February 12, 2011

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ADAC, Generally, automobile, driving safety, driving informed

TPMS

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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February 8, 2011

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Generally, automobile, EM tires, driving safety, driving informed

Driving with old tires

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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February 4, 2011

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ADAC, Generally, automobile, driving safety

street damage

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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January 20, 2011

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ADAC, Generally, automobile, driving safety, driving informed

I am my own tire manager.

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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January 16, 2011

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Generally, automobile, driving safety, driving informed, News

Only 4 ears?

Most of us have heard of Schulz von Thun's "four ears." Not that he actually has four ears; he describes more of an aspect of interpersonal communication, saying that we can hear a statement as an instruction, a hint, criticism, or a personal comment—in four different ways, almost as if we had four ears. ...

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November 25, 2010

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Generally, driving safety, News

Rolling resistance

Quoted from: http://glossary.de.eea.europa.eu/terminology/sitesearch?term=rollwiderstand „Rolling resistance accounts for approximately 20–25 percent of all resistances. This means that every fourth or fifth tank of fuel is used just to overcome rolling resistance. Particularly noteworthy: Up to about 100 km/h, rolling resistance is greater than the vehicle's air resistance! The type and condition of the tires therefore have a significant influence on ...

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