Originally Posted by shapeshifter309
Good for some, needless for others. I've heard of a lot of problems with the TPMS giving false readings or going haywire. Either way, I check my tire pressure every time I go out to my car and bought a small air compressor that plugs directly into the lighter. I also have a rim that is bent that sometimes likes to leak 15 pounds of pressure out overnight (not all the time, just when it feels like it), and I'm sure the TPMS would love to alert me of this matter. Since I check my own air meticulously, I don't need it. Just another system that something could go wrong with. If I hit something and my tire's going flat, I'll feel it. I'm usually the guy that can hear or feel something way before any mechanic could even tell something was going wrong.
Again, some people see it as a convenience, I just see it as another electrical system that could give me trouble.
Don't be confused that I don't check my pressures regularly; and I've had no problems with it. The TPMS is there for a good reason; like I said, it has the potential to save a life. It lets us know
before rather than too late. When on the road, it's a great safety feature. Trying to put a device like this down seems childish. A lot of us here have a lot more experience at "feeling" our cars than you. I think you just wish you had the system is all.
lol Just messin' w/ you.