Buick35 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 How did that come about and what other superstitions about car buying have you heard of? My wife won t buy a yellow car because she thinks they're lemons.I heard not to buy a car that was made on a Monday but how can you know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesR Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 What was kicking tires supposed to find, anyway? Leaky tires? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doozer Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 28 minutes ago, JamesR said: What was kicking tires supposed to find, anyway? Leaky tires? For me it was to relieve the tension of making yet another bad purchase 😱 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 a:If the wheel fell off, walk away. b: Just look on the billing record Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Tire kicking is to check for soft tires. Lo air. Truckers often carry a club to check their tires. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brass is Best Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 On 9/21/2020 at 2:24 PM, JamesR said: What was kicking tires supposed to find, anyway? Leaky tires? Rotten wooden wheels. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepher Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 1 hour ago, JACK M said: Tire kicking is to check for soft tires. Lo air. Truckers often carry a club to check their tires. When you have dual wheels, one can have no air at all but won't look flat because the other tire/wheel assembly is holding it up. So you use a club to whack the tire to see if it has air in it. Works great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 I once read in a commercial driver's license handbook that dual rear wheels should be whacked with a tire iron to be sure they had air. It was supposed to be done before setting out each day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert G. Smits Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 (edited) Where I grew up in rural Iowa Kicking Tires was a slang term meaning to spent the afternoon looking at used cars ie “we’re going out this afternoon to kick some tires” According to Goodyear Jack m is correct Edited September 22, 2020 by Robert G. Smits Addition (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hwellens Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 I think kicking tires was stated in WWII when you could not buy tires. When looking at a used car, people would kick the tires to see it they were still soft and usable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert G. Smits Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 I drive a dually and tow either a 34 or 48 ft gooseneck. If the inner tire goes flat it starts beating against the other tire producing heat that results in a blowout of the second tire. It also blows the plastic dually fender out. Ask me how I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 They make TPMS for trailers and rigs. Monitor both pressure and temp. Getting common for travel trailers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4Hud Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Tire kicker - Someone who appears to be interested in buying something, asks a lot of questions but doesn't buy anything. This pertains to nobody on this site I presume. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PONTIAC1953 Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 On 9/22/2020 at 3:24 PM, zepher said: When you have dual wheels, one can have no air at all but won't look flat because the other tire/wheel assembly is holding it up. So you use a club to whack the tire to see if it has air in it. Works great. as a retired truck driver with 22 years of driving a semi in 46 states, when looking at the dually tires, i could tell if one of the two tires were low or flat by the other tire squatting from being still the one with 100 psi in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepher Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 3 minutes ago, pontiac1953 said: as a retired truck driver with 22 years of driving a semi in 46 states, when looking at the dually tires, i could tell if one of the two tires were low or flat by the other tire squatting from being still the one with 100 psi in it. I have a Class A and used to use it mainly to transport construction equipment and it is real hard to tell if you have a dead tire on a low-boy or an empty flatbed. But I have not actually used my CDL in over 20 years, still keep it current, though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdc Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 (edited) When I pull my 40 ft gooseneck trailer I feel my tires when I make a stop. The heat on each tire should be roughly the same but when 1 is hotter than the others you know something isn't quiet right. This was a nice blow out in the middle of nowhere. Closest town was 20 some miles. It was still holding air, just not enough pressure 😄 Edited September 24, 2020 by bdc (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdc Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 This one still held pressure but I wouldn't of made it to the next town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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