2023 CX-5 2.5 Turbo Signature
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I check once week and/or anytime I'm going on a whole day trip.
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... LOL ^^^^^^I check once week and/or anytime I'm going on a whole day trip.
That ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ and I always have couple bucks in quarters and carry no less than 2 tire psi devices. 
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I hear you. I have either a battery powered pump or a 12V plug-in pump in each car and a 110V/12V pump in the garage. I check the tires weekly and before any trips and after the car has been serviced as the mechanics often will change the pressure to a standard 32 psi (which is fine on the Jeep, but too low for the CX5 and too high for the MX5).
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I hear you. I have either a battery powered pump or a 12V plug-in pump in each car and a 110V/12V pump in the garage. I check the tires weekly and before any trips and after the car has been serviced as the mechanics often will change the pressure to a standard 32 psi (which is fine on the Jeep, but too low for the CX5 and too high for the MX5).
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I've been running the 35 psi on the Michelin Crossclimate 2 tires. The ride is a bit harsh, but I don't mind that and it is better than the Toyos were. It feels about the same as my MX5 with the Michelin Pilot Super Sports.
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Tire pressure goes waaaaaay beyond the DIY and even service shops that deal in tire and wheel sales and service. The best advises unless one is to study and understand how the tire PSI changes both the performance engineered and designed into the vehicle you are driving but also the changing environments both road and ambient temperatures. that is mainly why it is NEVER a good idea to choose any psi that is not recommended in the door jam for use.
Spending a "FUN" day at an open track day you can learn so much about your vehicles as well you true level of driving skills. Playing around with the tires psi on a control track can give you a "fast track lesson" in why that factory psi recommendation really works out to be the best for the average daily driver.
If the tires you currently are using seem rough, then your main shopping target should be the ride quality over all other aspects. On my Mazda and it is not necessarily a recommendation I choose ride comfort and quiet ride because at the time we were doing weekend get aways about every 2-3 month that were 1000 to 1500 mile round trip in 4 days mostly Highway. I adjust my psi based on my close estimate GVW with passenger and luggage. Knowing exactly what my wet certified by California weigh and measurement scale I can calculate withing about 40lbs of actual loaded GVW for a trip.
The only time I will adjust slightly from the recommend psi is if I am at Sacramento Raceway (drag strip) . My power output of my engine the torque comes on so fast that without a posi the drivers tire will have with about 65% throttle position. Thats is pia because the car basically stops accelerating for a second which increases trap times as well my 60 FT times.... The Nitous does compensate at 1/2 track for some of the lost time. LOL I am working on that traction issue. I have a few Phantom grips and I think I can fit one in the MAZDA transmission. But that project will necessitate rebuilding a complete transmission and doing some modification to structurally strengthen the basic case. They tend to twist and break both internal parts and external parts with their current design. Soooo keep that in mind when you all are thinking about the Turbo model MAZDA offered currently.
Ops boy that went of the psi subject.... ha! 
There I go spining yarn as one member said I do. 
Spending a "FUN" day at an open track day you can learn so much about your vehicles as well you true level of driving skills. Playing around with the tires psi on a control track can give you a "fast track lesson" in why that factory psi recommendation really works out to be the best for the average daily driver.
If the tires you currently are using seem rough, then your main shopping target should be the ride quality over all other aspects. On my Mazda and it is not necessarily a recommendation I choose ride comfort and quiet ride because at the time we were doing weekend get aways about every 2-3 month that were 1000 to 1500 mile round trip in 4 days mostly Highway. I adjust my psi based on my close estimate GVW with passenger and luggage. Knowing exactly what my wet certified by California weigh and measurement scale I can calculate withing about 40lbs of actual loaded GVW for a trip.
The only time I will adjust slightly from the recommend psi is if I am at Sacramento Raceway (drag strip) . My power output of my engine the torque comes on so fast that without a posi the drivers tire will have with about 65% throttle position. Thats is pia because the car basically stops accelerating for a second which increases trap times as well my 60 FT times.... The Nitous does compensate at 1/2 track for some of the lost time. LOL I am working on that traction issue. I have a few Phantom grips and I think I can fit one in the MAZDA transmission. But that project will necessitate rebuilding a complete transmission and doing some modification to structurally strengthen the basic case. They tend to twist and break both internal parts and external parts with their current design. Soooo keep that in mind when you all are thinking about the Turbo model MAZDA offered currently.
Ops boy that went of the psi subject.... ha! There I go spining yarn as one member said I do.
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I carry a compact dc air powered compressor with a built in PSI device plus a spare analog gauge psi device.
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Tire pressure goes waaaaaay beyond the DIY and even service shops that deal in tire and wheel sales and service. The best advises unless one is to study and understand how the tire PSI changes both the performance engineered and designed into the vehicle you are driving but also the changing environments both road and ambient temperatures. that is mainly why it is NEVER a good idea to choose any psi that is not recommended in the door jam for use.
Spending a "FUN" day at an open track day you can learn so much about your vehicles as well you true level of driving skills. Playing around with the tires psi on a control track can give you a "fast track lesson" in why that factory psi recommendation really works out to be the best for the average daily driver.
If the tires you currently are using seem rough, then your main shopping target should be the ride quality over all other aspects. On my Mazda and it is not necessarily a recommendation I choose ride comfort and quiet ride because at the time we were doing weekend get aways about every 2-3 month that were 1000 to 1500 mile round trip in 4 days mostly Highway. I adjust my psi based on my close estimate GVW with passenger and luggage. Knowing exactly what my wet certified by California weigh and measurement scale I can calculate withing about 40lbs of actual loaded GVW for a trip.
The only time I will adjust slightly from the recommend psi is if I am at Sacramento Raceway (drag strip) . My power output of my engine the torque comes on so fast that without a posi the drivers tire will have with about 65% throttle position. Thats is pia because the car basically stops accelerating for a second which increases trap times as well my 60 FT times.... The Nitous does compensate at 1/2 track for some of the lost time. LOL I am working on that traction issue. I have a few Phantom grips and I think I can fit one in the MAZDA transmission. But that project will necessitate rebuilding a complete transmission and doing some modification to structurally strengthen the basic case. They tend to twist and break both internal parts and external parts with their current design. Soooo keep that in mind when you all are thinking about the Turbo model MAZDA offered currently. Ops boy that went of the psi subject.... ha! There I go spining yarn as one member said I do.
Spending a "FUN" day at an open track day you can learn so much about your vehicles as well you true level of driving skills. Playing around with the tires psi on a control track can give you a "fast track lesson" in why that factory psi recommendation really works out to be the best for the average daily driver.
If the tires you currently are using seem rough, then your main shopping target should be the ride quality over all other aspects. On my Mazda and it is not necessarily a recommendation I choose ride comfort and quiet ride because at the time we were doing weekend get aways about every 2-3 month that were 1000 to 1500 mile round trip in 4 days mostly Highway. I adjust my psi based on my close estimate GVW with passenger and luggage. Knowing exactly what my wet certified by California weigh and measurement scale I can calculate withing about 40lbs of actual loaded GVW for a trip.
The only time I will adjust slightly from the recommend psi is if I am at Sacramento Raceway (drag strip) . My power output of my engine the torque comes on so fast that without a posi the drivers tire will have with about 65% throttle position. Thats is pia because the car basically stops accelerating for a second which increases trap times as well my 60 FT times.... The Nitous does compensate at 1/2 track for some of the lost time. LOL I am working on that traction issue. I have a few Phantom grips and I think I can fit one in the MAZDA transmission. But that project will necessitate rebuilding a complete transmission and doing some modification to structurally strengthen the basic case. They tend to twist and break both internal parts and external parts with their current design. Soooo keep that in mind when you all are thinking about the Turbo model MAZDA offered currently.
Ops boy that went of the psi subject.... ha! There I go spining yarn as one member said I do.