Over the years I've gotten pretty good at visually checking tires. Keep a tire pressure gauge in the glove box if I wanna know exactly. My '09 Tacoma doesn't tell me which tire is low if the tire pressure light comes on but by that time I can usually spot it. I drive around for 6 months at a time with that light on because I have two complete sets of wheels & mounted tires. One set for winter and the other set for the rest of the year. One set of wheels doesn't have the tire pressure monitors calibrated to my truck so the tire pressure light stays on even though the pressure is fine. I can live without a tire pressure monitor; have done so most of my life.
Over the years I've gotten pretty good at visually checking tires. Keep a tire pressure gauge in the glove box if I wanna know exactly. My '09 Tacoma doesn't tell me which tire is low if the tire pressure light comes on but by that time I can usually spot it. I drive around for 6 months at a time with that light on because I have two complete sets of wheels & mounted tires. One set for winter and the other set for the rest of the year. One set of wheels doesn't have the tire pressure monitors calibrated to my truck so the tire pressure light stays on even though the pressure is fine. I can live without a tire pressure monitor; have done so most of my life.
A couple of years ago I gave everyone in my family and brother and sisters families a good tire gauge for Christmas. The girls and some of the boys I'm sure don't use them. Oh well. Half of them don't change a flat, probably don't know how. All our vehicles have a proper 24 inch breaking handle and lug nut socket in the vehicle. I keep roadside assistance on our vehicles in case of a problem when they are too far away for me to help.