Winter Car Maintenance: The Tire Pressure Math Nobody Checks

Winter car maintenance gets ignored until your dashboard lights up. Your tire pressure warning flashes on during the morning commute. It disappears by afternoon. You assume it's fine. It's not. The temperature dropped 10 degrees and your tires lost 2 PSI you didn't account for.

Andy Baryer explains the physics: air contracts in cold, losing one to two PSI for every five to six degree Celsius drop. The TPMS system warns you in cold mornings but shuts off when tires warm up from driving. That afternoon silence means nothing. Windshield wipers need replacement every six to 12 months. Winter formulas use silicone. He once bought his girlfriend windshield wipers for her birthday. They broke up over it. Visibility matters more than people realize. For Blue Monday, he bought seeds online. DNA in tiny packages. Strawberries, apples, lemons, oranges. A five-year tree-growing commitment. Jump rope 20 minutes daily gets the motor running.

Discover why lifting wipers before snowfall prevents ice buildup. Learn the tube sock windshield wiper cover trick. Understand why Andy compares jump rope to starting an old lawnmower after winter storage.

Why ChatGPT Ads Signal the End of Free AI

ChatGPT was free. You asked questions without interruption. Now ads appear at the bottom of your searches. We regressed from paperless society to double archives. Streaming killed cable but brought back weekly episode releases. AI promised efficiency but OpenAI spent billions without profit. Something had to give.

Andy Baryer confirms ads rolling out in the US first. ChatGPT won't share your search data with advertisers but will serve relevant ads based on queries. OpenAI never turned a profit despite billions spent on data centers and development. Google Gemini outperforms ChatGPT in tests, creating a five-alarm fire at OpenAI. Apple tried in-house AI development, failed, now partnering with Google. Siri gets Gemini integration this spring via iOS update. The future: conversational AI that remembers past conversations, acts as personal butler. Privacy concerns inevitable. iOS Tahoe update adds extra clicks, unsorted apps, cartoon bubbles. You can't revert updates once installed.

Discover why Apple abandoned in-house AI development. Learn what Google Gemini's performance means for the AI race. Understand why the Apple-Google partnership benefits consumers despite their smartphone competition.

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Originally aired on 2026-01-19