Nitrogen filled tires & tires for sale spam

[Jim Wright]

On Jun 24, 2006, at 4:39 PM, wmc2004aug at bellsouth.net wrote:

> Wondering if any of ya' have heard of "nitrogen filled" tires or have
> any opinions on such.  I first heard of this about a year ago, and it
> seemed kinda silly, since air is nearly 80% nitrogen anyway.  But
> supposedly eliminating the oxygen in plain air and the water from air
> compressors helps with a few things;  including temperature &
> pressure stability, and, uuhhh, some other crap.

Well, a while back on the TV show Mythbusters, they checked to see if
footballs filled with helium flew further than balls with regular
air, and did see a very small increase in distance.  But as nitrogen
is going to be heavier than helium, I have no idea what kind of
benefit you might see from this, or how it would relate to tires.

Sounds like marketing bull to me.