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Tire Pressure Theory
I've been doing some reading on using a higher PSI than the manufacturer recommends. It seems the results are the opposite of what people are experiencing. Instead of wearing out the middle and experiencing "irregular" tread wear, people have reported no unusual wear and even wearing of the tires. Also, blowouts appear to occur for under inflated tires rather than overinflated ones when tire rack and other sites state that overinflated tires were more prone to damage from potholes and other debris.
My theory is that overinflated tires are not experiencing irregular wear due to the driver's hypermiling techniques e.g. driving without brakes and coasting in neutral. If an "aggressive" driver were to drive up to a red light and brake with properly inflated tires and drove in the same manner on overinflated tires, wouldn't he be experiencing irregular wear.
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Threaded Mode
