Whenever you test drive a vehicle, check the tire pressure first. Most cars nowadays let you do that right from the driver's seat.
Reasons: 1.) Most vehicles (in my experience) come from the factory with the tires way overinflated. It's partly because they use high pressure/high volume compressed air to seat the tires on the rims, and they're often filled to 45-50 psi in the process. It's also supposedly because softer tires allow the vehicles to move around and bounce more on the delivery trucks.
2.) Also, the kids at the dealership prepping the new vehicles very often don't take the time or effort to bend down to adjust the pressures on all four tires of every vehicle they prep.
Result: The ride quality can be severely compromised by overinflated tires. The ride will be stiffer, bumps will jolt the vehicle harder, etc.
I can easily imagine that people have declined to buy certain vehicles because of the compromsed ride quality, without realizing it's just those 50 psi tires.
Reasons: 1.) Most vehicles (in my experience) come from the factory with the tires way overinflated. It's partly because they use high pressure/high volume compressed air to seat the tires on the rims, and they're often filled to 45-50 psi in the process. It's also supposedly because softer tires allow the vehicles to move around and bounce more on the delivery trucks.
2.) Also, the kids at the dealership prepping the new vehicles very often don't take the time or effort to bend down to adjust the pressures on all four tires of every vehicle they prep.
Result: The ride quality can be severely compromised by overinflated tires. The ride will be stiffer, bumps will jolt the vehicle harder, etc.
I can easily imagine that people have declined to buy certain vehicles because of the compromsed ride quality, without realizing it's just those 50 psi tires.