My First ZOOK!

I dropped the tyre pressures by 2psi as a test and then a sharp drop in temperature overnight dropped them enough to activate the TPMS so the system doesn't allow much leeway. As to "pulling the plug" to deactivate the system, couldn't a suitable switch in the system work just as well?

Roger

you mean to top up the tyres and turn the system on for the mot and off for actual work?

A swich does sound better Roger, I would imagine getting to the plug in the first place would be a potch. I intend to investigate this myself but won't get a chance till the new-year now. If you have the opportunity to fiddle with it keep us posted. Chris

On a personal basis a TPMS system has benefits that outweigh any thoughts of "it's just another bloody system to nag at us". Yes the system on Vivs Audi did it's job and we dealt with it but that's another story.
I can understand that, under certain circumstances for work or recreation the ability to circumvent the TPMS would be useful and if a switch can be spliced into a wiring loom to switch it off, then go ahead.
On Tonka I have switched off the lane discipline system and I am trying to discipline myself to switch off the close proximity sensor because it resets each time you restart the motor so I am adverse to some of the gimmics that people crave for.

Roger

I'm just wondering if I'm one of the few people that don't find the orange screen too obtrusive?

The other Sunday I went to the Pay & Play quarry, I decided for the first time to air down the tyres to see what difference I found it made. I let them down to 20psi. I was pleasantly surprised to find the TPMS system only gave one 'Bleep'. The screen went orange and intermittently flashed the "LOW PRESSURE" warning.

My conclusion is that when running standard size tyres at the recommended pressure there is no problem, when going off-road for the occasional day I could more than put up with the orange dash.

Beforehand, going off what I'd read I was expecting a continuous alarm similar to the seatbelt warning.

For me personally, if i had two sets of wheels to swap over for summer/winter I'd bite the bullet and get a second set of sensors. But luckily I'm not in that situation, I just had the sensors swapped over to my replacement wheels.

I've just got back from a 4th test run, with the Bypass unit positioned directly above the rear wheel. No luck! Perhaps I've got to be more patient, but the last run was 10 miles (approximately) averaging between 30-50mph. The instructions say that the syncing process should take no more than a few km's.

So far the only variable between me and others who've had success, is the fact that I've bought the battery operated version (2x AA) opposed to the hardwired version.

I'm going to have one last ditched attempt, swapping the two AA batteries inside the unit for some high quality ones to see if that makes a difference.