New Cars Will Monitor Tire Pressure

An effective and easy method to improve mileage in your car is to ensure your tires are properly inflated. This will increase the performance of your tires as well. Unfortunately, it’s something not a lot of people do very regularly

Between 1994 and 1998, the number of respondents who had checked the tire pressure of their most frequently used vehicle in the month preceding the survey dropped by six percent. In 1998, 67 percent of respondents checked their tire pressure six or fewer times each year. Of these, 35 percent checked tire pressure three or fewer times, and less than a third of the respondents checked their tire pressure 10 or more times in the year preceding the survey. -Natural Resources Canada

Luckily all US 2008 cars will be equipped with a tire pressure monitoring system, or TPMS to make it sound cool.

This is great news however, as the system will tell drivers when they need to inflate their tires via a small warning light. It’s great for us lazy drivers who don’t particularly want to check tire pressure every week.

“Starting in all 2008 models, autos sold in the U.S. will be equipped with a TPMS, or tire pressure monitoring system. When your tire pressure is low, your car will automatically warn you by lighting up a signal on your console.” - Treehugger

via Green Family & Treehugger

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