If they want to save gas, then helium, being lighter than air, would be a
better choice, right?
What silliness. Much more interesting is the work Amerityre is doing to develop
polyurethane tires for passenger cars. Supposed to be smoother riding, longer
wearing, lower rolling resistance, cooler running, higher heat handling, and
cheaper to produce than rubber tires. Also, not UV sensitive (boat owners
rejoice!), and chemically inert (greenpeace rejoice!). They passed the FMVSS
tests with protoype passenger car tires in 2004. I would presume they are
pretty close to being able to certify production tires.
http://www.oemoffhighway.com/article/article.jsp?siteSection=2&id=304
David
-----Original Message-----
>From: Paul Nimz <pnimz@v8sho.com>
>Sent: Aug 1, 2006 11:03 PM
>To: `V6 SHOtimes <SHOtimes@autox.team.net>, Bill Strobel <theamcguy@yahoo.com>
>Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Re Nitrogen in Tires
>
>This was on the front page of the local newspaper tonight as a way to save
>gas. You know it's being huffed and puffed now.
>
>Paul
>
>
>On 8/1/2006 9:07:59 PM, Bill Strobel (theamcguy@yahoo.com) wrote:
>> Pure nitrogen is better for tire stability than regular air, but the
>> reason you are hearing so much about it is because the machines are being
>> sold to garages as the next big money maker. A shop invests in the
>> machine they gotta get their money back and then make a profit on it.
>> Every month the trade magazines tout the profitability of a nitrogen tire
>> filling machine in your shop. The shops hope it will be the next big
>> seller. The number one profit generator in the shops today, fluid change
>> machines. Brake, transmission, cooling, rear axle, power steering, all
>> these machines have been developed and sold. The fluid change is being
>> oversold and it is a big profit generator. Some shops are foregoing most
>> labor intensive stuff just concentrating on brakes, shocks, and fluid
>> changes. The nice thing about the nitrogen tire filler, once you buy the
>> machine, the product you sell is free.
>> It's all marketing. They dream up the machines, build them, then develop
>the customer
>> to want the product. No one that grew up in the 50s and 60s would of ever
>dreamed people would pay a dollar for a bottle of water. Now bottled water
>almost sells as much as Coke and Pepsi. Pure marketing. The hype has just
>started on the nitrogen, it
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