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Hi All:

___I think you are going to like this one :D

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/2/Kacey_G_Tires_at_80.jpg
08 HCH-II at xx psi above placard???

___Good Luck

___Wayne

LOL! I've seen mine do that at times.

Nice...

Jess

How many PSI does it take to do that? At 42-45 psi mine won't even begin to approach that.

Charlie

^^top secret :D

My Insight will do that and I'm pretty sure you don't even want to know what I run in that car's tires. ;)

Day-um. I'd go test mine if we had those sloped gullies
around here, which we generally don't.
.
_H*

My Insight will do that and I'm pretty sure you don't even want to know what I run in that car's tires. ;)
My car does that and I don't want to shock anyone with the psi in my tires. I'll give a clue though: I like to consider the glass as half full.;):D

I have 50 in mine & I bet they will do that..


Pics tomorrow to see if I'm right:D

My car does that and I don't want to shock anyone with the psi in my tires. I'll give a clue though: I like to consider the glass as half full.;):D


And I bet your Tire Pressure Warning light is on too. :D

How many PSI does it take to do that? At 42-45 psi mine won't even begin to approach that.

Charlie

I hooked up the gauge and it read, "Hi Wayne!"




Day-um. I'd go test mine if we had those sloped gullies
around here, which we generally don't.
.
_H*

I don't normally park near ones like these and the ones I'm used to are shorter so that caught my eye.




And I bet your Tire Pressure Warning light is on too. :D

Thankfully the Honda engineers met Wayne/someone with his idea of proper pressures.

now we can get a visual on why tread wear is even at higher pressures

I figured I would add my own David Blaine impersonation as well............:eek:

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/500/medium/IMG00293-20091005-1256.jpg

Love those Michelin MXV4s.

Running at placard pressure...above placard. :D

"I pitty the foo' who run placard" :)

Hi All:

___I received an interesting phone call from Kacey earlier this afternoon describing an incident that brought his Midland’s Honda Hybrid back to earth in a catastrophic sort of way. Levitaiton no more!

___According to a report from the scene, while the HCH-II in question was on the way to Kacey's parents for Christmas, some kind of metal pin jumped out in front of one of his HCH-II’s rear tires and committed suicide!

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/2/Kacey_HCH-II_Levitaiton_comes_to_an_end.jpg

___It is a good thing he knows how to work a jack and what a wonderful way to spend Christmas while on the side.

___Good Luck

___Wayne

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/2/Kacey_HCH-II_Levitaiton_comes_to_an_end.jpg


Wear on the tire seems a bit uneven, much higher on the top edge in that picture than on the opposite side. An alignment might be in order.

It was a front tire, the alignment was corrected at about 16k miles, damage done, it is the outside edge.

I'm not sure if they will repair it, I kinda hope so because the other 3 have plenty of life left with just 32k miles on the clock.

This was the first time a wheel has come off this car since it left the factory.

With such extreme tire pressures, would that not have a negative effect on the car's suspension? I run mines at 40 psi and that is a concern for me also the ride is very rough. I am thinking of putting back down to 36psi. Any comments?

Hi Linx3566:

___Ever hit a pothole at 100 mph in anything? Your suspension was designed for it ;) I have never heard of anyone having a suspension problem as that is one area of a vehicle that is more than just "fairly" robust :) Over 500,000 miles of above the placard...

___Good Luck

___Wayne

That tire was probably on the back for the first 15000miles and rotated to the front? Camber issue? Hal

In my experience higher pressures in the tires cause you to feel the bumps more. I'm sure firmer tires are causing more wear-and-tear on suspension components: a softer tire deflects more, transmits less of the impacts.

If you're concerned, I'd say play the balancing act: raise the pressures, but not too much. And take it easy, slow to a crawl going over speed bumps (I despise them!), watch out for depressed manhole lids, etc. We're running around 44 psi on our current all-weather Nokian WRG2's, and use similar pressure on our (still the OEM) summer Bridgestone Insignia Se200_02's.

That pressure does transmit the bumps though.

That tire was probably on the back for the first 15000miles and rotated to the front? Camber issue? Hal

That was the first time a wheel was off the car since it left the factory in late 2008. There was an alignment issue that was both introduced and corrected within the first 10k miles.