Tire air is an unavoidable expense—unless you live in California or Connecticut. | Joos Mind/GettyImages Gasping for Air. In 1999, California passed a law mandating gas stations offer free air ...

Provided you have the correct adaptors, it should be possible to fill a car tire using a bicycle pump, but the effort ...

But all along that compressed air was less than ideal for tires. In many cases, gas station air was poorly filtered, meaning lots of moisture, oil and other crud was getting inside tires.

The reason he took the air out of her tires, user Lizzy (@lizzyashmusic) alleges, is that she parked at the gas station and did not buy any gas. In the video, Lizzy can be seen confronting the ...

Q. At one time, state law required that all gas stations provide free air at a pump to anyone needing it. Now some stations don’t have an air pump, or limit use by customers only, or have one ...

Yet thousands of gas stations around the country have found a way to monetize it, charging customers anywhere from 25 cents to several dollars to use a compressed air machine to inflate their tires.