Hello,
Helium is too 'light' (even under pressure...) reduces control on the
road.... well known fact!
cyrille
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Well put Cyrill!!! I love this nitrogen in the tires bs everytime it
comes
up. It's shite.
What about filling the tires with helium????
Geoff Branch
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> Hello,
>
> I say (actually, I SHOUT) BULL****
>
> Let us say it was even remotely true...
> I fill my tires with 'air', ie: 80% nitrogen, 20% o2...
> After 2 month, the o2 went away and I lost 20% of my tire pressure
(which
> with 30 PSI would bring me down to 24PSI, really close to the
recomanded
> 26~28 PSI for the car anyway...
> I refill the missing 20% with 'air', I now have 96% Nitrogen and 4%
o2,
> which, even if it went away would only bring my tire pressure to
28.8PSI,
> largely within the tolerances for the crappy pressure gages that we
are
> using, or the normal cold/hot changes..
> But let us say, I refilled a 1/3 time, I now have 99.2% Nitrogen in my
> tires and .08% o2... not really a problem, and it did not cost me $8!
> Cyrille
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