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Tire pressures, front vs back and levels. door says I think 36/38 back/front. Do you run different

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Old 05-13-2008, 04:30 AM
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pressures front to back? And what pressures do you run? My Pressure check on MMI reads about 43.6 for all 4 tires (cold), yet the door recommendation is much lower. I have not touched the air since I bought the car in October (my bad). I have stock 19" sport wheels on stock 2008 All weathers (Pirellis).

Finally, I screwed around with the MMI pressure check and deleted all the readouts by clicking on "Change Wheels". What do I do to get the readings back?
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Default I run 38-39psi (cold) on all 4 tires. I find the higher psi level acts, to some degree, as...

...a safeguard to protect against NYC pothole damage. The new '08 suspension dampening negates the higher psi harshness that I experienced in my previous '06 A8.

You might try the Initialize Wheels setting. This may take several minutes before the tire pressures are displayed.
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thx. the potholes do scare me....
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BTW, are you happy with the outcome of the bodywork they did on your car?
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Very Happy. It's perfect...the second time around.
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Yeah, it usually takes a follow-up session...Happy to hear :^)
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