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0 pointsska3y ago0 comments

> totally unnecessary for a Camry or whatever.

Forget the Camry, it's hard to construct a road use application that actually makes sense. I guess you can be a bit more relaxed about checking during seasonal changes....

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tmh88j3y ago· 2 in thread

> Forget the Camry, it's hard to construct a road use application that actually makes sense.

For daily driving, sure, but a lot of people track their cars. I don't care about nitrogen in my tires because I'm hardly a competitive racer or frequent track-goer, but for owners of "from the factory" track cars like the ZL1 1LE or GT3 RS I'm sure it matters more to them.

skaOP3y ago

As I said, "road use". Applies to most track days too, really. Maybe if you are club racer with a dedicated (i.e. trailored) track vehicle.

tmh88j3y ago

Right, I meant that people often track their street cars. I've already said that I don't bother with nitrogen, but it takes a special kind of person to run R compound tires on the street...

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Spooky233y ago

The use case is that once given bigger air molecules, customers will come back to the shop to top off on said molecules.

That gives the parts guy the ability to peddle $75 windshield wipers and gives the sales manager an opportunity to pitch the customer to buy/sell the car.

For Costco, it’s perceived value. “Wow, I get my magic air and aren’t spending $300 every time it fill it!”

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