What Have You Got In Your Tires??

Pig9r said:

you get cool looking green valve stem caps to let everyone know you are riding on nitrogen.

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Pig9r said:

One thing in Costco's favor, they have just about the lowest prices around on tires and they offer free lifetime rotation, balance, road hazzard warranty, patches, nitrogen fill up and don't forget the green valve stem caps. We have bought a few sets from them and have been very happy with their service.

I have an '01 F150 with 58,000 miles still with the original set of tires and it looks like I can squeeze some more miles out of them too, always filled with compressed air. Makes me wonder if a Goodyear Wrangler would fit on the rear of the Rocket.

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Freightbusters said:

Just wondered if this would have helped my RV rotton tires? I have heard the best thing for a tire is to run them as this is the way a tire lubs itself....bikes cars rvs whatever?

Rubber wheels beats rubber heals everyday!!

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Toystoretom said:

I have probably changed out over 10,000 tires over the years and have never seen the inside if a tire rot due to anything. In fact, even very old tires look brand new on the inside. Some tires, that have been run under inflated, tend to sluff off rubber on the inside and that will sometimes roll up into little rubber balls. I've seen tires loaded with very corrosive "Fix a Flat" but once you clean that out, still look brand new.

Its a snake oil gimmic.... and it works doesn't it

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TonyMac said:

I am definitely of the opinion using Nitrogen in any road vehicle is purely a cynical marketing gimmick to grab more of our dollars.

It is used in Racing car tires as 1) its lighter than air and 2) its inert i.e. won't add fuel to a fire as air would.

Putting it in a R3 or a Prius' tires will not make any noticable improvement to acceleration or MPG. The only thing that will be much lighter will be your wallet.

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