Can anyone tell me why a dealer would send out a brand new car, having had PDI, with tyres at over 3.4 BAR (about 50 psi) on average when they are supposed to be 32 psi?

Can anyone tell me why a dealer would send out a brand new car, having had PDI, with tyres at over 3.4 BAR (about 50 psi) on average when they are supposed to be 32 psi?

Is this a rhetorical question?

Because some hasn't checked them in said PDI.

HTH

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Can anyone tell me why a dealer would send out a brand new car, having had PDI, with tyres at over 3.4 BAR (about 50 psi) on average when they are supposed to be 32 psi?

Because he misread the gauge as 34psi?

Because it's Skoda's version of Bluemotion?

Steve

Because he misread the gauge as 34psi?

I never thought of that! Duh.................

I thought maybe my gauge was up the creek but I checked with 2 different pencil type gauges and my electric airpump one. All within a lb or so of each other so I think I'm right and they're wrong.

Because it's Skoda's version of Bluemotion?

Steve

More like their version of Skid into a Tree.

Can anyone tell me why a dealer would send out a brand new car, having had PDI, with tyres at over 3.4 BAR (about 50 psi) on average when they are supposed to be 32 psi?

Dunno - like tyre place I once went to that said alloy nuts should be 120 ft lb(should be newton metres) ----this obsession with metric units is going to get someone killed .

Or perhaps since they're so obsessed with doing things in EU measures -we pay the cost in euros ( as in it costs eg £10k - we pay E10K)

Can anyone tell me why a dealer would send out a brand new car, having had PDI, with tyres at over 3.4 BAR (about 50 psi) on average when they are supposed to be 32 psi?

Every new car I've ever had has come with grossly over-inflated tyres. My guess is that they expect their cars to be sitting in holding parks for many months and don't want them to go all soggy.

Having seen how the young turks drive new cars off boats and around the new car parks, you're probably lucky they don't strip the tyres off the wheels....

PDI's are not worth the paper they printed on, mine wasnt done properly either.

At least yours were equal, mine were +- 20psi on the same axle!

Currently driving a 2007/57 Kia Carens 2.0 crdi but have owned 3 Octys in the past!

You will regret it big style the gear boxes on them are cr@p

I had one it had 3 rebuilds and 2 new boxes in 104K

Currently driving a 2007/57 Kia Carens 2.0 crdi but have owned 3 Octys in the past!

You will regret it big style the gear boxes on them are cr@p

I had one it had 3 rebuilds and 2 new boxes in 104K

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Back on topic...

I have to say that my PDI seemed pretty good - all the tyres were around 32psi

At least yours were equal, mine were +- 20psi on the same axle!

Not equal, all over the place, but either side of 3.4 BAR, perhaps as much as about 6psi differences.

Currently driving a 2007/57 Kia Carens 2.0 crdi but have owned 3 Octys in the past!

You will regret it big style the gear boxes on them are cr@p

I had one it had 3 rebuilds and 2 new boxes in 104K

Never had a minute's trouble with gearboxes, and highly unlikely to do 104K, at present average about 8,500 a year amd usually change car either still in warranty or only just out of it.

IIRC tyres are 'overinflated' at the factory to allow for the fact that the car may sit around for a while (few months?) before being delivered to the buyer.

They should be set to the correct pressures as part of the PDI.

If your dealer missed this; did they remove the suspension packing blocks?

Can anyone tell me why a dealer would send out a brand new car, having had PDI, with tyres at over 3.4 BAR (about 50 psi) on average when they are supposed to be 32 psi?

For the same reason you (as in the dealer/PDI guy) would allow the oil level to be half a pint low?

Edited 31 October, 200817 yr by brad1.8T

IIRC tyres are 'overinflated' at the factory to allow for the fact that the car may sit around for a while (few months?) before being delivered to the buyer.

They should be set to the correct pressures as part of the PDI.

If your dealer missed this; did they remove the suspension packing blocks?

Well it feels okay - better than okay, it feels great. Should I look for those blocks?

For the same reason you would allow the oil level to be half a pint low?

I'm being a bit paranoid. The level is between the top and bottom of the correct dipstick area, but closer to the bottom (measured level and hot.)

I prefer it nearer the top end of okay.