Dave Downing wrote:
> "Ed Buxton" <flamin_red_dakota@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:20040729180850.63741.qmail@web20626.mail.yahoo.com...
>
>>I was at Costco the other day...they had a sign up
>>about putting nitrogen instead of air into your tires.
>>I don't know if it was free or an "add on". Anyone
>>know the merits, if any, of nitrogen over regular old
>>generic air?
>
>
> My brother is a Tire Center Manager for Costco and he was telling me about
> this the other day. I thought it sounded weird at first, but it makes sense
> now that he explained it. Due to the physical properties of Nitrogen, it
> won't bleed out through the tire, thus keeping your tire pressure more
> constant, less refilling. It also won't fluctuate as much in the hot/cold
> like regular air does. Don't know if it's free or not, but I could check.
Didn't some airplane use nitrogen in its tires for these reasons? I
want to say Concorde or SR-71.
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