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Re:Why the $25,000 car is going extinct by bumby on Monday June 30, 2025 @10:49AM (#44424064)
TPMS essentially automates people checking their tires because the reality is most people do not do a walk around on their car before driving.

In theory, we could use a dipstick in our fuel tank but most of us prefer an automated gage.

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Re:Why the $25,000 car is going extinct by kube-system on Monday June 30, 2025 @06:22PM (#44428560)
Even if you do a walk around, under-inflated tires are typically not distinguishable from normally inflated tires. Especially on today's cars with shorter and stiffer sidewalls.

I had a rental Mercedes with a leak in a tire recently... a tire was at something like 15psi but looked visually the same as the other tires. I absolutely do a walk around on all of my rentals and take pictures, but I would have had no clue if it weren't for TPMS. I would have driven it until it failed.

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Re:Why the $25,000 car is going extinct by dgfitz on Saturday July 05, 2025 @08:28AM (#44472334)
It had already failed. You had run-flats on the car. They’re still visually apparent.
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