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What is recommended tire pressure?

My 1998 Toyota Camry XLE v6 has P195/70/R14 all season tires and since I put around 60 psi and nothing happens is still normal acceleration if high pressure tire.

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Recommended tire pressure for all car tires is 32. However my 1960 Buick Electra weighs about 2 of your cars combined. So, what the tire manufacturer recommends is not knowing the weight of your vehicle. That you owner's manual should state the tire pressure for your car. Which could be 28 all around. Definitely not 60. Your tire is over inflated. What happens is that it wears in the center prematurely wearing out your tire. Most tire stores should know what the tire pressure is suppose to be for that car. It is also on a sticker on the door jamb or in the glove compartment stuck onto the flap. Some even have it in the trunk where the spare is located. If any tire has 60 PSI it is the spare, for who knows when it will be used and if it is a front tire or rear tire.(some auto manufacturers recommend different pressures between front and rear. It is easy to let air out, but how many people are carrying a pump to add air to the tire? . This recommended air pressure is put on by car manufacturers since they made cars....so is really been there forever. The manufacturer knows about their car and what is the best for it so you get the greatest traction and soft ride, and longest tire life. . Do you think the tire manufacturers KNOW which car or truck these tires are going on? And their maximum pressure is 32PSI. 60 is a bit high. So far you are lucky, for I have heard of cases where the tire exploded and took the drivers head off with it. Instant death. You don't notice the wear immediately but when you do, it is too late so fork out another several hundred and replace all the tires. For they all will wear the same way. You definitely will not get 60K on those tires. Lucky if you get 8K.
60 PSI is way too high. Most midsized cars have them at 30-32 PSI. To know the exact recommended tire pressure for your Camry, open the driver door and look at the door jam. You will find a white or black sticker (probably white) that has the tire pressure listed there.
60 PSI sounds very high. Your car should have a label inside the drivers door jamb with recommended pressures. If not, look at the side wall of your tire for a maximum number of PSI. You can safely inflate the tire to that maximum pressure.
A standard PASSENGER car tire is load range B, which is 35 psi cold (undriven). Your tire is a P195, the "P" meaning "passenger". The tire says: "35 psi maximum cold" on the sidewall. So WHY have you decided to put almost DOUBLE the recommended pressure in the tire? Try 40 psi hot, and check it before you drive it for the first time in the day. It will be somewhere around 35 psi. You can then adjust it to 32 or 35. The manufacturer puts a label on the driver's door or on the glovebox door with the recommended tire pressure, which would be 32 to 35 psi cold.
Most of these answers are pretty terrible. During the engineering of the vehicle, the manufacturers engineers decide on a tire pressure based on many factors that are probably over my head. The manufacturer recommended tire pressure will be on a placard on the inside of the driver's door. If there is nothing there for some reason, 32 is where I'll usually go. You'll see lots of pressures, typically ranging from 27-36psi on passenger tires. Most passenger tires will have a max inflation pressure of 40-42 psi, some having a max pressure as low as 35 psi. This is not the recommended tire pressure for the tire (such a thing does not exist, as recommended tire pressure is based on vehicle, not tire). It is the MAX pressure that the tire can safely handle without separating from the wheel. Light truck tires are a different story. Vehicle with light truck tires may require pressures anywhere from 40-80 psi, but again, read the placard.

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