Tire Pressure Max

[PetersRedYaris]

Not to bring you guys down, but, this is a really bad idea. Max pressure is called that for a reason. You do know your tires heat up with highway speeds so even putting them at 44 means they are running far higher than that with sustained speed. Setting them at 60PSI means they could go over 70 with summer heat and fast driving. Blow-out time!

[BailOut]

Originally Posted by PetersRedYaris

Not to bring you guys down, but, this is a really bad idea. Max pressure is called that for a reason. You do know your tires heat up with highway speeds so even putting them at 44 means they are running far higher than that with sustained speed. Setting them at 60PSI means they could go over 70 with summer heat and fast driving. Blow-out time!

Back in the 1970's you would have been right, Peter. However, since that time consumer tires have been steel belted which prevents this from happening. The worst that could happen on just about any modern tire is some uneven and/or early tread wear.

I commute over a mountain every day in snow or sun at 60 PSI without issue. As I mentioned earlier a fellow hypermiler who does a lot of highway driving just hit 85,000 miles on his RE92s, which is literally impossible at 32 PSI. We are just 2 out of a pool of folks that have been running at 60 PSI for quite some time now not only without issue but with several tangible benefits.