What do you fill your tyres with?

Well?

[olly6969]

custard

[zulu ferret]

Fresh air Nev mate. It's free, and always keep the small 12v inflator in her motor to top up regularly. No spending on this nitrogen malarky stuff, cos' I'm tight.

[zulu ferret]

If I feel like giving them a treat, then a shot from the breathing air cylinder.::

[zulu ferret]

That's when I haven't a date diving with HM, as it may be needed for that excursion you see/

Heh Heh.


Someone's "borrowed" my 12V compressor.
I have to use the service station compressor.
Still free here, if you can find one that works.

due to the data protection act i cannot answer the question at this time

Originally Posted by Nev

Heh Heh.


Someone's "borrowed" my 12V compressor.
I have to use the service station compressor.
Still free here, if you can find one that works.

there's plenty of free ones over here too

I only use cheap air from the supermarkets, cant be bothered with all that expensive fancy air

[zulu ferret]

We have to pay 10p a blast around here which is daylight robbery. Especially as she fills up on the forecourt and uses that paddle brush washmatic machine too! You'd think they would give her some air for free wouldn't you?

Originally Posted by zulu ferret

We have to pay 10p a blast around here which is daylight robbery. Especially as she fills up on the forecourt and uses that paddle brush washmatic machine too! You'd think they would give her some air for free wouldn't you?

the branded garages charge 20p round are way but the supermarkets still do it free

[73GTVJim]

Other.

I generally only use the gentle Sapphic breath of a dozen blonde virgins I keep for just this purpose. I find the tyres ride and grip better on virgin's breath so one has to be careful not to waste them.

However, if I'm stuck I'll pop 20p in the machine at the garage up the road.

[Gibbo]

My tyres are filled with Badger farts

[73GTVJim]

Originally Posted by Gibbo

My tyres are filled with Badger farts

I tried that once but don't you find it hard getting them to (a) fit properly on the valve and (b) encouraging them to break wind was a problem. I mean, it's no like saying to Happy "just start farting old chap" is it? Or was that just my poor technique in handling them?

To be honest, I'm happier with the virgins now.

[Keithy]

Originally Posted by Gibbo

My tyres are filled with Badger farts

Badger squeezer!

Ex-neighbour was RAF and they used "Badger!" as a 'love puff' euphamism.

So "My tyres are filled with fart farts"

[Dermo]

HM fills mine for me . But they get harder the more i drive her

[Anjenha]

good ol' regular compressed air. Supermarket or husbands compressor variety.

Cant afford anything else, as I am always having to pump up

[Gibbo]

Originally Posted by 73GTVJim

I tried that once but don't you find it hard getting them to (a) fit properly on the valve and (b) encouraging them to break wind was a problem. I mean, it's no like saying to Happy "just start farting old chap" is it? Or was that just my poor technique in handling them?

To be honest, I'm happier with the virgins now.

I didn't say it was easy

[Dave Brand]

Over many years of living in Royston Vasey I've found that the only air that works properly here is the local stuff. . .

. . . local air for local tyres.

I now have a compressor; I don't think it's as good as natural air from a footpump.

[baby278278]

Other - Screenwash.

[Hunter]

On a more serious (less humourous ) note, there are people that swear by nitrogen gas in their tyres... why is this Less compression of the gas, less leakage through the rubber due to molecule size

(I like the idea of maiden's breath too...but maidens from Bolton?!? )

Air using my lil 12V compressor, but before driving down to Epsom for the GWR, I thought I'll go & get a 'proper' didgy read out check at my local BP, stuck 20p in (as it has been for a while now) & nothing, so I abandoned it & went to fill up - I mentioned the machine to the woman at the counter & She informed me it is now 50P!!
When I raised a minor objection, She proceeded to lecture me on the imporatnace of correct tyre pressure & what price would I put on potentially saving lives!!

[jamesy]

I use hot air as the wife says Im full of it...............or was that Bull***t.

[Dave Brand]

Originally Posted by Hunter

On a more serious (less humourous ) note, there are people that swear by nitrogen gas in their tyres... why is this Less compression of the gas, less leakage through the rubber due to molecule size

I believe the big advantage, apart from reduced leakage, is that there's less pressure change as tyre temperature increases as nitrogen is a pure gas, free from the water vapour which is always present, to a greater or lesser degree, in compressed air. Not really too big a problem on road cars, but for a racing car it can make a small but significant difference.

[Dfens]

That's pretty much it; but I don't see how road tyre temperatures would really affect it.

Apparently if you were really flash you could once upon a time use sulphur hexafluoride. Massive molecule so no leakage, very good at dampening road noise, and thermally totally stable.

Problem was it was 22000 times better at global warming than CO2, so now banned.