---- Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote:
quite a lot, almost all of which I agree with.  One quibble:

>the car owners often won't
>  that's why they have Tire Pressure Monitoring on new cars how ...car
> owner/operators are too dumb/lazy to check their tire pressures.   I used to
> tell my customers 'somebody' has to check the tire pressures between service
> visits.  If not the owner , then who ?    You can go to the full service gas
> pump and ask them to do it in a lot of places...

I have tire pressure monitoring on a Prius.  I live in a place where ambient temperature in winter can vary over a 70 F range in a single week.  I have always checked my tire pressures once a week, in the garage (usually around 45 - 50 F in winter, almost regardless of outside temperature).  If I happen to leave the car outside overnight for some reason, or even sitting outside for an extended period in daytime on a cold day, the monitor will show low tire pressure.

Where is there a "full service gas pump"?  None within miles and miles (hundreds) of me.  Air at gas stations that have it here is SOLD, $0.50 a shot.  Same price applies, Vanagon or Prius.  Of course, I supply my own under normal circumstances.

David McNeely