Triumph made their tire pressure suggestions in the early 70's, times and tires
have changed a bit since then.
Also, car manufacturers have usually been more interested in a "safe", quiet,
comfortable ride than performance, tire wear, or MPG. They often specifically
downgraded front traction in order to avoid any remote possibility of oversteer
(which surely any normal driver would be clueless to deal with, in their
opinion - not to mention lawyers).
Besides, you may like the quieter more comfortable ride that lower pressures
will give you even though it will cost more in fuel and worn tires and be
"differently safe".
Ed McGuirk
76 TR6
86 Rx7
88 MR2 Supercharged
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Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 14:51:09 +0100
From: Bert Van der Stee <bvdstee1@yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: Tire pressure
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Still a mistery to me is why my TR6 manual advices a lot less pressure -
also for radial tubeless tires but with the smaller width.
But what the heck, that's why it is a British car for, isn't it ?
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