added air to my tires.

[BailOut]

We have had a few days of storms that have dropped lots of rain and about 5 inches of snow at altitude. 17 of the 27 miles of my commute was under snow tires or chains controls today. On the way to work I and my two carpoolers saw two 4x4 pickup trucks that had lost control and gone far enough off the road to require winching. On the way home we saw another 4WD vehicle in the same position.

We traversed the mountain in both directions without issue. At 60 PSI.

[Shroomster]

Originally Posted by BailOut

We have had a few days of storms that have dropped lots of rain and about 5 inches of snow at altitude. 17 of the 27 miles of my commute was under snow tires or chains controls today. On the way to work I and my two carpoolers saw two 4x4 pickup trucks that had lost control and gone far enough off the road to require winching. On the way home we saw another 4WD vehicle in the same position.

We traversed the mountain in both directions without issue. At 60 PSI.

hey Brian, how was the ride with that psi? what kinda speeds were you going at? i'm just curious as another site I was on (for my civic) there were hypermilers (or the like) that would do all the same stuff to 7th gen civics (blocking for winter heat, psi calibrations some even did coolant bypasses on the t/b and additives and such)

I'm just curious as to what effect this kind of stuff has on the car.

I would think personally as seeing certain brands of tires undergoing 120-150 or more psi while trying to seat the beads 60 psi is nothing....I can only see a problem with "over-inflation" if high speed was involved and the over-inflation was not performed prior to balancing the wheel/tire set....as out of round issues would appear.

I'm wanting to understand the reasoning and logic behind this instead of persecute and judge.