knightmb
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As the subject says, my wife and I conducted a long term experiment. She had identical tires that I had on my Leaf, but she didn't think running higher air pressure made a difference on the tire life because the door says 36 PSI and why not trust the manufacture? We got an identical tire set at the same time and after only 28K miles, this is what the difference was between running 36 PSI (in her Leaf) and 42 PSI (in mine). These tires are Michelin Energy Saver A/S X Green (the cheap ones). Both of these are front tire pictures. When I did tire rotations I did both at the same tire mileage (10K miles) each time to even out the wear. I put the answer at the bottom of the post under the pictures.
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Top picture was mine, bottom picture was hers. :mrgreen:
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Top picture was mine, bottom picture was hers. :mrgreen: