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Old 12-12-2005, 10:14 AM
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Default Tire Pressure Gauge BT: Any recommendations?

<center><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005AXI4.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg"></center><p>Not a high buck item, but I'd like to get a good one. I've been using one of these for five yrs and it's dying out. Any suggestions for a replacement?
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The cheap digital $6 one from Walgreens has worked well for me, for the last 4 years.
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Are you wanting to keep it in the car, or is it for track use?
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Default I've retired from track events, so it's just for everyday use.

I do prefer digital over analog.
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Default Check out Griots, they have a couple.

<ul><li><a href="http://www.griotsgarage.com/index.jsp">http://www.griotsgarage.com/index.jsp</a</li></ul>
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Default Interesting story of an unofficial tire gauge test.....

...at a recent ACNA driver's event, I was checking my tire pressures using my (I thought) trusty Brookstone analog gauge:
<img src="http://www.brookstone.com/bs_assets/images/shop/large_300/396168_p.jpg">

A buddy has his even-fancier gauge at the ready, so we compared - his read 9 PSI (!!!!) lower than mine! His was similar to this:

<img src="http://store1.yimg.com/I/everythingautomotive_1872_37744850">

This made me wonder, so I borrowed gauges from 3 more drivers, and all of them gave different numbers. While hardly a representative sample, I thought it best to take the AVERAGE of all those readings as closest to reality, and one like this one (Accutire) read right at that average:

<img src="http://us.st11.yimg.com/store1.yimg.com/I/rodi_1871_8207324">

So, I dug out the same one that I got at the quattro challenge a coupla years ago (but had put away, thinking it was inferior to my analog gauge), and now use that.

YMMV, of course.
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Default FWIW

A friend once told me truck stops and tire dealers have equipment to check the accuracy of your tire pressure gauge. I didn't remember to ask the tire dealer to check my gauge when I was last in for new tires...
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Default Thanks guys. Just ordered this one from Griots.

<ul><li><a href="http://www.griotsgarage.com/catalog.jsp?&amp;SKU=44457">digital gauge</a></li></ul>
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Thats the one I have, the Accutire.
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