Local shop owner touts new vehicle technology
By Todd Jorgenson
Staff Writer, Denton Record
Chronicle
Tommy Nickelson, Advanced Auto Repair
(Advanced Tire and Repair) is disappointed the
automobile industry hasn’t been quicker to embrace the
use of nitrogen for tire inflation.
It’s been common for years to inflate
the tires of everything from race cars to aircraft and
spacecraft to commercial trucks and military vehicles.
But nitrogen remains available to the general public in
only a handful of locations.
Nickelson, the owner of Denton-based
Advanced Tire and Repair, said the safety and cost
benefits for average cars are numerous, including
improved fuel economy, reduced tire wear and smoother
vehicle handling.
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Are You Tire Friendly?
Nitrogen tire inflation may sound kind of scary. In
fact, you might think nitrogen sounds explosive or
dangerous. However, nitrogen tire inflation is actually
very safe, and it has a number of great benefits to it.
Nitrogen is in the very air we breathe, after all.
A nitrogen molecule is larger than an oxygen
molecule, which makes it less permeable (less able to
penetrate the tire material and leak out). This means it
will stay in your tire longer. If you don’t check your
tire pressure on a regular basis, you may not realize
when your tires are getting flat. By using nitrogen tire
inflation, you won’t have to worry about this as often
since nitrogen keeps your tires inflated longer.
In fact, if your tires are filled with 95% nitrogen,
they’ll actually stay at the best pressure for up to
four times as long as they would if they were filled
with only oxygen.
Besides this fact, there are several other bonuses to
maintaining optimum tire pressure with nitrogen instead
of oxygen and other molecules. By keeping the proper
tire pressure in your car, you can actually stretch your
fuel dollars by increasing your miles per gallon.
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