Why do a car's tires need more air in the winter than they do in the summer?

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tumblewolf · Answer

Cold temperatures cause the air to contract and become thinner. Heat causes gasses to expand, thus making your tires over inflated.

kkutie7 · Answer

you could also think of this as the depression or excitation of atoms

miracrown · Answer

The reason for this has to do with the ideal gas law. Without going into too much detail, gas compresses when it is cold and expands when it is hot. So if the gas is cold, we need to put more in to fill the same volume

anonymous · Answer

Hi there! 

So, I see you want to know what tires on, cars need more air in the winter then in the summer time. And great question by the way :D.

Let's get started.....


Well we all know how to blow a balloon right? 

If we blow the balloon outside on a, bright hot sunny day, then put it down for about a hour or so it would pop because of all the heat shining onto the balloon. People say that a the hotter color (black) is the hottest color so if you cook with a cast-iron skillet that's black it would take all the heat from the cooktop and make the skillet hot.

So think of the tire as a balloon. The tire needs less air in it when it's summer time, when it really, really, hot! So the tire, on your car, is in the sun it would make your car hot and the tires hot, making them really hot to where they maybe able to pop.
 
Hope this helps!!

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