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Originally Posted by EyesofFreedom
First of all the car is an 02 so it is unlikely they are the same tires as when it rolled out of the factory.Secondly this is a recommended tire pressure on the plate...not mandatory. Third is that the pressure max listed on a tire is what is known as "cold pressure" The tire is designed to run at max psi under max weight when checked cold...however it is extremely rare to max out the weight rating on the tire ever! And to answer you question, I am a retired mechanic...so I know about tires and recommended practices and uses...plus since then I have become a professional driver and recently was awarded my 1,000,000 mile accident free incident free award...and part of any good pre-trip inspection is a tire check!Under 80,000 to 100,000 pounds that I normally carry I keep my steers at max 110psi and all others at 100psi max...and have never had a blow out so a 3000 pound car will not have a problem running 40 psi in a 44psi rated tire!
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Retired or not, I am going to make a guess that the engineers who designed the car know just a bit more about it than you do. They did after all perform all the calculations and design the car. You just fixed them. Again, not trying to be rude, but there is a big difference between repairing and creating. Yes, the pressures are marked as cold and they will rise once up to temp. My cold pressures are 25 and rise to 38 hot.
If you just ask any tire shop to replace the tires, they will use a stock spec tire. And while it may not be exactly the same, the tire size is not any different, so the presures don't need to be changed.
Good job on driving 1 million miles without an accident. We need more people like that on the road.