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Originally posted by DaveInLA:
So you're saying the pressure will eventually stabilize? This is normal in new tires?
I just put on new Michelin Exalto A/S's yesterday and they seemed to have dropped a pound overnight from 32 to 31 an even 30 in 1 tire..I think there may be some truth to what GMguy is saying.
Seems like every tire I have ever had has never been quite right for a little bit right after I have them installed...either a little jittery, losing some air, rough etc...case in point...I bought some Goodyear Comfortreads back in December...never felt quite right..after a few weeks they started to feel pretty smooth....discovered the knumbskulls at Town Fair Tire put 3 of 1 size on my car and 1 of another
When they replaced it with the right size the jittery unbalanced feeling came back. I went to another dealer(Sullivan Tire) and asked them to balance the tire...guy spun it up and said it was dead on...he said that tires need a bit of time to adjust to the vehicle they are on, let the bead set, basically wear in bit...was he feeding me a line
Dunno...I didn't listen to him and swapped them out for some Michelin HydroEdges....
This time it was odd...tires felt great right off the bat but a week later they started to feel rough and unbalanced...had some issues with the psi also being high low, whatever..never seemed to stay constant..rather than run to the shop again to say that my tires are out of balance(ok I did
but that detracts from my point..do I have one?) I just put miles on them...by the time I bought my alloy rims the Edges were running nice and smooth(loud as anything buy smooth)
Kept the Edges on my steel wheels and bought the Exalto's to put on my alloys....same deal as the Comfys..these tires feel pretty jittery on the highway with vibes in the wheel and gas pedal...I'm going to hang in there and just put miles on them based on my experience with the Edges and what the Sullivan tire guy told me...hopefully they'll follow the same course as the Edges and smooth out
Sorry for the marathon post just to say...yeah, new tires seem to need a learning curve..then again I might not now what the heck I'm talking about either
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