Pressure

One of the joys living in the north? When the temperature changes, aluminum wheels loose their binding to the tire and the tire will lose pressure. This is worse when the temperature thrashes: hot days followed by cold days followed by hot days.

I often ask: does owning a house really meet the American Dream? Part of the American Dream is owning a car. Remember the slogan: it is not just your car, it is your freedom! Just as with owning a house, owning a car is a lot of work and very expensive.

Fall and Spring time mean careful monitoring of tire pressure due to drastic temperature changes.

Making this season worse - my wife's can has a tire with a slow leak. It looses around 5 pounds per day. I fill it to 40 pounds and wait for her to tell me when the van's dashboard complains about a low tire so I can do it again. This last time she waited until the tire was almost completely flat before saying anything!

I just need to keep filling the tire until the van's service appointment. The mechanic will take the tire off and put it in a tub of water and look for an air bubble coming out of the tire. When he finds it, he will insert a patch that will stop the leak, an then attack my wallet for the service.