True! I would assume a special tire is needed to transport a 6,000 pound car at a 155 mph.
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True! I would assume a special tire is needed to transport a 6,000 pound car at a 155 mph.
1. The lower the aspect ratio and the higher the performance of a tire, the more it costs. And the cost increase is not linear.
2. The market for high performance tires is smaller than the market for standard tires.
3. R&D costs are similar or greater than R&D costs for standard tires, but are spread over a fewer number of tires.
4. Because Tesla is not in the tire business, they do not have aggressive tire pricing (Applies only if you purchase the tires from Tesla).
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So if money was an object and you shopped around a little bit, you most likely wouldn't get your tires from Tesla?
I don't trust any auto shop outside of Tesla (or dealer service in general) to provide a new tire. I had a very unfortunate scam experience from a 3rd party auto shop a few years ago. Cost me over $5k in repairs on my old Cadilllac CTS.
I could say my experience is similar to this:
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Yes. I just take the wheels (with the worn out tires) to the tire store and all they do is replace the tires. Having two sets of wheels is handy for more than just winter/summer changing.
And it's not only cost, it's also the road hazard warranty that the larger chain tire shops (like Discount Tire) provide. Also Tesla may not carry the type of tire I want (e.g. WR-g3 for winter).
tmarcc
"Everyone has a right to a wrong opinion."
The Tesla Centinela SC matched Costco's tire price for the 21" wheels, which at the time happened to be a bit less than tire rack. Tesla said that they don't do price matching any more, but they did it in my case.
If Tesla offered a road hazard warranty, that would be great. Unfortunately, for those of us prone to picking up nails, purchasing tires from Tesla is not in our best interest.
Since Model X is AWD, is it ok to replace 1 tire or need to replace all 4 tires together? I got a nail in my tire and plan to bring to Discount Tire/American Tire and considering buying this certificate. But am afraid that if just one tire go bad, would need to purchase 4 tires and thus certificate would not be that helpful.
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btw, just realized there's a difference between America's Tire (www.americastire.com, same company as Discount Tire) and American Tire (www.americantiredepot.com). Very confusing.
Nothing more than my educated WAG ...
The all wheel drive is really driving 2 sets of wheels. Each set of wheels is completely independent, so I don't think there should be any need to replace tires in groups of 4, although it certainly won't hurt to do so. Groups of 2 probable if there is decent wear on the remaining member of that set.
I know that when my P85D picked up a screw, the Service Center shipped me a single tire to replace that one. I did only have ~ 10K of driving on it, so it's a blurry data point.
The all wheel drive is really driving 2 sets of wheels. Each set of wheels is completely independent, so I don't think there should be any need to replace tires in groups of 4, although it certainly won't hurt to do so. Groups of 2 probable if there is decent wear on the remaining member of that set.
I know that when my P85D picked up a screw, the Service Center shipped me a single tire to replace that one. I did only have ~ 10K of driving on it, so it's a blurry data point.
The reason for groups of four is handling (assumes non-staggered setup). Also tires are a lot like wallpaper--if you don't get them from the same batch there will be differences. In wallpaper you can see the colour difference. With tires, the tire manufacturers silently change the tires, so the handing can be quite different.
