What is some of your Pet Peeve's

[Oaktree]

In defense of the typo's, I routinely find the wrong "their, there, they're" or "its, it's" in my own posts, despite knowing very well which (witch) to use! My excuse is that I'm just blasting out a post as quickly as possible, often on a tiny screen, this is hardly a forum for peer-reviewed and edited papers.

Autocorrect is probably the culprit often as not in cases like this, especially for those who use "mobile devices" (gawd, I hate that term) to post.

 

[Oaktree]

I think it's normal that they fail after a period of time. My truck and motorcycle sensors failed at around ten years. The sensors have a standard coin-style battery that can't possibly hold a charge indefinitely.

Some people get extra frugal and do some soldering work to just replace the battery in the sensor.

Seems like false economy to me, you've gotta dismount the tire to get the stem/sensor out, then hack into it to replace the battery, seal it back up and remount/balance the tire. By the time you're done you could've just brought it to the tire shop and come out ahead.

 

[rontaki]

Autocorrect is probably the culprit often as not in cases like this, especially for those who use "mobile devices" (gawd, I hate that term) to post.

Most "mobile devices" are used for other purposes more than they are used for voice calls.

 

[DarkBlack]

It wasn't free power. The engine had to work harder to produce that spark. It was miniscule, but it wasn't free. It's no more free than electricity created by an alternator turned by a belt on the engine. It reminds me of when I worked at a subsidiary of GM and was sitting in on a patent review meeting. An engineer suggested putting a mini windmill on the hood to generate "free" electricity. An engineer who presumably passed at least one thermodynamics class in college. I thought he should have been fired for incompetence.

 

[rontaki]

Seems like false economy to me, you've gotta dismount the tire to get the stem/sensor out, then hack into it to replace the battery, seal it back up and remount/balance the tire. By the time you're done you could've just brought it to the tire shop and come out ahead.

I would put a small nuclear reactor in as power source. /s

 

[alexpops]

Speaking of grammar police, the usage of "U" and "UR" to replace "You" and "Your" respectively has me wondering what happens to all the discarded "Yo"s. Do we just loose them? Do they brake apart? I used to care enough to want to correct these travesties, now I realize that I'm trying to drain the ocean with a spoon. Languages are constantly changing, what I consider to be correct was probably some ancestor's peeve.

They picked up 2 Ho's, a bottle of Rum & went in search of a Dead Man's Chest.

 

[Oaktree]

Most "mobile devices" are used for other purposes more than they are used for voice calls.

Yeah, but most people still call it a cell phone.

 

[rontaki]

Yeah, but most people still call it a cell phone.

I'm guilty of that. I often prefer to call it a mobile device, but sometimes that is inconvenient.

Reminds me of when flip phones first had built-in cameras. I was taking pictures of performers on stage after a concert. Someone in the audience let out a deriding comment about me using the phone to take pictures. I loudly replied "This can make phone calls too?" I heard a few chuckles.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

It wasn't free power. The engine had to work harder to produce that spark. It was miniscule, but it wasn't free. It's no more free than electricity created by an alternator turned by a belt on the engine. It reminds me of when I worked at a subsidiary of GM and was sitting in on a patent review meeting. An engineer suggested putting a mini windmill on the hood to generate "free" electricity. An engineer who presumably passed at least one thermodynamics class in college. I thought he should have been fired for incompetence.

I understand that, but take two identical cars. Both in neutral pulling them down a flat level surface & they should roll with exact same force. Now add a coil to brake caliper with magnets on wheels. As long as there's a gap as must be there will be no difference with rolling force. Technically you would have to add the miniscule weight (5#?) to other car.
Now load the coils...of course now we have a small drag...but how much load would the TPMS sensors be? I looked it up: nano to a few milliamps.
Pa-lease!
We're not talking about a belt driven 100+ amp alternator.
Nothing is free. Some things are almost free.
WinterDeere has a great idea and I would bet such an equipped vehicle the mpg & acceleration difference would be immeasurable.

 

[DarkBlack]

I didn’t like my alternator stealing Hp from my engine, so I moved it to the differential

 

[drssg]

Seems like false economy to me, you've gotta dismount the tire to get the stem/sensor out, then hack into it to replace the battery, seal it back up and remount/balance the tire. By the time you're done you could've just brought it to the tire shop and come out ahead.

Personally, I wouldn't mess with it, either. I read about people doing it on a motorcycle forum. When they get new tires, they deal with a shop that is willing to work with them. Once the tires are off, the shop provides the sensors for the DIYer to replace the batteries.

The end result is that they pay about $1 per battery, instead of about $75 per sensor.

On top of that, Honda discontinued production on replacement sensors on some of their fairly new motorcycles. Getting a compatible sensor involves replacing the entire system for about $700.

 

[drssg]

They picked up 2 Ho's, a bottle of Rum & went in search of a Dead Man's Chest.

Off topic, but that reminds me of my favorite Key & Peele sketch. The politically correct feminist pirates.

 

[Shawn T. W.]

When my tpms die, in my pickup I'll just put some black electrical tape over whatever light comes on in the dash ...

Surprised they haven't mandated them on my Kenworth ... But I got a tire gauge, and know how to use it!

 

[BravoXray]

Seems like false economy to me, you've gotta dismount the tire to get the stem/sensor out, then hack into it to replace the battery, seal it back up and remount/balance the tire. By the time you're done you could've just brought it to the tire shop and come out ahead.

When they replaced my sensors, they only broke down the outside bead and were able to push the sidewall down enough to change the sensor. No rebalancing needed.
YMMV.

 

[WinterDeere]

I got a tire gauge, and know how to use it!

Me too, but I find it easer to just look at the pressures displayed on my dash, than going around to each tire with a gauge.

 

[Shawn T. W.]

As far as I know, which isn't very much!

On my 2018 Ram it only displays if it's "low" ... Don't recall what that is, as it only ever did that the day following the warm fall afternoon I bought it, it was cool in the morning and it said one was low ... I guess it's possible it's buried in the screen somewhere, but I don't bother with that, IIRC the message came up on the main dash, not the screen in the middle with the clock and whatever else is in the menu's ...

On my semi-truck it's just part of my daily pre-trip inspection on the truck, the trailers have a system that supplies and maintains 100 PSI to the tires, which will compensate for a nail/screw in them, but I still need to look at them ...

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^^^
It only shows low, but you should be able to thumb through your display until it shows the pressure in each tire.

 

[WinterDeere]

On my 2018 Ram it only displays if it's "low" ... Don't recall what that is...

I'd be surprised if that's right. My Ram is a 2015, and has a pretty basic set of options, and it still shows exact pressure on each tire. A lot of the cars I owned in the early-2000's (Jaguar, Audi, Volvo) had only a "low pressure" warning system, but pretty much anything built after 2010 or 2012 seems to show actual pressure, from what I've seen.

I use my dial type tire gauge when filling tires, and verify the TPMS's are correct at the time. But for the few months between having to adjust pressure, I just check the display about once per week.

 

[Oaktree]

When my tpms die, in my pickup I'll just put some black electrical tape over whatever light comes on in the dash ...

If only it was just a light, easy enough to ignore but, at least on GMs the alarm message takes over the DIC display until you clear it. Every time you start the vehicle.

Yeah, the sensors are kinda pricey (I think they're $35 at Town Fair tire), but I kinda like being able to monitor tire pressure while driving.

 

[Oaktree]

I didn’t like my alternator stealing Hp from my engine, so I moved it to the differential
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Don't imagine it charges very well at idle.