Nitrogen Tire Inflation

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10-16-2009, 03:13 PM

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jeffs396

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Originally Posted by Jeff®

The van der Waals radius between the two molecules is a mere 3 pm. For leakage through an inch of steel over 100,000 years this may make a few seconds of difference, but for a tire it is less than neglegable.

I keep telling my kids this little tidbit of info that everyone should know, but they don't want to listen!

10-16-2009, 03:43 PM

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JoeR

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Originally Posted by HHR_style

Nobody is saying nitrogen is exempt from any laws Doc. All we're saying is it expands & contracts less than common 'air' out of a gas station air hose. 'Less' is the key word here, not 'exempt'.

Doc??

I ain't no Doc.

Just an engineer with an education.

Your reference to "less" is wrong.... period!

I hate to get into pissin' matches here over tech issues, but sometimes I just can't resist. Especially when opinions are based upon myth, lore, "heard from a friend, etc." and often just marketing hype. My only goal is to steer you folks to the facts and science and possibly save you some valuable $$$$ to spend on something actually useful. No personal offense intended... just the wrong info that comes up all the time.

As far as nitrogen is concerned: Educate yourself for your own benefit. Search the interwebz, but don't believe anything from anyone who stands to profit.

10-16-2009, 05:27 PM

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We used to have free Radio and TV now we pay for Dish and XM.. Now they have figured a way to be charging for air Nitrogen and water bottled? Where will it stop.

Next they will tax me for taking a leak. LOL!

With air my tires do not change more than 1-2 ponds for what it is worth. I also lose about 1 pound over 8 months. Most wheels and valves will leak more Nitrogen than will seep through the tire anyway.

10-16-2009, 05:36 PM

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Next they will tax me for taking a leak. LOL!

Some airports charge you to poop.

10-16-2009, 06:14 PM

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Some airports charge you to poop.

It's just a matter of time.... pee or poop anywhere will cost you!

'n' the gummit will start hitting us with a "Breathing Tax", too!

10-16-2009, 06:20 PM

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hyperv6

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DC keeps shoveling poop on me and it just keeps costing me more money. LOL!

10-16-2009, 06:33 PM

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omg!!! lol!!! The green caps. I bought my Armada last year, nice and clean, but it had these ugly green valve caps, I was like....what did they run out of black ones!!!! lol Time to go look in the mirror and lol at myself.....

10-16-2009, 07:17 PM

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some of these nitrogen filled tires on the new cars have a sensor in the cap/w sending unit belive it or not..we went to put air in the tire and the caps were on so tight from the factory we broke the damn thing tryin to get it off..70$ later...for a valve cap....