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This was posted in another forum I visit (Chevy Nova site) and the concensus on there was "great, that's good news. They should do that already. it doesn't take that long, etc...". My take is this: You are required to check tire pressure COLD, how do you do that when the vehicle was just driven for however many miles to get to your shop? I just had a minivan in the shop last night. My father-in-law drove it 40 miles from work for a friend of his. I did a NYS inspection, oil change and general vehicle inspection. I specifically waited until all of that was done (about an hour) to check tire pressure hoping they would have cooled down. Nope, tire pressure was 47.5 psi. Should be 35psi COLD, how do I calculate what it should be hot? I think we may all have to get those machines that automatically deflate and re-inflate all 4 tires at the same time so we can get cold air into the tire. I don't see any other way I can acurately check tire pressure when the tires are hot... Another law to put the blame on someone else.

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  On 8/26/2010 at 6:56 PM, Joe Marconi said:

Great points!

 

Another thing, what if the customer has nitrogen in their tires????? What if you don't have nitrogen equipment????? Will you be required to supply nitrogen too, by law????

 

 

Isn't this the reason there was a law passed for Tire pressure monitoring systems to be a standard feature on all cars....??? Because the way I look at it... the average driver doesn't check his tires... so pass the buck to the repair shop or in the case of the TPM.... pass it onto the manufacturer... (This is nuts)

I agree with the the thinking that it leads to another reason for the customer to pass blame onto a unsupecting repair shop...and what about that nitrogen tire?? What now... another attempt of government sticking there nose into something they shouldn't be a part of.

 

God forbid, someone sues a repair shop over this...

 

One more thing... now you bring up the old problem... "which is right" the factory label showing tire pressure or the imprinted label on the tire... some say one way others say the other way...

 

Remind me not to move to California...

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This is something we do automatically so be [ SOP ] /// Nitrogen - client preference fill with air or send back to the place that did the airing.

 

To me it would make owning a nitrogen equipment worth the investment you can charge to check & top off.

We do not try to send our clients any where close to the previous shop they used to go to / tire repiars our free if they have warranty from another company, etc. Brakes pads no problem Free if lifetime warranty somewhere else.

 

Thanks Dan R.

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