Garage Tyre Pressue Gauges

[Aerodeck]

Hi All

I check the tyres at different garages about once a month and depending on which garages I go to, the difference can be quite significant i.e. the BP round the corner made me pump them all up from 29 to 32 ..... so the last two gauges I used have read 3 lbs differently.

So how do you get an accurate one ?

Will a +/- of 3 lbs make any difference to economy or safety ?

[Boro Sera]

Garage forecourt pressure gauges are 'somewhere near' rather than spot on usually.

A few PSI variance isn't going to radically affect the car though. If you're after an accurate reading then get yourself a tyre pressure gauge from Halfords etc. With a bit of trial and error you'll be able to figure out what settings to use on the forecourt to get the tyres spot on !

[Aerodeck]

If you're after an accurate reading then get yourself a tyre pressure gauge from Halfords etc. With a bit of trial and error you'll be able to figure out what settings to use on the forecourt to get the tyres spot on !

Got a digital gauge, they all read 29.5 so maybe I'm now under !