[Info-vax] Anyone in the DC area interested in an Integrity?

[Richard B. Gilbert]

Steven Schweda wrote:
> Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
> 
>> My tire gauge reads in PSI, thank you!  I haven't felt any need to get a
>> new one.
> 
>    Next time you get a new car, consider splurging.
> 
>>  The gauge on the air hose at the local service station also
>> reads in PSI.  I'd have to find the owner's manual for the last car I
>> bought, a couple of years ago, to see if it uses SI units exclusively.
>> I doubt it very much.  It MAY not use SI units at all since it's written
>> for Americans who mostly don't have a clue about SI.
> 
>    Reading the owner's manual is probably a good idea, but for
> many years, cars in the US have had tire pressure labels, and
> these days they show multiple units.  (Perhaps your owner's
> manual will tell you where to find your label, if it's not
> reproduced in the manual.)  There's no need or reason to have a
> manual or tire label which "uses SI units exclusively".  One
> advantage of a multi-unit tire label is the way it obviates
> unit conversions when you do or don't have a particular type of
> pressure gauge.
> 
>    Perhaps you should find your tire label, see what it says,
> and _then_ rave on about the need for a calculator, or who
> hasn't a clue about what.
> 
>    And if anyone knows how to get a 2008 (US) Mazdaspeed 3 to
> display temperatures in C instead of F, please let me know.

You might ask the manufacturer if such a thing is available in the US 
market.  MOST of the gauges I have seen don't show numerical values but, 
instead, show three ranges: cold, normal, and too hot!

As for reading the tire label, what good would it do me?  If it told me 
"inflate to mumble k-Pascals" the service station has ONLY a gauge that 
reads in PSI and so do I.  30 PSI give or take a couple of pounds has 
worked for me for 50 years or so.  Normally I don't even think about it!
I take the car in for service every 3,500 miles.  They change the oil 
and filter, "top-off" the fluids, check the tire pressure, etc, etc.

Unless I pick up a nail or some other stray piece of hardware I never 
even think about it.