I've had to replace two tires (and I don't drive very much) that would've been fine if I'd have noticed them going flat. But the first thing I noticed was the thumping and at that point they were badly damaged from driving them under inflated already.
There's a third incident like that too, but since I figured out that it had been flat when I started out, that I could've prevented it by looking at the tires (with a flashlight, cause it was dark).
I've had to replace two tires (and I don't drive very much) that would've been fine if I'd have noticed them going flat. But the first thing I noticed was the thumping and at that point they were badly damaged from driving them under inflated already.
There's a third incident like that too, but since I figured out that it had been flat when I started out, that I could've prevented it by looking at the tires (with a flashlight, cause it was dark).
I find it useful, especially after hitting a bump and getting a punch flat.
In the old days, you had to drive a couple miles to be certain you really had a flat, at which case things were damaged.