Top 5 Reasons to Use Nitrogen in Your Tires

Top 5 Reasons to Use Nitrogen in Your Tires

By Ron Haugen

These days, with the economy being so poor, and gas prices being so high, we all want to do what we can in order to save those extra dollars. You never know when a surprise expense can pop up seemingly out of nowhere, leaving you with a bill and not a lot of time in which to pay it. Every little bit helps, and the money that you save on fuel can most certainly go a long way toward helping to cover other expenses. Below, you will find the top five reasons why you should use nitrogen in your tires-reasons good enough to have converted noted car enthusiast Jay Leno to using nitrogen for all of the vehicles in his extensive, and expensive, collection.

Reason Number One: Increase Fuel Economy

Ever find yourself wishing you could get more miles to the gallon? Feel as if you are always at the pump, spending more money just to keep your vehicle running? Well, worry no longer. It has been proven that nitrogen has far better fuel economy than just plain air. And the more money you save at the pump, the more you can diversify your earnings. Using less gas per mile means that your car will go longer distances using less resources, and will ultimately cost less per mile to drive than before.

Reason Number Two: Better for the Environment

You may be asking yourself; how is nitrogen better than air? After all, isn't air literally everywhere in the world? We breathe it, we use it to cool ourselves, we even use it to power things. So how can another gas be safer and greener then air? The answer is simple, and relates closely to the answer to reason number one; the last gas your vehicle has to use, the less oil it burns, the less damage you do to the environment and the greener your vehicle is. And because nitrogen allows your vehicle to do more while using up less resources, you can bet that it is greener than oxygen by far.

Reason Number Three: Prolonging Your Tires

Tires are expensive. Few people know that oxygen damages the inner liner of your tires, but it is true. With nitrogen, your tires will be damaged less and ultimately last far longer, allowing you to potentially save hundreds.

Reason Number Four: Better Handling, Better Traction

NASCAR and Indy Racing use nitrogen for its better handling and traction abilities. The better your vehicle handles, the more traction it gets from the road, the safer it will be to drive year round.

Reason Number Five: Stability

Various tests have proven that nitrogen is a far more stable gas than oxygen when used to inflate an object, tires included. More stability means fewer trips to go fill up your tires at the gas station and improved safety, as you won't have to worry about deflating wheels nearly as much as with oxygen.

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