Couldn't agree wiith this more. TPMS is totally useless and I'm so glad that companies like AEV and Superchips offer a way to just turn it the damn thing off.
Why The Tire Pressure Light Is The Most Useless Warning Light
Warning lights have never been the most helpful thing in the world. They're there to tell you when something's about to go wrong, but without giving you a good estimate on how severe or how soon things are going to get really screwed up. A warning light just tells you to be a little more on edge.
Your instrument panel is full of lights that tell you when something's happening – or isn't. There's one if your parking brake is on, one if you turned off your traction control, one if your seatbelt isn't on. When my car flashes the airbag light, what am I supposed to do exactly, not crash? Thanks, I knew that already. But the most useless of all is the one for the tire pressure monitoring system, given the rather unfortunate abbreviation of TPMS...
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http://jalopnik.com/5973322/why-the-tire-pressure-light-is-the-most-useless-warning-light