it and see what I think of it. But for this set it didn't cost me any extra.

James

 

Here is some info from Tire Rack about nitrogen. http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=191

James

 

Some people are lazy. As a company it might be a good idea because a lot of people will not bother to check. When it's your own car it's a different story.

For the truck industry I can see it making a big difference. And maybe even for someone in sales. And the. You have the ones they mentioned in my link. Cars I. Storage could benefit from it.

And if it does help with corrosion then that is a big plus. That can damage tires and waste time by needed to be refilled every other day or so. And then you need to pay to get it cleaned up so it will hold air. But soapy water is normally used to get the bead to slip on without damage so I wonder if this water is part of the corrosion problem. Without being wiped off it is in there. But at least there is no more moisture added.

James

 

I'm not sure. I'm going to look it up and see what other info there is on it.

James

 

Here is a negative review on Edmunds. They mainly complained about cost. They looked at it from a passenger car point of view. The one I posted was a commercial trucking company. They found a difference. They said that some dealers are putting it in the new car to put on the lot. This is a $70-170 charge according to some. That is a rip off. I would ask for that charged to be removed from the price before buying the car. Like in the article, I bought my winters at Costco so I have it for free. I think they top it up for free, balance for free and rotate if I remember correctly. So it is worth it there. Unless I notice a huge improvement, I don't think I would pay extra for it.

http://www.edmunds.com/car-care/should-you-fill-your-cars-tires-with-nitrogen.html

Here is a a good chart from the Get Nitrogen Institute. http://www.getnitrogen.org/research.php

Here is an interesting article. http://www.getnitrogen.org/pdf/print_articles/TomorrowsTechnician-feb.pdf

James

 

Thanks. I was thinking that but I wasn't sure.

James