© 2009 The SafTrack Group, LLC Terms & Conditions • Privacy Statement The TIM Plan The TIM Tire Inflation Maintenance plan is simple: Buy a TIM Tire Inflation Maintenance product and we will remind you every month to use that product to make sure your tires remain properly inflated. Each TIM product purchase also includes a free membership in our TIM Auto Club, which is our gift to you for doing your part to help save fuel and our environment.* It's as SIMPLE as 1, 2, 3… Purchase a TIM tire gauge product. Register your purchase @ www.timcare.com. Check and adjust your tire pressure when you receive your monthly reminders. Enjoy the benefits of proper tire inflation and your membership in the TIM Auto Club. *Registration required. Please read product package for registration instructions. Tire Inflation Maintenance is the only service every vehicle needs every month. Every vehicle manufacturer, tire manufacturer and the US government tells us to correct our tire pressure at least every 30 days yet, according to AAA, less than 15% of us do. All passenger vehicle tires lose air at the rate of 1-3 psi every month through normal permeation, the process by which air bleeds through the carcass of a tire. And it only takes a few pounds to seriously compromise the safety of your vehicle, and accelerate tire wear and fuel consumption. Under inflated tires wear much faster than properly inflated ones because low air pressure distorts a tire’s shape and the way it contacts the pavement, typically grinding the tread off of the sides of the tire’s treaded contact area. This distortion also increases "rolling resistance," the culprit behind the devastating effect low tire inflation can have on your fuel economy. Essentially, it takes more energy to propel a vehicle with under inflated tires. If you have ever ridden a bicycle or pushed a car with under inflated tires, you get it. Flat tires make it tough – air ‘em up and everything gets easier. It's up to you. In the past tire inflation maintenance was largely ignored by most motorists. Until this decade almost all vehicles required oil changes or other maintenance services every three months or 3,000 miles, whichever came first. All competent service facilities check a vehicle's tire inflation every time they perform an oil change or maintenance service. With no particular sense of urgency surrounding tire inflation, most consumers, if they thought about it at all, figured these routine services were enough to maintain their tire pressure. Recent advancements in engine technology, as well as overall quality improvements, have permitted vehicle manufacturers to extend the duration between required vehicle maintenance intervals. Some vehicles now only require an oil change, or any scheduled service, once a year. In other words, we are seeing our mechanics less, so the burden of maintaining our tire inflation has shifted to us, the motoring public.