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BMWWW
10-11-2010, 11:57 PM
Hi folks,

I recall seeing a thread on a regular 6-forum earlier this week, and while I spent my Sunday doing winter-prep for the cars, cleaning the garage, and garden maintenance, I sucked it up and unscrewed the spare on the civic and the 6, and checked their pressures.

The Civic is a 2001, and there was only 14, FOURTEEN psi left in that good ole' sucker.
The 6 is a 2007, and there was only 42 psi in that one.

Both are supposed to be at 60psi for optimal operation.

Please DO take the 15 minutes to check/top-up/bleed to the correct pressure. (I actually bled it to 65psi to give me a bit more legroom in the future).

Safe driving! :)

McGuyver_3
10-12-2010, 12:30 AM
Just to chime in a few words here. If you happen to have a full size spare in the trunk I suggest 45psi but if a donut tire then 60 will be fine. I usually set them to 70 though because I have never had to use my spare before and I imagine they deflate rather more over the years of lack of use