Tire pressure is becoming sexy. With rising fuel prices and the announced EU directives for 2012, the correct tire pressure in vehicles is becoming a hot topic. We have been working on this subject for over 12 years and feel vindicated by the latest developments. The correct tire pressure prevents excessive fuel and tire consumption, as well as road damage and accidents. Now we are increasingly reading complaints from ...

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Anyone who spends a lot of time online will occasionally come across reports about tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS). Often these reports describe failures of the TPMS systems installed by the vehicle manufacturer. Some car owners are so annoyed by the unjustified warning signals from these pre-installed systems that they switch the warnings off or have them deactivated. In the past, this has led to a decline in awareness about tire pressure monitoring. We ...

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There was a time when tire dealers told us that tires should be aged, that those fresh from production wore out too quickly. Today, tires are supposed to be brand new, fresh from the factory, straight to the customer, like bread rolls from the convection oven in the supermarket. This certainly has something to do with tires. ...

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Durchschlag Nach diesem schneereichen Winter wird es mehr Schlaglöcher in den Straßen der Republik geben als je zu vor. Zum einen wird an den Straßenarbeiten gespart, weil die Kommunen kein Geld mehr haben, zum anderen haben die Schneepflüge und das Salz den Straßenbelag strapaziert. Wenn sie also mit dem KfZ unterwegs sind, so wird der richtige Reifendruck ...

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We are only a year away from EU legislation mandating direct tire pressure monitoring systems for new vehicles. This law will come into effect in 2012, and we ask ourselves: Why only for new vehicles? What's good for new cars can't be bad for our trusty used cars. Therefore, we offer electronic tire pressure monitoring for... ...

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We're supposed to be centrally supplied – that's the wish of those who profit from these centralized systems. Electricity from the central providers, water, gas, oil from the large companies – and then ideally, we're supposed to consume a lot of energy so that the centralized systems can deliver a lot. It doesn't have to be that way. We have many ways to regulate our energy consumption to our advantage. One ...

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