First of all, when choosing best portable air pump for car tires, it is necessary to make a visual inspection and familiarize yourself with its external condition by comparing the characteristics of several of these accessories.
If this equipment was manufactured by a bona fide manufacturer, the casing and hoses will not have flash, all the inscriptions, numbers, stamps are made with high quality and well read. The materials from which the compressor is made should inspire confidence, and the appearance of this product should not seem flimsy and unreliable.
The compressor housing can be metal or plastic. If it is made of plastic, this material should be non-combustible, resistant to low temperatures and resist shock impacts with confidence.
Compressor models manufactured in metal cases, if we compare, are more durable and reliable than the same equipment made of plastic. Compressor accessories, such as air supply hoses, must be frost-resistant and be made of high-quality rubber, because it is one of the most critical system components. Hoses transfer high pressure to the wheel from the compressor, and if they fail prematurely, this can lead to certain problems.
The air hose fitting is desirable to have a threaded connection, since this method of connecting it to the nipple is more reliable. There are also quick-fitting nipples, sometimes this is the type that will be most suitable. Brass fittings are not afraid of corrosion. These points also need to be considered when choosing a compressor to your car.
The optimum length of the compressor cable is 2.5-3.0 meters; when choosing, you need to pay attention to its plug. The length of the hose and the power cable should be enough so that you can easily reach them to each wheel.
Compressors designed for use in automobiles can consume current, which depends on the magnitude of the implementation of counter-pressure, and is 4.0-15.0 A. This is a rather serious current, so you need to pay attention to the supply cable, which should not have any defects and cracks .
It is also necessary to pay attention to the warranty service of this equipment, the term of which must be at least one year.
How to choose a compressor for the price?
Behind the scenes auto compressors can be compared on the basis of price. There are products that cost the lowest. These are domestic compressors that can pump passenger car tires, mattresses, balls and boats.
The compressor of an average price category, pump up wheels of the minivan, utility truck or parquet SUV. This category of compressors may have devices that meet the requirements that these car accessories fall under. The quality of such products is acceptable, and they can serve for a long time.
Serious equipment, if you compare, will cost more and you can pump up the wheels of trucks and powerful SUV. The compressor of the highest price category will be used for quite a long time without the need for its frequent repairs and replacement parts.
Transport tax: how much is paid abroad
From 2010, the Russian regions will have the right to independently raise the transport tax. Soon, some of us (for example, residents of the Moscow region, Stavropol, Kaliningraders, motorists of the Belgorod region) will be forced to pay more for the right to drive their car. Our tax, however, is not the largest in the world. However, and not the most reasonable.
Recall that in Russia the tax on vehicles depends only on the engine power. The more horses - the more to pay, this rule applies even for airplanes (except jet). The money collected from car owners, until 2003, was sent to a special road fund and purposefully spent on the construction, maintenance and repair of roads. The last six years, the amount goes simply to the budget. So it turns out that officials who buy official vehicles for budget money, annually change their state-owned limousines, including for the means of ordinary motorists.
States in which, like ours, drivers pay for the number of "horses" without regard to their quality, there is not much left in the world. The last five to ten years in civilized countries with the help of the tax authorities are trying to regulate the transport situation so that cities do not get up in traffic jams, and their inhabitants are not choking on exhaust gases. Almost all of Europe has already introduced tax breaks for owners of eco-friendly cars and, conversely, sanctions for drivers of “harmful cars”.
Most Germans are experimenting with the transport tax. Last year, in different lands of Germany, taxes were formed according to completely different principles. In some places fiscal collected money from the burghers for the weight and dimensions of the car. But basically the ecological class mattered. In some regions of Germany, the euro drivers automatically flowed into the treasury - when registering a car, its owner had to report the number of his bank account, from which the authorities themselves removed the tax.
Since July 2009, a single taxation principle has been introduced in Germany for motorists. Drivers pay for engine size and CO2 emissions at the same time. “Cubes” of cars with gasoline engines are not so expensive - 2 euros for every 100 cm3. Volumes of diesel cars are more expensive - 9 euros for every 100 cm3.
But in addition, the owners of cars in Germany pay for CO2 emissions, and this gas is much more expensive: 2 euros per gram! However, there is a preferential rate - if a car emits less than 120 grams of CO2 per kilometer, then the German will not have to pay for the environment. However, this limit will decrease annually: in 2012, the maximum allowed “free exhaust” Germans will lower to 110 grams per kilometer, and in 2014 - to 95.