Al Sherman
It's about THIS car.
That's great news and a very welcome feature. Will save the company lots of money on Ranger visits.
Is 5.8 actually being pushed now?
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At what temperature threshold do you think this becomes a significant concern?Just a warning to be careful. It's one thing to drive all seasons in the winter. It's another altogether to drive summer tires. The tire compound is different and they go really hard in freezing temperatures, resulting in negligible traction.
At what temperature threshold do you think this becomes a significant concern?
More specifically, are we talking <0F, <32F, or <40F for the OEM Continentals is danger territory w/r/t tire compound issues?
At what temperature threshold do you think this becomes a significant concern?
Thanks, gents. Does anybody like TireRack have this available across tire offerings from various manufacturers? Looks like we "got lucky" with Continental having a specific discussion of it.
Good to know.Not sure. Generally if the tire isn't labeled All-Season assume 40F and you'll be fine. Continental's page is referring to the highs of the day being 45F. I am referring to the lows of the day being 40F.
The only real exceptions are R compound tires (DOT approved race tires for certain competition classes), however, R compound tires won't last long enough on a Tesla to be an issue unless you put them on the day of the first hard freeze
And the typical threshold for All-Season compounds is what? (Vs. dedicated winter/snow tires)
The only real exceptions are R compound tires (DOT approved race tires for certain competition classes), however, R compound tires won't last long enough on a Tesla to be an issue unless you put them on the day of the first hard freeze
The later firmware update will allow you to reset the TPMS on the center screen and not have to go to the SC.
From personal experience, in freezing temperatures you can get yourself in big trouble. About this time last year I was still driving my old G37, and because I was so busy I was a bit late getting the snows installed. It was no big deal until one evening when we got just a little snow/ice on the road. The car had NO traction - I couldn't believe how terrifyingly bad it was. So I was driving on eggshells trying to limp it home, and it started spinning when I tapped my brakes at all of 30 kph (~20 mph). I just barely recovered in time - it was really close!
Been there, done that. The only thing that saved me was a break in the traffic.
It appears my TPMS isn't synchronized with my winter wheels. It's been producing TPMS system error messages after driving a while. I thought you were supposed to be able to have two sets of tires registered?
Edit: Service says you have to reset TPMS every time you switch wheels.
Odd, though, that others have reported a different experience here on the boards. Are those reports confused or maybe there's a USA/Canada difference? Or maybe they're just being anal about the pressure threshold and not letting us use the two slots?
People claiming that they didn't need a reset or that the Tirerack TMPS worked without syncing are confused. They didn't drive long/far enough or the car took too long to report an error. Supposedly the ability to remember 2 sets of TMPS sensors is coming in a future firmware update.