Comment on 4 leaky tires on the same rental, overfilled to compensate
benignintervention@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
I had to get new pressure sensors for my old car and decided to roll new tires into it. A mile and a half out of the shop the light popped on and I pulled over to find out that the tech over pressurized one of the tires to 55psi and busted one of the new sensors
Buffalox@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
The VW ID.4 uses actual/expected rotational speed to calculate pressure.
No sensor to ruin there.
benignintervention@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
That honestly makes more sense. Mine had the sensors attached to the air valve which sync’d with the car wirelessly and they’d fail for any reason
Buffalox@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
I must admit I’m a bit of an VW fanboy, I just bought an ID.4 and is waiting for it be ready to drive home.
It is such a brilliant piece of engineering in so many ways, I am very impressed with what VW achieved with that car.
Goddam the driving of that car is excellent! 😀 😎
tgf@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
I guess my old car (from 2005) does the same thing. Has no tyre pressure sensors but gave me a tyre pressure fault on time. Turned out my rear left had a small leak. Error light came on at 1.6 bar (rears are supposed to be at 2.1-2.3)
Buffalox@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Seems to me it did the job, maybe not as accurate, but it’s a way simpler system and less error prone.