We purchased the 20" Induction wheels. The OEM Tires are Goodyear F1 Asymmetric tires. They have a treadwear rating of 500. The treadwear indicator is a measure of how long (miles) the tire is expected to last. It also is an indicator of how hard/soft tire is. Sport tires usually have treadwear ratings between 200-360. Standard all-season tires typically 400-1200.
I suspect Tesla chose the F1 tires for their harder rubber, lower rolling resistance. They are listed as an all-season tire.
Anyway. We live in lovely Minnesota. I have long held that with AWD vehicles, all-season tires are perfectly fine. Until now. My wife complained about how badly the car performed in our first snow. I was a little concerned, but she is not really much of a driver - started driving at age 30. Her previous car was Infinity G37 AWD Sport - with good Continental all-season tires. Recently, we had another snow fall. I took her Tesla out in the morning for bakery run.. it was horrible. I slid through a couple stop signs.. and I was going slow.
That evening, I took the Tesla out again. I drove about 1/2 block before before realizing some fool parked on the corner of the street. I was only going about 15mph, but remembering the horrible drive in the morning, decided that trying to take the corner would likely result in a collision with the parked truck. So I applied the brakes and kept going straight. It took about 70 feet to stop. I ended up over the curb and nearly the full car length into neighbors yard. I returned the 1/2 block to home and grabbed the X3 - it has Nokkian winter tires. At the same corner, I decided to do a stop test and film it. X3 stopped so hard I nearly dropped the phone. See video:
The Goodyear F1s are by far the worst all-season tire I've ever driven on. Clearly selected for low rolling resistance and not for traction in cold or on ice & snow. I don't even know how they can be classified as "all-season" as in the snow, they drive very close to summer performance tires. Total crap.
I have since ordered $3,500 wheel / tire package from tsportline.com. Annoyed I have to do this. Winter tires are best here in MN winters, but good all-season tires with AWD should be a good solution by itself.
Would be nice if Tesla equipped with Continental DWS06 tires or gave us a choice.
I suspect Tesla chose the F1 tires for their harder rubber, lower rolling resistance. They are listed as an all-season tire.
Anyway. We live in lovely Minnesota. I have long held that with AWD vehicles, all-season tires are perfectly fine. Until now. My wife complained about how badly the car performed in our first snow. I was a little concerned, but she is not really much of a driver - started driving at age 30. Her previous car was Infinity G37 AWD Sport - with good Continental all-season tires. Recently, we had another snow fall. I took her Tesla out in the morning for bakery run.. it was horrible. I slid through a couple stop signs.. and I was going slow.
That evening, I took the Tesla out again. I drove about 1/2 block before before realizing some fool parked on the corner of the street. I was only going about 15mph, but remembering the horrible drive in the morning, decided that trying to take the corner would likely result in a collision with the parked truck. So I applied the brakes and kept going straight. It took about 70 feet to stop. I ended up over the curb and nearly the full car length into neighbors yard. I returned the 1/2 block to home and grabbed the X3 - it has Nokkian winter tires. At the same corner, I decided to do a stop test and film it. X3 stopped so hard I nearly dropped the phone. See video:
The Goodyear F1s are by far the worst all-season tire I've ever driven on. Clearly selected for low rolling resistance and not for traction in cold or on ice & snow. I don't even know how they can be classified as "all-season" as in the snow, they drive very close to summer performance tires. Total crap.
I have since ordered $3,500 wheel / tire package from tsportline.com. Annoyed I have to do this. Winter tires are best here in MN winters, but good all-season tires with AWD should be a good solution by itself.
Would be nice if Tesla equipped with Continental DWS06 tires or gave us a choice.