what kind of tires do you have?


Look inside your door jam, it will give recommended tire inflation for OEM replacement tires. I figured thats what you were following.

 

As an FYI. the pressure that is on the tire itself is MAX pressure that should never be exceeded when the tire is at 70 degrees F or so. It is not the recommended pressure setting for the tire, only the MAX.
By monitoring your tire's tread depth (you can do this with some inexpensive dial calipers at Harbor Freight tools or other discount tool store) periodically, you'll be able to tell if the tires are over or under-inflated. Even manufacturer's recommended pressures (on the door sticker) can be incorrect, sometimes with the OEM tires, too.

Also, since this was brought up, most people do not have to change oil every 3000 miles. That number came from 30 years ago when oils were not nearly as sophisticated as they are now. If using petroleum-based oil, 5 months or 5000 miles is just fine for most types of driving. If you don't drive often and use synthetic oil, you can wait one year or 12,000 miles, max.

 

Thanks guys. Ya my oil gets changed every 5k miles. And even though the tire is at the psi it says its sposd to be at, well I guess its not enough cause my tire looks like this! hahah. So Ill fill her up a little more, maybe bump it up to 35 psi and see how that works

 

UPDATE!

Well it seems you guys were right. I was rotating my GF's MR2 at the same time as my civic. I guess I got the psi mixed up, hers are 30psi (and thats what they are at) mine are 44psi and they were at 30psi.Almost a 3rd less then what they are sposed to be at! [&:][&:]Now I remember telling the guy whenever I got my oil change "can you make sure the tires are at 30psi" .....so ya. My bad..crap!!![:@]

 

yeah, mine have a max psi of 44 as well. I've found the most comfortable yet aggressivenumbers are about 37psi in the fronts, and 39-40 in the rears.