Try the higher pressures(44/48) at first then watch the tires. If they wear in the middle of the tread reduce the air pressure for a while till they even out then add back air to less that the original pressure(40/44).
I tend to use higher pressures with high speeds and faster cornering manuvers. Keeps the rubber on the rim.
Had to go to Orlando a few years ago in a 535is, a distance of 160 miles and new I would be running at 80 to 90mph. The night
before a added seven pounds of additional air to each tire.
Sure enough at about 80mph I hit a giant turtle about six inches thick. I kept going another 1/2 mile to survey the damage under a
bridge overpass. A trooper was giving a ticket to a driver and I called to him to ask if he saw the turtle on the road and he suprised me by admitting he saw the turtle. So much for highway safety!
My factory wheel was bent about a 1/2 inch and the tire was secure and not leaking. I drove another 50 miles on it until I have the
opportunity to change it at a service station.
I believe that the higher pressure in the tire save the day. I could be wrong, you be the judge.
Jim
I tend to use higher pressures with high speeds and faster cornering manuvers. Keeps the rubber on the rim.
Had to go to Orlando a few years ago in a 535is, a distance of 160 miles and new I would be running at 80 to 90mph. The night
before a added seven pounds of additional air to each tire.
Sure enough at about 80mph I hit a giant turtle about six inches thick. I kept going another 1/2 mile to survey the damage under a
bridge overpass. A trooper was giving a ticket to a driver and I called to him to ask if he saw the turtle on the road and he suprised me by admitting he saw the turtle. So much for highway safety!
My factory wheel was bent about a 1/2 inch and the tire was secure and not leaking. I drove another 50 miles on it until I have the
opportunity to change it at a service station.
I believe that the higher pressure in the tire save the day. I could be wrong, you be the judge.
Jim
