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8-Jun-23 2:53

No, I was tired of the whole car shortly after starting the engine ... Big Grin | :-D

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fgs19638-Jun-23 2:02

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8-Jun-23 2:02

I thought y'all used the metric system? Shouldn't you be measuring in kilopascals or bar or some such nonsense? Confused | :confused:

den2k888-Jun-23 2:42

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8-Jun-23 2:42

We Europeans do, he's no longer European though.

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OriginalGriff8-Jun-23 2:56

8-Jun-23 2:56

I think in PSI, but I set the tyres in bar. Go figure, I can't!

den2k888-Jun-23 2:44

den2k88

8-Jun-23 2:44

Well, my tireshop owner inflated my tires at 3 bar. No wonder I had a bumpier and less gripping car about 6 months after I bought it, it's when I changed to M+S tires.

OriginalGriff8-Jun-23 3:00

8-Jun-23 3:00

The correct pressure setting(s) is normally on a sticker on the door pillar these days - I believe it was standardised some years ago?

obermd8-Jun-23 3:30

obermd

8-Jun-23 3:30

You would think this is the correct pressure. The problem is it's not. The correct pressure is always somewhere between the door placard sticker pressure and the maximum sidewall pressure on the tire.

For those who remember the Ford Explorer rollover fiasco a couple of decades ago, Firestone flat out stated that the door placard sticker on the Ford Explorer set the tire pressures so low that as soon as you put four adults in the vehicle you had overloaded the tires from a safety standpoint.

den2k888-Jun-23 4:54

den2k88

8-Jun-23 4:54

The differently intelligent mechanic uses the maximum pressure stated on the tire itself.

Nelek8-Jun-23 11:36

Nelek

8-Jun-23 11:36

I use those as a minimum and I add a bit more depending on sommer, winter, how is the average load...

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Eddy Vluggen8-Jun-23 3:11

Eddy Vluggen

8-Jun-23 3:11

OriginalGriff wrote:
I know nobody ever cares or even checks courtesy cars, but ... you'd think a garage would at least check occasionally.

For free?

That's not how capitalism works, is it? Maybe find a competing garage? Big Grin | :-D

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dandy728-Jun-23 3:20

dandy72

8-Jun-23 3:20

OriginalGriff wrote:
20psi, 60psi.

That's really both extremes, to the point of being seriously dangerous. One could easily just fall off the rim taking a curve too fast; the other could easily blow out hitting a pothole. Is the dealer trying to kill you?

If that's the sort of maintenance they're willing to put into their own courtesy car, you have to question what they'll be doing to yours.

Point it out when you bring it back to them.

OriginalGriff8-Jun-23 4:03

8-Jun-23 4:03

I pointed it out to them by email when I spotted it - and that the tyre pressure warning light hadn't gone out when I fixed 'em.

obermd8-Jun-23 3:30

obermd

8-Jun-23 3:30

Note to self: carry a tire pressure gauge when renting a car and check before driving off.

OriginalGriff8-Jun-23 4:04

8-Jun-23 4:04

It's a good idea - no other customer will have even looked at them since it was brand new. And it's unlikely the rental agency will either.

Gerry Schmitz8-Jun-23 3:32

Gerry Schmitz

8-Jun-23 3:32

That's what happens when you alternate filling car tires and bicycle tires (20-130 psi).

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jmaida8-Jun-23 9:22

jmaida

8-Jun-23 9:22

Courtesy cars are a different matter, but for one's own cars:
1. have easy to use tire pressure gauge which I use regularly.
2. have ready to use AC powered (when near my garage) air pump plugged into extension cord in garage.
3. about every 2 months (or sooner if tires don't look right) check and refill if necessary.
4. many moons ago filling stations made all of this really handy to do at the gas pump, but not any more, so I attempt to have it in or near my garage.

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Gary R. Wheeler8-Jun-23 13:41

Gary R. Wheeler

8-Jun-23 13:41

60 psi is 50% over the max tire pressure on my car. Normal pressure is 32 psi.

I'm amazed that the tire hasn't blown up on you.

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honey the codewitch7-Jun-23 23:29

7-Jun-23 23:29

Installing VS 2022 on my laptop. 35GB package.

1Gbit fiber Internet.
32GB of RAM @ 5600MHz
Samsung 990 Pro (fastest consumer NVMe on the market)
i9-13900HX

And it still feels like waiting in line at the DMV.

I think the unwritten rule of Microsoft software is it expands to consume all available resources. Mad | :mad:

Let's make your $3000+ laptop behave like an old i5.

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Richard MacCutchan7-Jun-23 23:36

Richard MacCutchan

7-Jun-23 23:36

I have a fairly average Dell i7 + 8Gb, with a medium speed internet. I cannot recall exactly how long the download and install took, but I think it was in the realm of minutes rather than hours.

honey the codewitch7-Jun-23 23:37

7-Jun-23 23:37

It heavily depends on what packages you install. I installed quite a few and the install took significantly longer than the download - about 10 minutes.

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Richard MacCutchan7-Jun-23 23:42

Richard MacCutchan

7-Jun-23 23:42

Here in England 10 minutes is considered time for a cup of tea. Speaking of which ... Big Grin | :-D

honey the codewitch7-Jun-23 23:52

7-Jun-23 23:52

I paid for a laptop like this specifically to avoid the coffee breaks.

It makes installing MS bloatware disappointing.

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Gary R. Wheeler8-Jun-23 13:45

Gary R. Wheeler

8-Jun-23 13:45

The problem with selecting lots of options is that not all of those come from Microsoft servers. Many of them are open source or come from other organizations. You are therefore limited to the bandwidth supported by all those different sources.

I did a fairly comprehensive install of VS2019 once, and it took several hours to download all the bits and pieces. There were over 100 sites involved in the process.

Software Zen: delete this;

honey the codewitch8-Jun-23 13:55