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Old 11-14-2019, 06:52 PM   #1
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New tires and Nitrogen :)

Hey Everyone,

I recently had new tires put on one of my rigs. The gent at the tire store recommended that I have my tires filled with Nitrogen for an extra $60.

I told him that I preferred running 80% Nitrogen and 20% Oxygen.

He responded that special equipment was required to do that and they were not equipped to fill my tires with 80% Nitrogen and 20% Oxygen.

I am looking for a new tire shop


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Hey Everyone,

I recently had new tires put on one of my rigs. The gent at the tire store recommended that I have my tires filled with Nitrogen for an extra $60.

I told him that I preferred running 80% Nitrogen and 20% Oxygen.

He responded that special equipment was required to do that and they were not equipped to fill my tires with 80% Nitrogen and 20% Oxygen.

I am looking for a new tire shop

That's pretty funny...

There are advantages to using Nitrogen but...

I'm spoiled -- we have a Nitrogen cart at work for that...

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Old 11-15-2019, 06:59 AM   #3
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60 bucks that's a steal! I'm sad at how many ways uneducated consumers get ripped off just for not knowing better. Don't get me started on premium unleaded!
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Old 11-15-2019, 07:14 AM   #4
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I just put air in my tires.. and do this thing called a good ole fashioned Pre-Trip before a good sized ride and adjust for changing climate as i travel..
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I told him that I preferred running 80% Nitrogen and 20% Oxygen.

He responded that special equipment was required to do that and they were not equipped to fill my tires with 80% Nitrogen and 20% Oxygen.
Sorry, we can't supply you with any solid dihydrogen monoxide - you need special equipment for that.
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Old 11-15-2019, 07:46 AM   #6
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What's wrong with premium unleaded?!? LOL I know when I got tires on my Wrangler they were always trying to push me to go nitrogen knowing full well I offloaded and aired down so I'd have to keep paying to get topped up. They must have thought I was an average dumb customer but I think as far as dumb customers go I'm well above average!
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Old 11-15-2019, 07:48 AM   #7
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60 bucks that's a steal! I'm sad at how many ways uneducated consumers get ripped off just for not knowing better. Don't get me started on premium unleaded!
Premium is a necessity- if your compression ratio calls for it.
GM liked building cars that took high octane. Only two years of Miata take 87.
Is high octane as bad as seafoam?
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Premium is a necessity- if your compression ratio calls for it.
GM liked building cars that took high octane. Only two years of Miata take 87.
Is high octane as bad as seafoam?
Or Ford couldn't program your ECM right and it bugs out and requires premium to not knock all the time and now the ECMs are no longer made at all so you're stuck with it. Too bad there was a bulletin in 95 for free ECM replacement that the original owner never got done.
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Premium became a marketing thing and convinced millions of driver's that it is "better" fuel, rather than just being higher octane. The same marketing team also convinced people that high octane is better than low octane in engines that don't need it, and again that it helps keep your engine cleaner despite having the same detergent blend.

Seafoam, now that stuff you just pour right into your battery and is good for 10 horsepower. Works great on hybrids too, just dump it right into a nearby creek or stream.
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Premium is a necessity- if your compression ratio calls for it.
GM liked building cars that took high octane. Only two years of Miata take 87.
Is high octane as bad as seafoam?
Exactly. High octane has a purpose -- must of us don't need it but some engines are wound so tight they do.

Seafoam is just a ridiculously expensive way to buy kerosene/naptha -- straight up snake oil marketing... the MSDS tells the tale...

If you have super expensive tires and new wheels then the benefit of nitrogen is that it contains no moisture and no O2 thus minimal chance of corrosion. Ni is also more temperature stable so correct pressures stay correct longer = less maintenance.
Working on C-130's you can imagine where tire strength and pressure stability are important...
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Old 11-15-2019, 09:28 AM   #11
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Sorry, we can't supply you with any solid dihydrogen monoxide - you need special equipment for that.
Be careful with that stuff!

At a certain temperature it transitions to a very dangerous liquid that kills hundreds of children every year!
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Or Ford couldn't program your ECM right and it bugs out and requires premium to not knock all the time and now the ECMs are no longer made at all so you're stuck with it. Too bad there was a bulletin in 95 for free ECM replacement that the original owner never got done.
Don't you love how manufacturers do that?
Owners have to stay up on the tsb's. The dealer often will go out of their way to not let you know there's a tsb for your vehicle!
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"At a certain temperature it transitions to a very dangerous liquid that kills hundreds of children every year!"

Only in India--oh wait, that was antifreeze.

By the way, the atmosphere is 78% nitrogen right out of the sky.
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Premium became a marketing thing and convinced millions of driver's that it is "better" fuel, rather than just being higher octane. The same marketing team also convinced people that high octane is better than low octane in engines that don't need it, and again that it helps keep your engine cleaner despite having the same detergent blend.

Seafoam, now that stuff you just pour right into your battery and is good for 10 horsepower. Works great on hybrids too, just dump it right into a nearby creek or stream.

HAHAHAHA Seafoam, now that stuff you just pour right into your battery and is good for 10 horsepower. Works great on hybrids too, just dump it right into a nearby creek or stream.
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