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In my vehicles I carry the large version of the pencil type. Is like 14” long?
I love it when I get that perfect measure. Puh-phht! And it shoots the stem out. In my garage I use a longacre. Accurate? Dunno. But I focus on consistency more. 
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ive never owned a car new enough not to also have an ashtray, a lighter and Ive never owed anythign new eanouhg to have ABS or airbags or one with a guage that reports air pressure so im probably misinformed.
my neighbor took her BMW in and then it started complining about the air pressure, how does this work? is there some sort of sensor in the tire that sends info to the carby wifi or someting similar? I figured the mechanic probably whacked the thing while mounting a new tire, one front had sidewall damage. |
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 I have a 13 year old car with over 100k and only one sensor died so far. The shop has a wireless tool to see which wheel has the bad sensor. Replacement requires tire removal and re-balanced but I have saved way more when one goes bad than buying four every tire purchase. I don't see any "danger" in a bad sensor (other than an annoying idiot light until it is fixed) but you have to be sure you have an inflated tire...
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There was a thread on here years ago about gauge accuracy..
After measuring several tire gauges in the shop, only two read the same. Some were way off. How does one know which is accurate?> IDK But the consensus was to buy Jim's tire gauge. Thats what I did. Is it better? who knows!
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2 Longacres, 1 McDaniel Controls, 1 Blue Point and a no name to fill presta bike tires. 
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I like an accurate digital gauge and a cordless inflator. I saw one of these tire tread depth gauges and was impressed and got one, being a regular car lessee. I can keep track of the tires and turn in the car a little early before getting charged for new tires by having less than 4/32" tread depth. I'm currently on track to use all the miles on a 27 month lease in 24 months, so I can turn it in before the registration renewal is due, but make the 3 remaining payments instead.
  
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