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Originally Posted by Douggie
It is a common practice in all car manufactures to over-inflate the tyres right out of the factory. This is because they want to avoid creating flat spots in the tyre during the "holding" period. The car can be sitting in the factory warehouse for a while, then on a ship for a few weeks, and on the dealer lot (ready stock) for a while before a customer takes it home. In extreme cases, we could be talking about 1-2 years!
It is important to get the pressures back to factory specs when you collect the car from dealer. You do not want to run on over-inflated tyres for a long period of time.
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Douggie is absolutely right.
This should be part of the prep procedures for the dealer before delivering a new car. You do pay for prep after all, so this is very poor service you got from whoever you bought the car from. Somebody's not been reading his New Vehicle Preparation check-list properly !!
Go back and whine, you might get a few goodies and an apology. It's not a cheap Asian piece of junk you have bought !