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The mats are presently buried in my storage locker, but I'll see if I can dig them out sometime in the next few days. Thanks for your interest.

You might consider the Nokian WR G4 if you can get it in your desired size. Snow performance approaching that of the Sottozero, low rolling resistance and fairly quiet. Actually marked as a traction tire, if you need that. Hard to find in Tesla sizes and expensive. But a great tire.

When we put the rear seats down in our Y, the lower left quadrant of the display is blocked by a large fasten-seatbelt diagram that claims whichever seat's folded down is actually occupied and the belt's not fastened. This is utterly stupid. Our S did not do this. I have never owned a car...

I called them in October, knowing they were short stock on tires and TPMS, with a focused question about running the nearly new 19" Nokians I was taking off my Model S on their narrower 19" wheels they sell for the Model 3. Specifically whether there would be clearance issues with the brake...

Just moved from an AP1 S to a brand-new Y with "FSD". I love the car and the automation is great. There are some oddities. The most obvious is that autopark consistently leaves the car 14-16 inches from the curb when parallel parking. On either side. Well into parking-ticket territory...

Can't decide whether to pull the trigger on snow tires for your MS? Let me make it easy and affordable for you. I would like these out of my garage. Ready-to-go set of 19" wheels with Nokian Hakkapellitta R2 snow tires. Will throw in a set of SCC Z-Chains, never used, that fit these...

I just installed the Tesmanian mats in my new Model Y. They arrived a week before the car did so they sat in their box for a while. The two larger mats (rear footwells, trunk) were folded to fit in the box. Despite the instructions in the box saying to lay them flat for 24 hours before...

Note that a tire's load rating is given for that tire's max pressure as printed on the sidewall. There is not a whole lot of headroom between the GAWR numbers for most Tesla configurations, regardless of model, and 2 times the stock tires' maximum load spec. I wouldn't be tremendously...

They could ship a hybrid capacitor / battery system to take charge at a higher rate and transfer to the battery while rolling. There seem to be a number of patents in this area, as well as some built applications in very large vehicles - at least one technology-demo locomotive used this system...

Now asking $900, since refurb wheels with no tires are $800 (plus considerable shipping) on eBay. A steal at the price, even if you just strip the tires off and use them for winter wheels.

Now asking $1400 for the set - I'd like them out of my storage space this winter, not next. Will throw in a never-used set of SCC Z-chains. Which you are extremely unlikely to ever need in a Model S with Nokians, but, just in case.

We ended up paying by wire transfer. A couple of last notes on this: My bank required a recipient address for the wire. They helpfully tried to obtain this for me by calling the local Tesla showroom and whoever picked up the phone incorrectly and unhelpfully told them that only ACH payment...

Do plain old fashioned hockey pucks not work on the Y? I was always amazed anyone would fork out for anything else for the S.

Sorry for the typo - they are of course *19"* not 18" wheels!

Bought with my 2015 Model S. Wheels, tires, and TPMS mounted - no center caps, however. 2 wheels are clean, 1 has mild curb rash, one has a fair bit of rash. Two tires have 9/32" tread remaining, two have 6/32 remaining. Pick up in NYC metro area or Catskills / Albany. $1200.