Ride comfort

[1Marauder]

Tire pressure is always a trade-off between comfort, handling, and tread wear. The factory usually errs on the side of comfort. Most cars will benefit from a modest increase in pressure from the factory recommendation, if handling and tread wear are considered over comfort. I put mine at 38 and it seems to be right for me.

FYI, the '03 cars were spec'd at 32 lbs all around while the '04s were spec'd at 35. Gee, I wonder why...

Sorry to be a dunce... I will go out and increase my air t 34 in front and 35 in back.

[Accumulator]

Sorry to be a dunce... I will go out and increase my air t 34 in front and 35 in back.

Oops, I wasn't paying attention...absolutely didn't intend to single out anybody's psi

FWIW, I'd be more concerned about the *fronts* having adequate pressure, since they're what'll be working if/when that Emergent Situation That'll Never Happen really does happen, but that's just me and I'm not trying to come across like a know-it-all or say what others oughta do.

There are just *so many* wrecks, including *rollovers* these days, despite all the "driver's aids", and low tire pressure is a major contributing factor.

FYI, the '03 cars were spec'd at 32 lbs all around while the '04s were spec'd at 35. Gee, I wonder why...

Hey, interesting, thanks for posting it. I'd missed that about the '03s being at 32psi (was still driving 9C1s back then), and by the time I was in a Panther I was just using the VDI recommendation. The timing is quite a coincidence given (IIRC) the date of the VDI study. With all the rollovers related to Fords I guess they finally started taking the topic more seriously. Low psi = cushy ride = increased sales of certain vehicles only goes so far when the customers are dying. [sarcasm] Oh, right...it was those Firestone tires.." [/sarcasm]

And yeah, 38psi is a good middle ground even by goofy standards like mine and it's what I run in the P71 for around-town. I'd catch some [crap] from the VDI folks, but they're not buying my tires.