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FordGate 11-05-2018 09:51 AM


Originally Posted by rliles1 (Post 5972312)
I must be 78% smart then. I DO use 78% nitrogen.

Actually it is almost an inverse relationship compared to your age. When you are younger (and smartest of all) you use 100% nitrogen and then as you age and get dumber you get to the 78% nitrogen level. I am at the dumbest point to as I also use the 78% stuff. Good stuff - I sniff it too!


Napalm 11-05-2018 10:36 AM

Some nice responses here y'all.

Nissan wasn't the first to do the individual tire display as far as I know but no matter. Why the systems are integrated differently among brands or worse yet among models just pisses me off. Having worked in that line for a while. We would see system mod X on our spec sheet and it would have a feature list - and by damn if you didn't know someone working on a different model would have the same box but a updated feature list.

LIke TPMS - pissed me off no end that the 2012 focus we had only gave a NOID light for TPMS. In 2012 for crying out loud. I know full well that out of the box there is a number of CAN bus data bits it will present for use and you have to use them. It's like this on other cars too. Take the concept of an Engineering Mode (or MX mode if you will) and have a set of displays that you activate via some command set - so you can read on your gage things like I don't know. Fuel burn in gallons/hour or minute or hell L/ minute if that's your thing. OR Battery % via the BMS with voltage, current in or out. All these things are available to your Body Control Computer.

Either way yes that would be a nice feature - as long as you had stock tire sizes.

DeltaNu1142 11-05-2018 11:05 AM


Originally Posted by Napalm (Post 5972396)
Either way yes that would be a nice feature - as long as you had stock tire sizes.

You can set the “normal” tire PSI to whatever you would like in FORScan.

I find my TPMS readings match my little piston-style PSI meter. I think the horn honk on reaching rated PSI would be a great feature to have.

SPOAT 11-05-2018 11:15 AM

I love it when I rotate my tires. After a two mile (or so) run, the truck automatically relearns where the tire are. Brilliant!

doug97gxe 11-05-2018 11:49 AM


Originally Posted by Napalm (Post 5972396)
Some nice responses here y'all.

Nissan wasn't the first to do the individual tire display as far as I know but no matter. Why the systems are integrated differently among brands or worse yet among models just pisses me off. Having worked in that line for a while. We would see system mod X on our spec sheet and it would have a feature list - and by damn if you didn't know someone working on a different model would have the same box but a updated feature list.

LIke TPMS - pissed me off no end that the 2012 focus we had only gave a NOID light for TPMS. In 2012 for crying out loud. I know full well that out of the box there is a number of CAN bus data bits it will present for use and you have to use them. It's like this on other cars too. Take the concept of an Engineering Mode (or MX mode if you will) and have a set of displays that you activate via some command set - so you can read on your gage things like I don't know. Fuel burn in gallons/hour or minute or hell L/ minute if that's your thing. OR Battery % via the BMS with voltage, current in or out. All these things are available to your Body Control Computer.

Either way yes that would be a nice feature - as long as you had stock tire sizes.

that's why i said "one of the first" ;) and if you can find more than 5 car makers that did it before 2003 i would be shocked

dodgeman1 11-05-2018 01:09 PM

I had a car when the tire went flat at highway speeds it went "wop-wop-wop" and it would fling pieces of rubber to let you know you had a problem.

elptxjc 11-05-2018 01:59 PM

That's a great feature, so you don't over or underinflate your tires that much initially, but I'd absolutely use an accurate gauge to set pressures precisely. The TPMS in this truck is pretty accurate, but it still adjusts pressure to 68ºF. And I have no freaking idea why the hell that is. That means at 68ºF, it's dead accurate. But in summer, where it's 90 to 100+ here, it was always 2 to 3 psi off, which is consistent with the rule of thumb that every 10ºF difference, pressure changes 1 psi. Not a big deal, but it pays not to rely on TPMS to set pressures indeed, just like the manual suggests.

Livoniabob 11-05-2018 02:10 PM


Originally Posted by FordGate (Post 5972335)
Actually it is almost an inverse relationship compared to your age. When you are younger (and smartest of all) you use 100% nitrogen and then as you age and get dumber you get to the 78% nitrogen level. I am at the dumbest point to as I also use the 78% stuff. Good stuff - I sniff it too!


Same here.. Funny thing is,,,,, if I don’t sniff it I get dizzy..

Livoniabob 11-05-2018 02:14 PM


Originally Posted by dodgeman1 (Post 5972578)
I had a car when the tire went flat at highway speeds it went "wop-wop-wop" and it would fling pieces of rubber to let you know you had a problem.


My 1974 van had this feature,, but it would also bang the heck out of the wheel well right by your feet and make a heck of a racket..

KWS 2.7 11-05-2018 02:21 PM


Originally Posted by Livoniabob (Post 5972643)



Same here.. Funny thing is,,,,, if I don’t sniff it I get dizzy..

Maybe that's my problem... :eek:


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