Many people know about the need to check tire pressure. In case of discrepancy, the rubber wears out faster, stability is lost, and the fact of inflated or flat wheels affects handling and fuel consumption. Watch the pressure, like any part of the car, rubber needs careful maintenance and inspection. Familiarize yourself with the load capacity and speed indices, find out what parameters the rubber of your car has. Let's figure out what the tire pressure should be for Lada Vesta.

How often to measure to kill rubber

Please note that the pressure may change with changes in ambient temperature. Moreover, the process occurs equally in winter and summer period. The main rule when checking is to measure before the trip, until the rubber is warm. After a short trip, the wheels get very hot and the readings differ significantly from the real ones.

Measurements should be carried out, not only after tire wear has become noticeable. The manufacturer recommends checking the pumping, as soon as you feel that the car began to behave differently. For example, it began to throw around, uncertain entry into turns. In any operating book you will find information that a check must be carried out if the temperature drops reach 10-15 degrees. As a rule, these are spring / autumn seasons, be careful this time of temperature fluctuations.

What kind of tire pressure to keep on Vesta?

The tire pressure on Vesta is regulated both by the factory and by the driver independently, depending on the operation of the tires. What is the R15 pressure, taking into account the size 185/65 (tire) 88H and (rim width) 50 mm - 2.1 at partial and 2.2 atmospheres at full load.
Taking into account the size 195/55 R16 91H with an offset of 50 ET - 2.1 and 2.2 "atmospheres", at partial and full load, respectively.

For the winter

For summer

A similar situation with summer "slippers", but here we argue on the contrary, taking into account elevated temperature, it is better to reduce the pumping -0.1 atmosphere. This difference will compensate for the thermal contraction or expansion of the air in the wheel.

Up to how many atmospheres to pump wheels on Lada Vesta Cross - instructions

In the factory's recommendation for Vesta Cross indicated from 2.2 to 2.4 "atmospheres", it is also curled from the driving style. The size plays a role, given that the manufacturer installs R17 wheels and a dimension of 205/50. Someone wants a tire higher, wider, that's why they "play" with the swap level as they want. But, you need to take into account all the features, what kind of load, diameter, the larger the diameter, the lower the height. It is generally accepted that for the Cross version, the average values ​​range from 2.2 to 2.4 atmospheres.

Standard tire pressure monitoring system for Lada Vesta

On this moment, this system is available - it is installed on export versions of the Lada family: Vesta, XRay, Kalina, Grant. When the option appears on the Lada models intended for Russia, it's hard to say, the fact that the option is available pleases. Perhaps soon "gadgets" will be available with us.

Taking into account the equipment of export vehicles, their “tidy” is also different, because it is here that information from sensors is taken out. In general, the TPMS tire pressure monitoring system is represented by four built-in sensors in the wheel valves. TPMS sensors regularly measure and send data to the "tidy", informing the driver.

What indicators depend on tire pressure

The air in the tires affects the following indicators:

• Maneuverability;
• Controllability;
• road grip;
• Fuel consumption;
• Cross-country ability - if you want to drive off-road, lower the wheels.

Uninflated tires can cause damage to the rim. Imagine you are driving on a road where the surface is not perfect. We drove through the pit, taking into account the weak pumping, the disk takes more load. For steel rims, it’s practically not scary, but “casting”, titanium, can not only bend, but crack. And the impact on the tire is no less.

It is enough just to look at the photo, as we see with different pumping, the contact surface of the wheel with the road changes. Why some areas wear out quickly, some do not interact at all. Insufficient grip can cause an accident.

You think pumping is not a problem - you are mistaken. Over-inflated tires are dangerous, increasing the risk of hydroplaning and similarly, the contact plane is smaller, resulting in uneven wear.

In conclusion, I would like to say, monitor the pressure, maintain it, as required by the manufacturer. Pay attention to your own driving preferences. lovers high-speed driving you can deviate from the average by 0.1 bar. Indeed, at speed, the temperature rises, and, accordingly, the pressure, which is why an excess of the latter, often leads to rubber rupture - be careful on the roads!

Both Vesta - with a new 1.8 engine (122 hp) and a 5-speed manual. Of course, there was a temptation to take a station wagon with an AMT robot, but at the time of the start of the marathon there were no such ones - at least in serial execution.

Vesta also broke the usual approach to the selection of subjects. Previously, we took three cars to the start, but this time there are four of them. We take a Ford with a localized 125‑horsepower 1.6 engine and a 5-speed manual in a couple of Vesta SW. And the "crossover" Vesta SW competes with 1.6 (123 hp, 6-speed mechanical box). All cars are front wheel drive.

The task is the same: drive 60 hours with the maximum load on the suspension, transmission, engine and bodywork. Who will reach the finish line, well done. And if everyone finishes, we will count the number of breakdowns, without which none of our marathons could do.

Program Guide

The main objective of our accelerated test is to identify design flaws and weak spots cars, and for this we will pretty beat them on the roads Dmitrovsky auto-polygon. During the marathon, we will take a series of engine oil samples from each car and, after analyzing them, we will evaluate the condition of the engines. The ANAC laboratory of the Total company will help us with this.

Serious load - required condition. Three water-filled mannequins, 75 kg each, settled in the back row of each participant. We put another half a centner in the trunks. And they put crossbars on the roofs and hoisted luggage boxes of the Lux brand - they chose a product of a domestic manufacturer.

The luggage box Lux 600 has a volume of 440 liters. With fasteners, we suffered. On Focus and Crete, the railing profile is standard, but the Togliatti station wagons not only have non-standard fasteners, but also new cars. The representative of the company that produces the boxes had to rush to us and measure Vesta in order to quickly finalize the fasteners for the crossbars.

Having installed the boxes, we threw half a centner of ballast into them. Rooftop luggage will not only serve as a load - we will check how much noise and fuel consumption increase.

Total: three mannequins of 75 kg each, 100 kg of ballast and even a driver - an average of 75 kg. In total - 400 kg of load, that is, it is almost maximum.

In order not to waste time at gas stations, we drove a whole fuel truck to the landfill. All cars were filled with the 95th Pulsar, which Rosneft brought to the Russian market on the eve of the marathon.

Day one: prelaunch swamp

Damn it! What is this swamp?

Our Technical Specialist Valery Zharinov is beside himself. It's an hour and a half before the start, but in the Focus cabin it smells of dampness, on the mats - ankle-deep water!

One of the mannequins, apparently, was so frightened of the upcoming severe trials that, sorry, “peed himself” - the bottom plug could not stand it.

I had to quickly scoop water out of the car and replace the "coward" with three bags of ballast, 25 kg each.

Just eliminated the flood, as it arose new problem: A tire pressure sensor error was displayed on the instrument panel of the Crete. Checked tires - ok. The pictogram burned until the finish line, but none of the tires showed signs of pressure loss. We console ourselves with the fact that these sensors are buggy in many cars.

In the predawn darkness, the cars left for the cobblestone road, on which we maintain an average speed of 35 km / h.

You have to drive especially carefully on the Focus - it has the most modest ground clearance. In terms of energy intensity, claims against Ford are zero. Irregularities and holes of any caliber he swallows without difficulty. Even the rear shock absorbers, which had the greatest (taking into account the “passengers” and ballast) load, warmed up to a maximum of 60 ° C, which is not much. But if you miss a big bump or the swaying body goes into resonance, you will quickly catch a blow.

Creta also confidently avoids the traps of "cobbles", "parquet" clearance - 170 mm adds optimism. And Lada is not a blunder: even an ordinary SW station wagon has almost 180 mm under engine protection, and SW Cross is even higher - 200 mm.

But - an amazing thing! - on a road full of transverse waves, whether it is a cobblestone ring or a dirt road, ordinary Vesta SW we liked more! The Cross has a higher center of gravity and the characteristics of the shock absorbers have been changed, so the body sways more. Low-profile tires force you to be alert and transmit more small vibrations to the body. Already two hours later on the cobblestone on the left front wheel a hernia came out.

SW Cross marked and minor malfunction- the rear left "dimension" burned out.

As soon as it brightened outside the window, we switched to braking on expressway. Acceleration to 130 km / h - and braking to a complete stop. In order to avoid scatter stopping distance and the intensity of the deceleration caused by the change of the tester, two cones were placed in each braking zone - 75 and 85 meters from the start of braking. Each time it was necessary to stop in this ten-meter corridor.

Focus turned out to be the most stable when braking. Creta and both Vestas on uneven and wet pavement require slight course corrections. And in terms of efficiency and ease of slowing down, all cars are on top.

In this rhythm, Ford showed the best, spending a little less than 12 liters per hundred. Creta was a liter more wasteful. And the Ladas turned out to be the most voracious: almost 14 l / 100 km. Their consumption coincided up to a tenth of a liter, which to a certain extent indicates the stability of quality.

We ended the first day with what we started with - "cobbles". At the end of the day, one of the test drivers did not notice a protruding stone and bent the front left disc on the Vesta SW. Our mobile tire service arrived promptly, and ten minutes later the "convoy" of four cars continued on its way.

Day two: weather surprises

Morning started with control inspection on the overpass. They did not find any breakdowns and with a calm soul went to the high-speed road - to continue to wash the brake pads. And suddenly a real snow shaft fell on the landfill! The road was instantly icy.

It is unreasonable to brake on the verge of blocking in such conditions and - cars strive to go into a skid even when driving in a straight line at a speed of only 90 km / h! So we exited the fast lane and headed to the cobbles, where we spent the rest of the day.

Already on the second day, the shaking "talked" salons. In Crete, a "cricket" started up under the windshield. In Vesta SW, the sound made by the skin annoyed driver's door. And Cross was noted by the rattling of the instrument panel. Only Focus continued to endure all the hardships of the cobbled road in silence. That is why at least part of the interior panels must be made of soft plastic! Other things being equal, rigid panels break the vow of silence earlier.

The snowfall clearly did not like that we were ignoring it. By noon, our tent, which served as a field headquarters and usually saved us from the summer heat, collapsed under the weight of wet snow. Fortunately, there was no one inside. I had to roll up the remnants of the structure and move the “headquarters” to a technical station - a Ford Tourneo Custom minibus.

In the evening at Vesta SW, something rattled in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe rear right wheel. We drove the car onto the overpass: the lower bolt untwisted rear shock absorber. Good thing the thread didn't break. We tightened the fasteners and drove the rest of the day pricking up our ears. Looking ahead, I will say that history has not repeated itself. Pre-production build errors?

Day three: tiramisu in Russian

In the morning we again set off to shake our souls out on a cobblestone, once again making sure that low profile tires Crossa don't feel right on broken road: the second hernia appeared on the same left front wheel.

After finishing the warm-up on the cobblestones, we moved onto a dirt road.

Yes, this is a real rural country road - as to order! Both in appearance and texture, the road reminded of tiramisu dessert: under a thin layer of white snow there was a dark “stuffing” of semi-frozen soil, which after half an hour of driving we rolled into a slippery mess. Here Focus got it, although we were moving at the same speed, which, depending on the degree of road deterioration, was from 40 to 80 km / h. Ford is the only one who periodically clings to the ground with a felt protection - and by the end of the day the boot was rubbed to holes. If you plan to drive your Ford not only on asphalt, you should think about buying steel engine protection, which, alas, will reduce the already insufficient ground clearance.

Otherwise, Focus has nothing to reproach: in the pits and gullies, the suspension does not penetrate; traction control completely turns off and remains in the shade, without interfering with taking slippery climbs; the stabilization system allows you to ride with a slip and comes into operation only when absolutely necessary.

Hyundai also feels great in tiramisu. He has a good one, which inspires confidence on the hillocks and in a rut. Alas, short base does not add stability on a straight line. And at some point, Creta could not stay on the road: at a speed of about 60 km / h, the car turned around, and it flew into a snow dump. The pilot escaped with a slight fright, and Creta - a small crack in front bumper. Blame the driver? In such conditions and in such high-speed modes, this could happen to anyone.

On that day, the "ground" did not pass without a trace for both Frets. Vesta SW, when storming the next slippery climb, was taken aback by electronic glitches. The speedometer, odometer, stabilization system and electric power steering failed. Cause: network congestion high speed crankshaft. Removed the battery terminal for a few seconds - and everything worked. A similar situation arose with Cross, but on a smaller scale: the button for turning off the traction control system stopped working.

They repaired it in the same old-fashioned way - by removing the terminal. It looks like both Frets are prone to power surges when high revs engine.

For fuss with the electrician, we were caught rushing to the landfill Chief Editor, who immediately got behind the wheel of the "reloaded" Cross - and sped off to the primer. He was one of the first in Russia - I remember he praised the energy intensity of the suspension. Accordingly, he drove briskly on the ground, which the car did not appreciate: after an hour, the right front tire ordered to live for a long time - the disk “wrapped up”. This was the last wheel we changed during the marathon.

Having driven a lot on primers, we found out: Creta quickly throws mud at thresholds that are not covered by doors. Getting out of the car and not getting your trousers dirty is unrealistic. The tailgate, along with the rear view camera, the lock button and the license plate, are heavily smeared with dirt, but the mirrors and side windows remain clean.

Ford is in a similar situation. Thresholds are also thrown with mud, but it’s easier not to touch them when landing. Rear end gets dirty quickly, but the trunk release button remains almost spotless. What can not be said about the side windows: unlike the Kretovsky ones, the Ford ones are splashed.

Both Frets performed almost like a blueprint. Clean exterior mirrors, front side windows slightly covered in dirt. The trunk lid and license plate also covered with a brown layer. The door handles were the worst. But still, there is a slight difference between Vesta: Cross versions thresholds get dirty more actively. Nevertheless, it was Lada who collected the least amount of dirt.

Day four: on the verge of adhesion

On Thursday it was time to go “to the mountains”. But before we had time to drive even a kilometer along the "mountain" road of the landfill, we felt a terrible beating on all the cars. The reason is obvious - earth and clay were packed into the wheels in yesterday's "mud baths". But after all, we tried so hard to wash them ... We had to remove the wheels - in total, about 20 kg of soil were raked out of the disks!

Having got rid of the unplanned ballast, we continue the races. We keep the average speed at the level of 55-60 km / h. This avoids unnecessary slips and drifts, we drive exclusively on the verge of tire adhesion.

The short base and high center of gravity of Crete make themselves felt. Hyundai without a doubt nice car on a winding road, but periodically strives to break into a skid, and there are more rolls than those of opponents.

Frets "in the mountains" ride better, and I liked Vesta SW more. Of course, the SW Cross also pleases with a well-balanced steering effort, precise reactions and stability, but it rolls more - the body is higher.

Focus performed better than others on the “mountain” road: excellent stability, verified reactions and the most accurate Feedback"on the steering wheel".

Again we leave on a high-speed ring. The coverage is the most northerly - rolled snow. We hold 110-120 km / h, bringing the tachometer needle to 5000-5500 rpm. Excellent load on the engine!

Raising plumes of snow, we cut circles one after another - we were not stopped even by the darkness descending on the landfill. But the elk that suddenly appeared in front of my nose could well do it! Once again I made sure that Vesta's chassis is correctly configured. A sharp change to slippery road didn't get her out of control. Brilliantly!

While I, another trouble happened - the pump failed ... at the fuel truck! Fortunately, he repaired as suddenly as he failed.

Riding on high speed By snow covered road showed whether cars like to wrap themselves in snow. Focus pretty swept over: the fifth door, rear license plate and lights - all under a white blanket.

Crete's tailgate also "grayed", but much less, and the number is at least readable.

And Lada gave a surprise. The snow almost did not touch their sirloin parts, only the lanterns “dusted” a little. Trunk doors, windows and rooms were absolutely clean! Very valuable quality for winter conditions.

Day five: finish without surprises

Do roof boxes greatly affect fuel consumption and noise levels? To answer this question, we spent the final day on the expressway with no roof ballast.

During the night it froze, the rolled snow was covered with a crust of ice. Over the previous day, we filled the track, so the ride is not very pleasant: cars strive to stand across the road - just catch it! But, contrary to the rules of the epistolary genre, absolutely nothing happened on the final day of the marathon.

In five days and sixty hours, cars covered a little less than three thousand kilometers in very difficult conditions. Everyone reached the finish line - there were no critical breakdowns. But no one went the distance without problems, and we received a lot of interesting data, some of which we have already shared with manufacturers. We hope that our experiment will allow them to draw "organizational conclusions" and make the necessary adjustments - as has happened more than once in the history of the 60 Hours of Driving marathons.

Boxing!

All participating cars run on Rosneft gasoline - we fill AI‑95 Pulsar. And we will find out how the presence of roof boxes affects fuel consumption.

Many motorists are wary of boxes - they say that they are not easy to put on and take off, and it is more expensive to drive constantly with such a "hat" - noise and consumption increase significantly.

Our measurements for constant speed 120 km/h showed that general level noise rises by an average of 6%, or 4 dB. Interestingly, boxing had the strongest effect on Creta's noise - the increase was 6.5%, but at speed you can hardly catch this difference with your ear.

A similar story with fuel consumption. We measured it at a speed of 120 km/h, with and without boxes, and found that with a roof rack, the fuel appetite in our non-economy mode (120 km/h we were driving in third gear) increases by about 8%, or 1 l / 100 km.

Boxing had the strongest impact on the consumption of Vesta SW Cross.

As for the safety of luggage and safety, then everything is in order with this too. Regular internal belts, with which we secured two bags of 25 kg of ballast, calmly withstood a series of hard braking and driving on a "mountain" road. Neither dust nor water penetrated into the boxes. So one more question - is it possible to choose a domestic alternative to the boxes of well-known European companies? - removed.

Adhesion force

As we have already said, all cars are shod in winter friction tires Toyo Observe GSi‑5.

At one time I wrote a dissertation on the topic resource tests tires. And it turned out that the tires cars wear out faster than SUVs. Then, as a result of long research, I found out that summer car tires on the "mountain" road of the Dmitrovsky auto-polygon are erased from average speed 2.89 mm for 1000 km of track against 2.30 mm for . For the former, each kilometer of the “mountain” road is equivalent to 13.7 km of normal operation, and for the latter, to 15 km.

A dissertation is good, but here are the results of our four. on Focus and Vesta SW wore out at a rate of 3.6 and 3.3 mm / 1000 km, respectively. Since the minimum permitted tread depth for winter tires is 4 mm, it turns out that the clutches will withstand a maximum of 22,000–25,000 km. On Vesta SW Cross and Crete, tread wear was at a rate of 3.25 and 2.53 mm / 1000 km, respectively. So Winter tires these SUVs will live longer - 28,000 km. Everything fits!

Of course, in "real life" the coefficients may differ slightly from those derived by me, but the ratio will remain the same. Our marathon proved that non-studded tires on asphalt wear out one and a half times faster than summer ones. Those who ride clutches all year round should think about it.

Stop, instantly!

For five hundred kilometers covered by cars in the mode of constant braking, it was necessary to settle down more than 270 times. Each kilometer of this load on the brakes is equivalent to about nine in standard operation. Usually the average resource of the front brake pads- about 30,000 km, and the residual thickness of the linings when replacing is 2–3 mm.

The focus was 2.5 mm / 1000 km, which means in real life they will be able to go 33,000 km (on my personal Focus wagon they went almost the same).

The most tenacious brakes are at Crete: wear - 1.83 mm / 1000 km. That is, in "peacetime" its pads will withstand 45,000 km - a worthy result!

Brake pads Vesta SW lose 3.17 mm for every thousand kilometers. This means that their resource in real operation is 23,000 km. At Cross, the wear is even five tenths stronger, and therefore, during normal driving, the brakes will “run out” a couple of thousand kilometers earlier - with a run of 21,000 km.

Oil will not spoil?

For the purity of the experiment, before the start of the tests, we changed the oil in all cars to a new one recommended by the manufacturer.

Rosneft Premium 5W-40 oil is poured into Vesta at the factory - this is exactly what we found for replacement. In the motor of Crete - branded Hyundai oil Turbo Syn 5W‑30. In the Focus engine - Castrol Ford Magnatec Professional 5W‑20.

At the end of the marathon, we took samples of all the cars and sent them for analysis to Total's ANAC laboratory in St. Petersburg. This is the French verdict. In Vesta and Focus, all indicators are normal. Only the content of silicon in the oil indicates the infiltration of the smallest road dust. This, in general, is normal after a certain number of kilometers of mud covered. But Creta was noted not only for the presence of dust, but also for a high content of copper. Judging by its quantity, the engine wore out three times more intensively than during normal operation.

This study seemed to us not enough - and we decided to torment the machines in the freezer.

Winter-ready?

Our winter marathon demonstrated a good preparation of cars for Russian winter, but not without reservations.

Ford Focus - the most driving of the quartet, including slippery surface. It swallows even serious holes without problems, without annoying breakdowns. The engine carries easily heavy loads and high turnover. But on snowy Focus track instantly covered with snow, and modest ground clearance makes you be especially vigilant on rough roads.

On broken ground Creta behaved excellently and, unlike Ford, did not give cause for concern in a rut. But she lacks stability on slippery roads, which is especially felt against the background of other cars. I was also alerted by a glitch in the tire pressure monitoring system. However, the most serious claim arose after oil analysis. Creta does not tolerate frequent cold starts and constant high speeds. If you want the engine to serve for a long time, do not load it heavily, use medium speeds and change the oil on time.

Even in comparison with the SUV Hyundai Creta ordinary Vesta SW- a real SUV. The clearance is greater, the energy intensity of the suspension is higher. But you need to deal with the voltage in the network. Devices have no right to turn off even at the highest speed! The same goes for the Cross version.

Vesta SW Cross strains excessive buildup of the body, and low-profile tires reduce the effect of the impenetrable running gear - hernia, a punctured tire and a jammed wheel are witnesses to this. But in terms of "cleanliness" both Ladas are head and shoulders above their eminent rivals: the fact that after several hours of a snow-covered track the feed remains clean is an invaluable quality. And the engines of both West proved to be resistant to heavy loads. It was their motors that showed the least wear - even after cold starts. Excellent result!

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If you do not know what pressure is in Lada Vesta tires, then this article will answer your question.

Note that it is necessary to check tire pressure quite often, as this directly affects traffic safety. Manufacturers also set standards for each specific car, so that the driver has something to navigate.

Note that the air pressure in the tires is constantly changing, depending on the temperature of the air inside the tire. At low temperatures Air compresses and the pressure drops; when the temperature rises, the pressure rises. It is optimal to check the readings at an ambient temperature in the range of 10-15 degrees Celsius and after a little downtime. When driving, the tires warm up, so it is wrong to measure pressure immediately after a ride.

Tire pressure sensor Vesta

The tire pressure sensor is not installed on Vesta. There is a sensor for export Lada cars, so in the future, it may also appear on LADA Vesta as an option.