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Costco - puts nitrogen in tires for free as well as some dealerships







Why Nitrogen?
The Get Nitrogen Institute Web site says that with nitrogen tire inflation, drivers will note improvements in a vehicle's handling, fuel efficiency and tire life. All this is achieved through better tire-pressure retention, improved fuel economy and cooler-running tire temperatures, the institute says.
This sounds great in theory but let's take a closer look at each of those claims.

• Better tire-pressure retention: Over time, a tire will gradually lose pressure. Changes in temperature will accelerate this. The general rule of thumb is a loss of 1 psi for every 10-degree rise or fall in temperature. The institute says that nitrogen has a more stable pressure, since it has larger molecules than oxygen that are less likely to seep through the permeable tire walls.
  
  In 2006, Consumer Reports conducted a year-long study to determine how much air loss was experienced in tires filled with nitrogen versus those filled with air. The results showed that nitrogen did reduce pressure loss over time, but it was only a 1.3 psi difference from air-filled tires. Among 31 pairs of tires, the average loss of air-filled tires was 3.5 psi from the initial 30 psi setting. Nitrogen-filled tires lost an average of 2.2 psi from the initial setting. Nitrogen won the test, but not by a significant margin.
• Improved fuel economy: The EPA says that under-inflated tires can lower gas mileage by 0.3 percent for every 1 psi drop in pressure of all four tires. The theory is that since nitrogen loses pressure at a slower rate than air, you are more likely to be at the correct psi and therefore get better fuel economy.
  
  If you are proactive and check your tire pressure at least once a month, you can offset this difference with free air, and you won't need expensive nitrogen. We think this invalidates the "better fuel economy with nitrogen" argument.
  
  For many people, however, this kind of maintenance is easier said than done. Most people either forget to regularly check and top off their tires, or never learned how to do it in the first place. Even Edmunds employees (typically a pretty car-savvy group) were under-inflating or over-inflating their tires, according to a tire-pressure study we conducted a few years ago.
  
  And though tire-pressure monitoring systems (TPMS) now come standard on cars, a 2009 National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) study found that only 57 percent of vehicles with TPMS had the correct tire pressure. That's because most systems are only meant to signal that a tire has very low pressure, not to show that the pressure is optimal.
• Cooler running temperatures: When air is pressurized, the humidity in it condenses to a liquid and collects in the air storage tank you use at the local gas station. When you add compressed air to the tire, the water comes along for the ride. As the tire heats up during driving, that water changes to a gas, which then expands, increasing tire pressure. Because nitrogen is dry, there is no water in the tire to contribute to pressure fluctuations.
  
  But this fluctuation in temperature isn't as significant as you might think. A 2008 ExxonMobil study plotted the changes in temperature over the course of various inflation pressures. The lines on the graph were virtually on top of each other. In other words, the change in temperature when using nitrogen was negligible.
• Prevent wheel rot: Nitrogen proponents will also point out that water in a tire can lead to wheel rot. A tire engineer who anonymously maintains Barry's Tire Tech, a blog on a number of tire issues, says this isn't really a problem with modern cars.
  
  "Alloy wheels don't really have a problem with water inside the tire," the engineer writes in a post on nitrogen inflation. "They are coated to keep aluminum from forming aluminum oxide, which forms a crust, which isn't very attractive. But even then, this crust protects the aluminum from further corrosion from the water."
  
  Where wheels have problems is when the aluminum alloy contacts steel, such as the steel spring clip used on wheel weights. It's a particular issue when salt is present, the engineer writes. "But this problem is totally independent of the inflation gas," he says. "Steel wheels only have a problem if the paint is damaged."

-found on Edmunds website in just under 15 seconds

 

Is that hard to comeback off the wheel

 

I already posted that

 

watch his other videos

 

No. Check out the YouTube channel. It peels off fairly easy once you want it to peel back. They show it on some of the videos.

 

Congrats! On one awesome looking Tacoma!

 

technically normal has only has 78%.

 

What a way to mess up a perfectly good looking truck. Maybe it is the color. The grill does not look that bad on silver

 

Its does look bad in general. I mean it looks like its wearing braces. I'd plastic-dip that B*tch if possible. It should look a lot better in all black

 

So says idiot 1 and 2. Go troll on someone else's thread!

 

Sorry sam. Didnt mean to put down ur truck. The grille is not my taste but each their own. Congrats on the truck. You have one and i dont. I hope the prices come down soon

 

Idiot....................Just because someone voices their personnal view on the sytle of the Tacoma they have to be an idiot. Sam you need to get a grip. Anyway, congrats on your truck

 

Now those are words I can live with " The grille is not my taste but each their own" instead of "It does look bad in general. I mean it's like wearing braces"! I embrace the new front end and like the aggressive look. But then again I liked the big grill when Dodge started it a few years ago.

and really enjoyed Viking15's comment!!! Kinda like saying " your wife has a good personality but she's fat!". I've shot up furniture for less!!! LOL

 

I appreciate that everyone has an opinion and we all know what those are worth. It's a well know fact on this forum that the waffle grill is not liked by many. I can't say that I love it either but I haven't seen it in person. From what I'm reading, many say its not as bad in person. I'm getting the Limited in a couple days and I do like that grill very much. I'm happy everyone is getting their new Tacos and am confident the 3rd Gens will start growing on everyone more and more.

 

I like the grill smoked like that

 

exactly

https://youtu.be/yCkSJhCD6SA

No offense to you Sam.

 

If it's all the same to you Sam, I'm leaving the horse. Ok?

 

Get a load of this guy. Ohhhhh I am shaking in my boots

 

Can you comment on the headlights at night? Are the beams long and wide? Light up pretty good? Thank you.

 

How about not saying anything unless it's positive? Everyone gets it, the grill is less than desirable to some.