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  • Posted by Aeronca 1 year, 5 months ago
    Yes bad alignment or very low pressure. Is the tire cupping in the middle or edge worn? Cupping is over inflation, edge wear is under inflation / bad alignment. Or a Chinese tire. Or a garage pulled a fast one on you?
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    • Posted by mhubb 1 year, 5 months ago
      yup
      a slow leak can do it, not noticed
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      • Posted by $ gharkness 1 year, 5 months ago
        I have a slow leak in my right rear tire that I watch like an eagle. My display tells me what the pressure is on all four, so when it starts getting a bit lower, I go get in line at Discount Tire and they air it up. But I do know I have to go actually get the leak fixed. There's just always something "better" to do.
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    • Posted by $ 25n56il4 1 year, 5 months ago
      I did get a low tire signal and had air put in it recently. Odd, that was at my dealer's place and they are supposedly rotating my tires when I get the oil changed! Maybe not. My grandson pitched a fit! I wouldn;t be surprised if my car disappeared and came back with 4 new tires. He's neurotic about me! Thanks to everyone for the comments. I'll have it checked out this week. Need an oil change anyway. Interestingly I didn't drive it for several week and when I tried to back out the steering was frozen. This vehicle doesn't have steering fluid it works off the battery which is really fabulous. I was quoted $1500 to fix my steering rack and I waited a few days, started it up again and nothing was wrong with the steering. It healed itself but I bet those tires don't do that. And wow, the price of tires! N
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  • Posted by $ Radio_Randy 1 year, 5 months ago
    My wife hit a manhole cover that actually broke the alloy rim. We simply replaced the tire and rim.

    About a year later, that tire's tread was nearly gone and we discovered she had broken her suspension, as well.
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  • Posted by $ Thoritsu 1 year, 5 months ago
    Not sure what the "Nitrogen tires" text means, but nitrogen is wholly unnecessary. Do not waste your money.

    The main function of nitrogen in race car tires is to eliminate the humidity (water) that is in air. This humidity can affect tire pressure when the tires get hot racing. Passenger car tires do not get this hot, and the minor variation in pressure is not significant.
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    • Posted by TheRealBill 1 year, 4 months ago
      They get hot enough down here in Texas. 🫠

      I can follow 5-6 pounds of change over the course of one trip out. Hell in Idaho summers you tracked two with nitro and two with plain air. Sitting still I could track 3-4 pounds difference between direct and indirect sunlight.

      While it makes a more noticeable immediate difference on the track, the difference it makes in daily driving is tire wear.

      And since I’ve never had to pay extra for nitrogen in either state, it isn’t too expensive to me for that difference. :)
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  • Posted by lkparkerjr 1 year, 5 months ago
    I purchased a full set of firestone tires for my wife's car a year ago. Right off the bat, she gets a flat from a nail. Patched. Then another flat with a screw. Another tire from the same DOT #Batch soon gets a flat from a nail. These tires were produced during the Covid lockdown. I suspect either the tire compound or the cure process of this set of tires was bad. Firestone gave us a replacement set of tires ensuring their DOT # was not similar to the last set. Nearly a year later -- no problem.
    Long story short. One tire can be poorly cured or poorly compounded (like from another manufacturing batch DOT#) with the result -- poor wear.
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  • Posted by term2 1 year, 5 months ago
    for what its worth, there IS a reason for it, even though it might be difficult to find that reason.
    complicated- 1) could be bad tire manufacture, 2) geometry of the right front end might be off, 3) "wearing out" isnt very specific in terms of what is worn out exactly, etc. etc
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  • Posted by Snakecane 1 year, 5 months ago
    Could the issue be related to "open" vs. "limited slip" differentials on front wheel drive cars in combination with lots of winter driving? In a warm climate a driver might not be aware of this, but getting stuck in snow or ice in winter brings up the issue. Pure speculation on my part. I'm no car expert.
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  • Posted by $ Stormi 1 year, 4 months ago
    I have a Camaro, and rarely have any tire issues. My sensors tell me if any are low, and i can address that. I also have my tires rotated regularly as part of chick ups. My husband drives a Challenger with no tire pressue gauge, so I literally have to tell him if one looks low, and we add air. Also,if you make the same direction turns repeatedly, you may cause one tire to wear faster, unless you rotate tiares.
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