The pressure figure that matters is on the car, not on the tyre. There is a number moulded into the sidewall that says something like max press 51 psi, and it is one of the most misread markings in the business. That is the maximum the tyre is built to contain, not what your vehicle wants. The figure you actually need is on a plate in the driver's door shut, sometimes inside the fuel flap, and it will usually be somewhere well below that.
Most plates give two sets of figures, one for normal use and one for a fully loaded car, and often different numbers front and rear. On an urgent replacement it is easy for nobody to look, and a tyre set to the wrong pressure wears badly, handles poorly and generates heat it does not need to. We set them against the plate before driving off and tell you what we set them to.
The spare being flat as well is more common than you would think. We bring the correct size to the exact spot in Welwyn Garden City, fit it to the wheel that is already on the car, balance it there and set the pressures. You watch it happen in Sherrards, or at the kerb in Panshanger. Same tools in Hatfield Hyde as in Handside, same on every call.
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The garden city layout means most journeys here involve a proper run round the roundabouts and boulevards rather than a hop to the end of the road, and pressures matter more the further you travel. Whenever we change a tyre, whether that is at the Howard Centre car park or on a driveway in Woodhall, all four get set against the plate rather than just the new one.
That figure is a ceiling for the tyre, not a target for the car. Run there and the tread crowns, the middle wears out and the ride goes hard for no benefit at all.
Many cars want different figures at each end because the weight is not evenly split. The plate says so, and it takes ten seconds to read.
The higher of the two figures on the plate exists precisely for this. Four up with a full boot on a motorway run is when the difference is worth having.
On a plate in the driver's door shut on most cars, sometimes inside the fuel filler flap or in the handbook. It is specific to your vehicle and often to the tyre size fitted.
The maximum pressure the tyre itself can hold. It is a limit, not a recommendation, and running there is almost always wrong.
Always, against the vehicle's own plate, and we tell you the figures so you have them for the forecourt afterwards.
Use the loaded figure on the plate if the car is loaded. Inventing your own number is where the trouble starts.
Usually, from van stock in the common car, SUV and 4x4 sizes. Read us the sidewall code and we will confirm before setting off.
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