And Another (Car) Thing
Tire pressure: a vitally important contributor to vehicle handling, safety, and fuel economy — and not just for Explorer owners.
Why, then, does everything surrounding its maintenance seem so stone-age stupid? Put this little stick on, watch where it pops up. Okay, now some air — not too much now — now do the stick again. Is it enough? Wait — have you been driving this? Are you using the “at rest” psi or the warm one?
True, there are some lovely cars that will show you their tire pressure right on the dash, which some hope to make even more practical.
Which is great, but what about when you have to fill the damn thing? Where are the advances in air compressors? Why can’t I drive up, right now, in any car and find a pump that lets me type in the pressure? I could attach the head, and the pump would then alternately fill and measure until the tire was correctly inflated. In future, this could be done with even less work as the car wirelessly told the pump the appropriate pressure based upon data.
But even now, I don’t see why I should ever have to bend down and use a gauge. That shit may have been cool in the days of full service fill-ups, but that time has passed.