Nitrogen tire filling arrives in Calgary (CostCo)

On Sat, 02 Oct 2004 09:49:25 -0400, MoPar Man > wrote:

>Nitrogen tire filling arrives in Calgary
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>Experts say that nitrogen molecules are four times larger than oxygen.

Umm.. not true. Or, so sayeth my chemist wife, after she got through with
ROFL when we say this at Costco ourselves.


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On Sat, 02 Oct 2004 09:49:25 -0400, MoPar Man > wrote:

>Nitrogen tire filling arrives in Calgary
<snip>
>Experts say that nitrogen molecules are four times larger than oxygen.

Umm.. not true. Or, so sayeth my chemist wife, after she got through with
ROFL when we say this at Costco ourselves.


--
John Bartley K7AAY http://celdata.cjb.net
This post quad-ROT-13 encrypted; reading it violates the DMCA.
Nobody but a fool goes into a federal counterrorism operation without duct tape - Richard Preston, THE COBRA EVENT.

I fill mine with helium. It has a tendency to lift the vehicle a hair, thus
reducing the weight (pull of gravity) and greatly increases the mpg.

I fill mine with helium. It has a tendency to lift the vehicle a hair, thus
reducing the weight (pull of gravity) and greatly increases the mpg.

On Thu, 11 Nov 2004, TOM KAN PA wrote:

> I fill mine with helium. It has a tendency to lift the vehicle a hair,
> thus reducing the weight (pull of gravity) and greatly increases the
> mpg.

That's fine in the summer, but in the winter you definitely want to fill
your tires with Freon. Being heavier than air, it helps your tires stick
to slippery roads.

On Thu, 11 Nov 2004, TOM KAN PA wrote:

> I fill mine with helium. It has a tendency to lift the vehicle a hair,
> thus reducing the weight (pull of gravity) and greatly increases the
> mpg.

That's fine in the summer, but in the winter you definitely want to fill
your tires with Freon. Being heavier than air, it helps your tires stick
to slippery roads.

"Daniel J. Stern" > wrote in message
n.umich.edu...
> On Thu, 11 Nov 2004, TOM KAN PA wrote:
>
>> I fill mine with helium. It has a tendency to lift the vehicle a hair,
>> thus reducing the weight (pull of gravity) and greatly increases the
>> mpg.
>
> That's fine in the summer, but in the winter you definitely want to fill
> your tires with Freon. Being heavier than air, it helps your tires stick
> to slippery roads.

Actually, farmers fill their tractor tires part of the way with salt water
to help keep the tractors from rolling over. Perhaps this should be required
by the Feds in all SUV's to solve their roll over problem. Cheaper than
those computer stability systems for sure.

Richard.

"Daniel J. Stern" > wrote in message
n.umich.edu...
> On Thu, 11 Nov 2004, TOM KAN PA wrote:
>
>> I fill mine with helium. It has a tendency to lift the vehicle a hair,
>> thus reducing the weight (pull of gravity) and greatly increases the
>> mpg.
>
> That's fine in the summer, but in the winter you definitely want to fill
> your tires with Freon. Being heavier than air, it helps your tires stick
> to slippery roads.

Actually, farmers fill their tractor tires part of the way with salt water
to help keep the tractors from rolling over. Perhaps this should be required
by the Feds in all SUV's to solve their roll over problem. Cheaper than
those computer stability systems for sure.

Richard.

"Richard" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Daniel J. Stern" > wrote in message
> n.umich.edu...
> > On Thu, 11 Nov 2004, TOM KAN PA wrote:
> >
> >> I fill mine with helium. It has a tendency to lift the vehicle a hair,
> >> thus reducing the weight (pull of gravity) and greatly increases the
> >> mpg.
> >
> > That's fine in the summer, but in the winter you definitely want to fill
> > your tires with Freon. Being heavier than air, it helps your tires stick
> > to slippery roads.
>
> Actually, farmers fill their tractor tires part of the way with salt water
> to help keep the tractors from rolling over. Perhaps this should be
required
> by the Feds in all SUV's to solve their roll over problem. Cheaper than
> those computer stability systems for sure.
>
> Richard.
>
Mercury would be even better for handling. Plus, it conducts electricity
should your car be struck by lightning.

Seriously though, liquid-filled tires are only suitable for very slow-moving
equipment like farm tractors. They would never balance at speed.

"Richard" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Daniel J. Stern" > wrote in message
> n.umich.edu...
> > On Thu, 11 Nov 2004, TOM KAN PA wrote:
> >
> >> I fill mine with helium. It has a tendency to lift the vehicle a hair,
> >> thus reducing the weight (pull of gravity) and greatly increases the
> >> mpg.
> >
> > That's fine in the summer, but in the winter you definitely want to fill
> > your tires with Freon. Being heavier than air, it helps your tires stick
> > to slippery roads.
>
> Actually, farmers fill their tractor tires part of the way with salt water
> to help keep the tractors from rolling over. Perhaps this should be
required
> by the Feds in all SUV's to solve their roll over problem. Cheaper than
> those computer stability systems for sure.
>
> Richard.
>
Mercury would be even better for handling. Plus, it conducts electricity
should your car be struck by lightning.

Seriously though, liquid-filled tires are only suitable for very slow-moving
equipment like farm tractors. They would never balance at speed.