Winterizing your BMW

  • Tires in Winter

    Posted July 14, 2011 By in Winterizing your BMW With | No Comments

    Tire pressure is especially important during the winter.  Traction is often at a minimum due to wet or snowy conditions.  It is critical to have properly inflated tires, as this guarantees the best possible contact between the tire and the road.

    Because of wintertime lower temperatures, the air pressure in a cold tire will drop.  Why?  Because air is a gas, and gas contracts when it cools.  Keep this in mind if you are checking tire pressures.  

    Generally, for every 5-degree Celsius change in ambient temperature, your tire’s inflation pressure will change by about 1 psi (up with higher temperatures and down with lower temperatures).

      Have your tires inspected.

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