Having got a puncture yesterday on the M4, which is not repairable, both Tesla and my tyre supplier have confirmed from Hankook that there are no replacements available in the UK until March!! WFT!!! How can they be supplying cars to a market where there are literally no replacement tyres available?
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Hankook not available in UK until March!!
- Thread starter Ray DG
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a1psx
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I got 2 last week from Tesla (car was in getting new AP computer) and it was pretty close to local tyre prices when I did a search.
I never said they were to blame. I said they shouldn't be supplying cars to a market where you can't get a spare tyre. As a minimum they should make people aware of the shortage on newly delivered vehicles so they can make an informed decision on the risks involved.
I would check Black Circles etc, they may have stock even though Tesla or Hankook say there are no supplies
rincewind
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I couldn't get the OEM Michelins for my M3P - ended up getting the same tyre but the Porsche version in the end.
Trouble is it's a lease vehicle, so has to go back with the same tyres. It looks like I'm probably going to replace all 4 with Michelin or Pirelli, keep the Hankook ones and order one for March, and then replace them before it goes back in 4 years, at which point they will almost certainly have needed replacing anyway. It isn't an issue doing it this way as it simply means I'm paying in advance for tyres which I will be replacing in the future anyway.
I did do quite a bit of shopping around, as did the recovery guy who towed us off the M4, and the AA guy who ended up relaying us 200 miles home. I'm sure there's probably some about somewhere in someone's stock, but between us all we couldn't find anything.
You know the most annoying thing about the whole event was the amount of people driving past, sounding their horns, pointing and laughing, presumably assuming we had run out of charge or similar. Pretty annoying as in 4 years of Tesla ownership I've never had so much as a hiccup with the cars, and certainly not even been close to running out of charge (well not on a motorway anyway).
Humans seem to try and validate their preconceptions. So much negativity in the press these days about how hard it it to live with an EV day to day. My neighbour some weeks ago made a point of telling me he saw a Tesla with a flat tyre. I didn't have the energy to get snarky about all cars getting flat tyres. And he drives Range Rovers which I believe have a propensity to catch fire of late!
MrBadger
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Apparently Micheldever Tyres which Black Circles et al often use have several ‘massive’ warehouses around iirc Bristol. When I spoke to the delivery driver re availability of Cross Climates several years ago, he said that even Michelin Uk get their tyres from them - presumably rather than direct from factory.
Foxsbiscuits
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And flip over if you take a corner with gusto.
Waiting for the latest Hankook IONs for my M3 19inch but not sure we'll see them in UK.
They are the largest tyre distributor in the UK so if they haven't got them almost certainly no one will unless you find a retailer than is holding stock (unlikely). Might be worth phoning their retail outlet in er Micheldever just to see if they can get them.
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