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Re: McCain on energy - tells us to keep our tires inflated.
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Originally Posted by BJA62
Properly inflated tires can save as much as 3-4% in fuel economy. If you extrapolate that out over the total number of cars driven in the US, it could be a savings of 3-4%. This, of course, assumes that all tires on all cars driven in the US are under inflated. This, of course, is not true.
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Per the infamous GAO report quoted here, being aware of one's underinflated tires will save $15-23 over the LIFE of the car. That's not even .1% much less 3%.
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