ChevyMgr

For people who have nitrogen in tires, what are you charged if you have a flat and they need to refill with nitrogen. BTW I don't use it my tires.

08bowtie

on a street car the advantage of nitrogen is so small its not worth talking about mush less 3 pages of threads

on the space shuttle - yes
on a aircraft - yes
on the #88 car - yes

in your HHR - no

843de

"what are you charged if you have a flat and they need to refill with nitrogen"

To answer your question, not one thin dime, ever. That being said some places do charge for it, but you can avoid them, and you can always refill a tire with straight air.

As to the advantages in a street car, probably minor at best, but I do believe it has benefits and I'll continue to use it...after all its a free country and we're entitled to our beliefs including what we put in out tires.

Greybeard999

I put air pollution in my tires...... 4 extra horsepower!

Laco

When I put new tires on, they filled with nitrogen. They will check and refill as necessary with nitrogen once a month at no charge. If I were on the road and needed to have a tire repaired, and it was refilled with atmospheric air, I would lose no sleep over it.

08bowtie

its not what you put in yours thats important - its the pressure
poo gas will work as long as the pressure is right

jay loukakis

In Hemet ,Calif. the summer temp. many days at 115f driveing on hot asphalt I dont want to take a chance so I had my HHR filled with Nitrogen cost $8.00 per tire my life may be not worth much more than that but blowing a tire you never know where your car may end up, so Why take a chance, you probaly pay that much for car wax.

Kevin3492

My $0.02, the debate over the temperature coefficient of Nitrogen vs. atmospheric air is misguided, as well as the "larger" molecule, less leakage argument.

What IS indisputable, is the fact that when atmospheric air is compressed, the moisture in the air is also compressed. This moisture is then inserted into your tires where it will certainly find your expensive TPMS sensors. This moisture, combined with the effects of oxygen, will "eventually" cause problems with the sensors internals.

So, if your N2 source is free or cheap, I'd definitely go for it. Otherwise, I evaluate the cost of N2 + refills versus the potential cost of a new sensor after warranty.

YMMV!

Lucky

I like this answer best so far

Father Azmodius

The crap dealership I bought mine from does all 4 for 30$. For street use the only advantage I see is what Kevin said. Air is roughly 4/5ths nitrogen anyway (78% if I remember correctly). The only things I run nitrogen in are my paintball gun, and phone cables at work. Nitrogen is also great for tool air since it's inherently dry.