Replacing Tire (Have to replace all?)

[Pianewman]

I never understood this. Still don't

Seems like you'd be better off losing the back end than the front end

The concept is safer for the vast majority of drivers.

Even with ABS, if the rear loses traction and the car starts to rotate, the average driver will continue to stomp the brakes, and the car will continue rotating. Total loss of control.

If the front loses traction, with heavy braking, ABS (and steering) will assist keeping the car going straight, which is safer.

That's how I figure it, or is my explanation "hopeLESS"?
Do you think it's safer to recover from losing traction in the rear? When you lose the rear, while braking ( w


I'm talking about the average driver here, who will stomp the brakes!), the car will continue to rotate out of control. If you lose traction in the front, you'll simply plow straight ahead, with ABS keeping you in line.

 

[sleepydoc]

The concept is safer for the vast majority of drivers.

Even with ABS, if the rear loses traction and the car starts to rotate, the average driver will continue to stomp the brakes, and the car will continue rotating. Total loss of control.

If the front loses traction, with heavy braking, ABS (and steering) will assist keeping the car going straight, which is safer.

That's how I figure it, or is my explanation "hopeLESS"?
Do you think it's safer to recover from losing traction in the rear? When you lose the rear, while braking ( w


I'm talking about the average driver here, who will stomp the brakes!), the car will continue to rotate out of control. If you lose traction in the front, you'll simply plow straight ahead, with ABS keeping you in line.

Except if you lose traction in the front you have no steering. That’s the whole point of ABS, or at least half of it. It keeps the wheels out of the skid mode which maintains control and increases braking ability.

You are correct that braking in the front combined with skidding in the rear will likely lead to a spin. Maintaining braking in the rear will put a natural drag on the car which will tend to keep it more straight. Do you know if Teslas can apply ABS to individual wheels or is it all or nothing?

The other advantage to putting the good tires on the rear is Tesla’s are biased to the rear motor so the rear tires are the drive tires unless the front is needed.

 

[arvindm]

wait - you save money by essentially throwing away some part of what you just bought? (and you have to pay for the service)

My head is spinning




don't get me wrong, my initial response was to go out into the parking lot and do a bunch of donuts to wear down the new tire

You cant do donuts with Tesla!! But its a great idea

 

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[ucmndd]

I never understood this. Still don't

Seems like you'd be better off losing the back end than the front end

Snap oversteer is basically never the safer option.

 

[Yankees]

Except if you lose traction in the front you have no steering. That’s the whole point of ABS, or at least half of it. It keeps the wheels out of the skid mode which maintains control and increases braking ability.

People think AWD is the savior. I've seen many an ICE SUV testing that out and nearly losing control. In braking, which is the emergency you need to protect against (there is never really an acceleration emergency, outside of some very rare exceptional circumstances), the weight goes forward and your rear does very little.

You are correct that braking in the front combined with skidding in the rear will likely lead to a spin. Maintaining braking in the rear will put a natural drag on the car which will tend to keep it more straight. Do you know if Teslas can apply ABS to individual wheels or is it all or nothing?

This seems extreme and would only really apply in the wet — worn tires are closer to slicks, which, in dry conditions, give more traction, for both accelerating & braking. The problem is in the wet where the slicker the tire the more aquaplaning you will get. But again, this would be extreme.

I favor putting new tread on the front; if the rears are in terrible shape they will get replaced.

 

[Krisja]

I hope they know how AWD works!

I hope you know your AWD is for +90% of the time a RWD