News To Me About New Maverick Tires: Nitrogen

[crgator]

I use Nitrox

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[Mavboy2023]

I haven't bought a new vehicle in over 9 years, so this may not surprise you young people. I was changing out the tire valve caps for new Ford ones, and saw that the old caps had the initials NF on them. Found out, after some research , that those initials stood for "Nitrogen Filled". Could have knocked me over with a feather.
Apparently, nitogen in a tire is all kinds of good. Who'd a thunk it? Not me, that's for sure.. Just sayin

NF is a scam.

 

[Aherpa]

It's BS! just a reason to charge more $. Regular air works just fine

If

NF is a scam.

My understanding is that the best way to maintain a more constant PSI in your tires is to fill them with ordinary air but dry the air before it goes into the tire. It's the humidity trapped in the air that causes most of the expansion as the tire heats up.

 

[SLINGSHOT]

I run this in all my tires.

Nitrogen	N2	78.084%
Oxygen	O2	20.947%
Argon	Ar	0.934%
Carbon dioxide	CO2	0.035%

 

[TheSEARCH]

Surprised everyone doesn't know about the bull crap nitrogen move by dealers were they ad a hundred bucks or more for nothing. My bet most don't even put nitrogen in the tire.

 

[TheWizziard]

Testing conducted independently by Consumer Reports and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows that the benefits of nitrogen in vehicle tires is more theoretical than practical.

 

[rlhdweman]

Snake air!

 

[Skyline]

Nitrogen is a key component of a lot of fertilizer- including dealer supplied stuff.

Maybe the Maverick will grow up, if you use Nitrogen; don't blame the dealer for trying...

 

[cneth]

LOL, my dealer put the green caps on but who knows if there is actually 'pure nitrogen' in there, and of course tried to upsell me their Nitrogen service. No thank you!

(To refill the tire with Nitrogen they'd have to air it down, then fill with Nitrogen, and I think maybe they might have to do it a few times to get all the 'air' out. Have to wonder if they bother...)

 

[PlantMan]

I take the 80% N for free.

 

[Motorjunkie]

I haven't bought a new vehicle in over 9 years, so this may not surprise you young people. I was changing out the tire valve caps for new Ford ones, and saw that the old caps had the initials NF on them. Found out, after some research , that those initials stood for "Nitrogen Filled". Could have knocked me over with a feather.
Apparently, nitogen in a tire is all kinds of good. Who'd a thunk it? Not me, that's for sure.. Just sayin

Nitrogen is used in aircraft tires to preclude expansion of the tires on retractible gear aircraft so that they won't expand in the gear wells causing interference. Totally unnecessary in cars and trucks.

 

[Moon]

I haven't bought a new vehicle in over 9 years, so this may not surprise you young people. I was changing out the tire valve caps for new Ford ones, and saw that the old caps had the initials NF on them. Found out, after some research , that those initials stood for "Nitrogen Filled". Could have knocked me over with a feather.
Apparently, nitogen in a tire is all kinds of good. Who'd a thunk it? Not me, that's for sure.. Just sayin

Did the dealer charge you a lot for this? That used to be another gemmick to add on.

 

[JimParker256]

I haven't bought a new vehicle in over 9 years, so this may not surprise you young people. I was changing out the tire valve caps for new Ford ones, and saw that the old caps had the initials NF on them. Found out, after some research , that those initials stood for "Nitrogen Filled". Could have knocked me over with a feather.
Apparently, nitogen in a tire is all kinds of good. Who'd a thunk it? Not me, that's for sure.. Just sayin

Personally, I use the Nitrogen78 option that costs a lot less.

In case you haven't had your coffee yet, air is 78% nitrogen, and it is free.

 

[JimParker256]

Surprised everyone doesn't know about the bull crap nitrogen move by dealers were they ad a hundred bucks or more for nothing. My bet most don't even put nitrogen in the tire.

Of course they do! It costs WAY too much money to remove the nitrogen from regular air...

 

[SLINGSHOT]

Testing conducted independently by Consumer Reports and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows that the benefits of nitrogen in vehicle tires is more theoretical than practical.

There is a benefit. To the PROFIT line on the dealer's spreadsheet.

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