Hi, new-ish Tesla Model Y owner here...
I'm in northern VT, we get some real snow. So winter tires are something I'm going to want.
Tesla sells a set for about $2k which look like they come with the wheels so I can just swap from set to set easy and store the other set in the barn. Am I correct about that? Are they reasonable winter tires or should I be looking at another solution?
On my prior EV putting winter tires on dropped the range a fair bit (I'm guessing they had more rolling resistance then the stock tires, they were not EV specific tires, I already knew I would be retiring the EV for an all wheel drive EV before next winter so I didn't want to spend too much on single year tires!), do these winter tires have a similar range drop or are they closer to the tires the car came with?
Again I'm in northern VT, the Tesla website says the tires ship to a service center and I need to go there and they put 'em on. Has anyone gotten them shipped to their home so the can do something more local (my nearest Tesla service centers are like a half day's drive, which at least since I own a Tesla is a present half day! It is still a lot of time though!)
I'm in northern VT, we get some real snow. So winter tires are something I'm going to want.
Tesla sells a set for about $2k which look like they come with the wheels so I can just swap from set to set easy and store the other set in the barn. Am I correct about that? Are they reasonable winter tires or should I be looking at another solution?
On my prior EV putting winter tires on dropped the range a fair bit (I'm guessing they had more rolling resistance then the stock tires, they were not EV specific tires, I already knew I would be retiring the EV for an all wheel drive EV before next winter so I didn't want to spend too much on single year tires!), do these winter tires have a similar range drop or are they closer to the tires the car came with?
Again I'm in northern VT, the Tesla website says the tires ship to a service center and I need to go there and they put 'em on. Has anyone gotten them shipped to their home so the can do something more local (my nearest Tesla service centers are like a half day's drive, which at least since I own a Tesla is a present half day! It is still a lot of time though!)