Tire Blew Out on PLAID - 1.5 month wait on tires ?!

[zoomer0056]

Lesson learned. Buy a spare tire and keep it on hand. I have the kit from Modern Spare, because I know it will be days before I can get a spare for my 19" 2020 Tesla Tires in Kentucky. Hope I never use the spare, but I have it.

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They are also having supply issues:

 

[gaswalla]

this was a huge opportunity for Tesla to divert a small supply of tires from Fremont to service centers to support their customers.. It's never too late

 

[ElectricIAC]

this was a huge opportunity for Tesla to divert a small supply of tires from Fremont to service centers to support their customers.. It's never too late

Or they can use it as a wedge to get you to buy a new car.

“This one has four new tires”

 

[krsgio]

Or they can use it as a wedge to get you to buy a new car.

“This one has four new tires”

that's far more likely than tesla helping an existing customers car they already sold them.

 

[Sam1]

The rear tire blew out on my PLAID the other day and I took it to Tesla for a replacement.
Tesla is now telling me they do not have a tire for the car for 1+ month and im stuck stranded without a car. They wont even give me a loaner saying there is nothing.

They are taking this specific tire and using it to deliver new cars but not taking care of existing customers…. How is this acceptable?

Sorry guy, I got all the extra 21" tires last week

 

[Sam1]

What about a 305/30r21? It is 0.2" larger on overall diameter and at 60MPH it shows 60.4MPH. It should fit on a 21x10.5 rim?

They will work fine, that's what I ordered...not even going to deal with the weird tesla size supply issues.

 

[ElectricIAC]

Sorry guy, I got all the extras last week
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Cornering the market I see.

 

[Sam1]

Cornering the market I see.

SEMA in a few weeks and a vendor wanted to borrow the car to make some content in exchange for a set of new wheels and cup 2 tires. Hoping the adjustable camber arms get in on time so when they put their wheels on, the cup 2's don't get destroyed from the inside wear issues. Am going to try to persuade them to use the oem wheels for the driving part, and they just use the new wheels for their pics...but not sure they will go for it.

 

[daddymalu]

I contacted Michelin. They have no idea when they will be making the 295 30 21 tire that came with our cars, and in their system this is not even the original tire that comes with that car.

 

[ThomasD]

It can be hard to find tires for specialty cars and when you do find them they are very expensive.

 

[ElectricIAC]

It can be hard to find tires for specialty cars and when you do find them they are very expensive.

Plaid is a production car. Nothing specialty about it.

 

[ucmndd]

Plaid is a production car. Nothing specialty about it.

If you don’t think a 295/30/21 sized tire is “specialty” you’re deluded.

 

[ElectricIAC]

If you don’t think a 295/30/21 sized tire is “specialty” you’re deluded.

The only specialty about it is that it’s a stupid tire size that’s hard to find. 21’s suck sourcing in general though.

 

[seshepard1]

I spoke to a Tesla service advisor yesterday as my Plaid tires have weird rear tire wear. He said not to buy tires from Tesla. Reason? Too expensive, no road hazard warranty, and no warranty support. If you have a warranty issue with the tire, they can’t help you with getting anything from the tire manufacturer. He actually said that I would be better off buying from a company like Discount Tire as they will support tire issues after the sale.

 

[daddymalu]

Tire rack and discount tire don’t have the rear tires for the plaid. They are actually the same company now, but still have their own inventory.

 

[DOOLMTR]

Buy a used set of 19” Long Range wheels off of Craigslist for $2k or less and be done with the boat anchor 21”.

 

[DigitalNav]

I just bought non-Tesla specific tires in the same size from another website that had them in stock… hoping these work without issues while I wait a month for a new set from Tesla to come in.

 

[ElectricIAC]

I just bought non-Tesla specific tires in the same size from another website that had them in stock… hoping these work without issues while I wait a month for a new set from Tesla to come in.

As long as the load ratings are the same it should be fine just ever so slightly noisier. Nothing a little dynamat cant fix..

 

[ThomasD]

What about these

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/TireSearchResults.jsp?customSizeSearch=true&autoMake=Chevrolet&autoYear=2022&autoModel=Corvette+Coupe&autoModClar=Z51+Package&performance=ALL&frontWidth=295%2F&frontRatio=30&frontDiameter=21&addCustomRear=true&rearWidth=295%2F&rearRatio=30&rearDiameter=21

 

[Sam1]

What about these

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/TireSearchResults.jsp?customSizeSearch=true&autoMake=Chevrolet&autoYear=2022&autoModel=Corvette+Coupe&autoModClar=Z51+Package&performance=ALL&frontWidth=295%2F&frontRatio=30&frontDiameter=21&addCustomRear=true&rearWidth=295%2F&rearRatio=30&rearDiameter=21

I wouldn't buy a set of pirellis if they were on sale for 50% off.