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I'm pleased to learn that you run 32 lbs. and drive fast and havent had a blowout.[yet anyway] But we all know about the tire blowout problem that has been around for a while now and I sure dont want to hear that that has happned to someone here. Running low tire pressures and driving fast causes tread seperation and very shortly after that KaBloom!! Then who knows whats going to happen. There is alot more info from my talks with the engineers that I have not posted, But it sounds pretty much like your mind is made up. Good luck to you PA.
Dude, we are not talking about SUVs here. The blowout problem widely publicized by NHTSC was on Ford Explorers with Firestone Wilderness AT tires running UNDERINFLATED, like under 30 psi. (More like 24 psi, I can't remember exactly).

32 psi is recommended by Ford for the SVT Contour with g-Force KDWs which have a max pressure rating of 44 psi.

If you auto-x, it's wise to crank up the psi a bit to keep the tire from rolling over and prematurely wearing out the outer tread blocks.

But [b]running 32 psi on your Contour will not result in blowouts, unless something else is wrong with the tire. Please don't spread false information.

Kerry[/b]
Kerry I know the difference between a SUV and a car! Do you honestly think that SUV's are the only thing to blow a tire? If you think I'm spreading false info get you manual out of the glove box find the tire brochure and call the phone # listed and bust there chops for the info, because thats where it came from! :rolleyes: