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Thanks for the vid, but I'll stick with all seasons and report back after winter. I've driven FWD and RWD in snow and on ice when the Midwest had those few days where everything way layered in ice. The tree looked really pretty coated like that. The roads not so much.I saw this video on Youtube and wanted to share with EVERYONE who thinks "All Season Tires" are okay in freezing conditions. On the video he calls them 3-Season tires and after watching the video you will understand. The Temperature he uses is 7*C which is 45*f, below which you need Winter Tires with the Mountain/Snowflake symbol. Enjoy the video.
I saw this video on Youtube and wanted to share with EVERYONE who thinks "All Season Tires" are okay in freezing conditions. On the video he calls them 3-Season tires and after watching the video you will understand. The Temperature he uses is 7*C which is 45*f, below which you need Winter Tires with the Mountain/Snowflake symbol. Enjoy the video.
He clearly said that they are -20c (-4f) in that video. Suggesting people who live in climates that go below 50f regularly is absurd. Have you ever been outside of San Diego? Do you realize that nearly the entire midwest and NE regions of this country go below 50f at night for 9 months a year?
The fact is that AS tires are rated for temps below freezing. SUMMER tires are not. The only Model 3 that comes with summer tires is the Performance version.
No one is arguing that winter tires do not perform better then AS tires. They absolutely do. The point is that not all winter climates are the same, and not all winter climates will need winter tires.
I saw this video on Youtube and wanted to share with EVERYONE who thinks "All Season Tires" are okay in freezing conditions. On the video he calls them 3-Season tires and after watching the video you will understand. The Temperature he uses is 7*C which is 45*f, below which you need Winter Tires with the Mountain/Snowflake symbol. Enjoy the video.
First post as new member?I am stuck in the snow and everyone is driving around me! I’ve got slipstart on to no avail. I’ve never been stuck before so I must attribute to vehicle. Tesla help was unhelpful. Would be interested to know others experiences.
I have a P3D. I live in Truckee CA and drive from the Bay area to Truckee almost every week. I had to put snows on in a rush as I came back from overseas and when I landed my wife told me chain control was implemented at Donner Pass which means two wheel drive and chains or snows on AWD and 4WD. My previous plan was to get Nokian R3s but with the panic I had an hour to find snow tires and ended up with Goodyear Assurance WeatherReady - no choice if I wanted snows/All Weather in a panic. Anyway got the tires and was allowed through the chain control gate by CalTrans. The road was covered in 3-4 inches of loose snow left by plows plus very slippery grey ice - the road (I80) was a mess. Basically a parade of me, various Subarus and other 4WDs going up the highway and the 3 was outstanding. The M3 was completely sure footed and dealt with the loose snow great - note I reduced Regen braking. Also in town where the roads were covered in packed snow or grey ice it continued to be solid. I am sure with the original tires the M3 would have been a sled and have slid all over but with the new tires it was rock solid - obviously with more than 3 or 4 inches of snow the 3 would just have pure depth of snow issues vs clearance.
Note my wife has a MX with Blizzacks and that is outstanding in the winter and the variable ride adjustment makes it great in the snow and slippery weather (again if it is slick she changes the Regen to low).
Thought I'd share my experience with my model s rwd as I think the issues would be the same. I was driving across an icy short bridge. In prior experience with automatic gas cars, my training is to not accelerate or brake or turn the steering wheel. In this case, lifting off the accelerator of course caused the car to use regen on the rear wheels. I found myself about 20 degrees off center before I got off the bridge and onto firmer footing.