Buying Winter Tires. The difference between studless tires and TPMS.

About TPMS (air pressure sensor). Can I use an external one?

However, our Cayenne's summer tire wheels are 20 inches, so they're not "20 inches."Why did you go with 19" winter tires?My husband asked, "What do you mean?

Because 19-inch wheels and tires are cheaper than 20-inch wheels and tires.When it comes to winter tires, I don't care about how cool they look, and if I have to replace them in the future when they wear out, I'd rather pay a little less. I don't dislike the 19-inch design, though. On the contrary, I like it because it looks like an SUV.

He said.

In addition, my husband also purchased tire pressure sensors from Yahoo Auctions. The genuine Porsche air pressure sensors cost a lot for four tires, so he got new compatible air pressure sensors for about 20,000 yen on Yahoo Auctions.

I'm not very knowledgeable about a lot of things."Air pressure is automatically displayed at the car's meter when wheels and tires are changed.I had always thought it was a "one of a kind" thing.

."Why bother to buy air pressure sensors? Isn't that something that comes with the car?I asked.

The wheels I bought this time were the ones that the previous owner had sold without the air pressure sensor.
So if you don't change it...Every time you start the engine, you will get an abnormal air pressure system warning.That's annoying, isn't it?
So I decided to buy a separate sensor and attach it.

And. I see...

If I had bought the Porsche myself, I would never know such a thing, so as soon as I changed to winter tires, the air pressure warning would come on, and I would be so surprised that I would have to call the dealer, buy air pressure sensors, and take the wheels and tires on and off again, which would cost me a lot of money. I think I'm going to have to spend a lot of money....

My husband, however, was wondering about the air pressure sensors that are not genuine Porsche air pressure sensors.

I see a lot of things on the Internet.I need to duplicate my ID," "I need to set it up."I was actually nervous about how it would turn out because of all the information I had heard.
But the product description says, "Programmed so that the vehicle automatically recognizes it after a few minutes of driving above a certain speed (25 km/h).I was relieved to see that it recognized it without a problem after I ran it for 20 minutes and measured it. And the air pressure readings were quite accurate. The air pressure readings were not at all different from the values on the air gauge, so I think it's pretty reliable.
For your information, to newly recognize TPMS, change the setting from "20-inch summer tires" to "19-inch winter tires" on the car's setting screen.We can make the car aware of the new TPMS.
If you wanted them to be recognized as they are without this work, you'd have to duplicate existing IDs or something, but I don't see the point in doing that.
Just recognize the new TPMS as normal.

He said.

Now that it is finally possible to drive the Cayenne on snow-covered roads, my husband is going skiing in February with a friend of his to see how it actually drives, etc.

So far, they are very smooth on normal roads and feel no different than summer tires, but I will review them again after some more driving.

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