Checking my tyres on my Volkswagen Tiguan 4motion 2.0 TDI DSG

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Remember BB, that as the air temperatures go down over the next 3 months you might have to increse the pressures again.
 
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My last Tiguan had Hankook tyres and whilst the front were replaced at 31000 miles the rear still had 4mm of tread when I sold it at 37000 miles.

My current Tiguan has Hankooks with active TPMS fitted and I notice that the warning light comes on when the tyres are about 2 PSI under inflated and this morning when the temperature overnight had been 1 degree they had also reduced in pressure by 2 PSI since they were pumped up yesterday.
 
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With my Sante Fe, when I changed tyres, a few years ago. I had a warning light on, I drove the car for about 200 yards, and light went out. 😃
Due to change tyre soon . Not sure about Hankook k117 or Goodyear Asm 3. So many different blends os the dunlop.
 
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I’ve got a round Michelin one which my son handed up to me. A few years old now but does the job. But to be honest I tend to use my cycle track pump or a standard foot pump for the cars or the caravan. But neither of these would be suitable for you.
I find that the High pressure hand pumps are good for topping up our caravan tyres, Only do,it if we are away for about a 6 weeks round trip though.
 
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I find that the High pressure hand pumps are good for topping up our caravan tyres, Only do,it if we are away for about a 6 weeks round trip though.
Normally I found van tyres were pretty stable and didn’t need the adjustments car tyres do between towing or solo. Puzzled as to why there’s a 6 week window on the caravan tyres.
 
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Normally I found van tyres were pretty stable and didn’t need the adjustments car tyres do between towing or solo. Puzzled as to why there’s a 6 week window on the caravan tyres.
Due to the fact that I have Tyrepal monitors, I seldom have to top up the tyres. But if away on a "tour break" then might need to top up.
 
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Due to the fact that I have Tyrepal monitors, I seldom have to top up the tyres. But if away on a "tour break" then might need to top up.
How do Tyrepal monitors affect the need to top up the tyres?

I can see that you don't need to use a conventional tyre gauge but leakage and changes in ambient temperature are no different to any other car/caravan.
 
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I just mean that I can monitor the pressures and decide when to top up the pressures, I would let the pressures drop by say 3 psi difference between tyres before topping up.
 

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