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It depends on what you want from your car. AWD will NOT improve stopping in the winter compared to stock without AWD. It will improve cornering, sliding and moving from a standstill.I really don't want to spend a lot of money on winter tires and if it's not necessary I would prefer to go without winter tires as that is the primary reason I went with the AWD model 3.
Discount Tire will swap for free if the tires are already on a second sent of wheels. If you're swapping just the tires on the same wheels, Discount will charge for mounting and balancing.Research will show winter tires are worth it.
Couple additional points... 4 tires fit in the back of a model 3 no problem. Discount Tire is experienced with tesla jack pad requirements and will do the swap for free
An accident will generally cost much more in time, money, and hassle than a set of snow tires. If your snow tires help you to avoid even one accident, they've paid for themselves.people who switch from ICE to EV have tendency to generalize that you need AWD & snow tires for the winter. My experience with EV began with used 2013 Nissan Leaf and I drove it in cold/snowy Colorado weather. I was so comfortable with that Leaf that I chose to drive it than Subaru Forester even on icy road. The instant torque makes it a good drive. One time people on Leaf Reddit were discussing about winter tires and I found the tire (Blacklion) that was on the Leaf has very poor rating. My 15 months young model 3 is RWD has all kind of winter driving features-why we've to worry a lot and waste more money.
And if not ?Lastly, if you have a great vehicle in the snow, just be aware not everyone has a great vehicle in the snow, so if you stop suddenly to avoid a vehicle in front of you, look in your rear mirror and check to see if the car behind you can also stop to avoid you.
A set of winter tires and rims is less than one accident in money and time. Do your cost analysis based on that assumption
More googling ... 4% of accidents are during snow/sleet road conditions. That does not sound like a lot but I attempted to put a denominator on this number. I found the average snow days by state and then weighted that number by the state population as a fraction of the US population. It works out to 0.3 snow days a year. If we treat non-snow/sleet days as the other group then the relative risk of an accident during a snow/sleet day is ~ 56x higher.Google says that 17% of accidents occur during winter conditions. I wonder what fraction of miles driven meet the same definition.
Very well put and this is exactly how I see things as well.
I've priced out a set of Continental VikingContact 7's on Tire Rack for my 19" rims and it's only $644 for all four after an $80 rebate through Tire Rack. Haven't seen too much about these tires since they were originally made for Scandinavian and Russian winter conditions (Contintental recently released these in the US to replace their other winter tires since these outperformed them), but European tire tests showed these besting the Blizzak's and Michelin X-Ice's in both deep snow and ice, so I decided to give them a shot since I plan on going up to NH and Maine a lot this winter.
A single accident from rear ending someone (which is easy if you have all seasons and hit some ice or slush) would cost more in repairs plus deductible than a single set of these tires.