Question for fellow Tesla owners…

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Have you had to replace any tyres, and if so did you use a different brand without problems?

We have a MY with the Hankook tyres, one has a slow puncture that can’t be repaired, tyre place has quoted £320 for a new one. Their is a budget tyre for £145 but the guy said he doesn’t know if you can use other tyres without causing problems, and noted the tyres had electric written on them and that they have foam inside to lessen road noise.

Any advice much appreciated as would rather not fork out over £300 for a tyre on a 6 month old car 🤦‍♀️

Thanks!

I thought the title was yellow Tesla owners and thought maybe it was a bit niche. Sorry.

Amazes me to no end how people buy expensive cars then seek barrel scraping prices for crap tyres.

(Good) Tyres are the ONLY thing that connect a car to the road - safely.

Skimp on tyres - then dont complain if they degrade faster or provide less control and grip in inclement weather conditions. Punctures happen - deal with it, but not by using cheap tyres 🙄🤦‍♂️

I don’t know. We also have an electric though, and have to have separate winter tyres where we live and they were around €320 a tyre last winter ( so €1000+) as have to obviously have a full set. - think we got buy 3/4th free type thing.

I think when we ordered we had to put in car model etc.. and dh was saying about cheap types are very noisy and that electric cars are all much heavier so tyres will generally cost more

If the car is only 6 months old isn't it still covered by the warranty?

Not unless the tyre is faulty, surely?

I don't have a Tesla but I did a quick search and it seems like there are 'approved' Tesla/EV tyres.

I'd be very surprised if your very cheap budget tyre was suitable. I do agree with a PP it does seem a bit mad to have a hugely expensive car but scrimp so much on an important part.

You also need to think about whether you might invalidate your warranty. Call the Tesla garage?

Not likely.

Almost no car OEM covers tyres with warranty - its a consumable wear/tear item like wipers etc.

You should really have done a affordability on running cost before but a luxury car.

But you can’t just swap out one tyre for a cheap one or they’d be unbalanced - you’d have to do two cheap ones which is the same as buying one expensive one. I’d also ask about for a decent tyre place who would advise you the same. Like a PP said tyres are important for safety.

Friend just had a tyre replaced after it was ruined by a massive nail - had to have Tesla out as they were stuck at home with undriveable car £420 for one tyre. Even if they could have got to a tyre place it was around £320.

If you can’t afford to change the tyres then you should change the car.

You can use different but you do need the ones with foam in. Apparently cheapest at Costco. Lots of groups on Facebook with the actual number/make of tyres.

We use the cheapest of the cheap tires. No issues. We were first told that we might need to replace them more often, so we used the expensive ones the first few years. Still had to replace quite often since its a heavy car.. so then we swapped to cheap tires, no difference.
I thought you need to replace all tires at once though (or both front/both baco ones together), at least thats the done thing where i live. Because if one is more worn than the others it can be dangerous.

Jeez! Next door neighbour is selling a 2004 Nissan Micra for £500, MOT till next March, by which time it will need 2 new tyres which he says could cost £100. Different world for some, eh?

We use the cheapest of the cheap tires. No issues

Until you have to do an emergency stop in the wet then you might regret it. There is a huge performance difference between decent tyres and the cheapest ditchfinders, not to mention the higher wear rates. Not suggesting you should buy Michelins but a decent mid-range tyre like a Hankook or a Uniroyal Rainsport would only be slightly more expensive but perform significantly better. I could tell you within 5 mins of driving a car whether it’s on decent rubber or not.

Very much doubt people are driving at the limit of the tyres on the school run. Like anything else it depends what you are using them for. No point having the worlds best tyres if you spend most of your time at 20 mph and aren't trying to test the limits of grip as you go down the corner shop for a loaf of bread and a pint of milk.

Tyre performance makes a difference at the margins.

If I were doing a lot of mileage at high speed then I would probably want good tyres. But then I would probably also want to switch summer for winter as well.

Luxury cars generally = big expensive everything. Including tyres.

There is a bit of a twisted logic though. I want a mighty SUV cos its safe. But will happily drive my kids down the motorway at 90 on the crappest set of tyres I can find.

Very much doubt people are driving at the limit of the tyres on the school run. Like anything else it depends what you are using them for. No point having the worlds best tyres if you spend most of your time at 20 mph and aren't trying to test the limits of grip as you go down the corner shop for a loaf of bread and a pint of milk

It’s not about being at the limit of performance, it’s genuinely the difference between hitting a child and not, something which is far more likely to happen on your way for a pint of milk.

Its actually scary reading this.

You clearly know nothing about tyres, safety or replacement regimes. 🤦‍♂️

Yes you are more likely to hit a pedestrian going to the shops.

Whether having higher quality/cost tyres would reduce accidents/damage to pedestrians under those conditions I am much less convinced, and don't find any web evidence to support it. Things like limiting speed to 20 mph and tread depth seem to be far more important than tyre brand under those conditions, which are both things governments actually do.

I'm pretty confident that if one tyre type had some clear evidence to reduce accidents under those conditions they would be shouting pretty loudly about it, but I don't see much on the web about it at all.

https://teslaowners.org.uk/guides/which-tyres-for-my-tesla

Seems not all Model Ys need the same size tyre....so get the size from the tyre to be replaced ? ( BTW does it realy need to be replaced rather than repaired ? )

( I dont own a Tesla )

Whether having higher quality/cost tyres would reduce accidents/damage to pedestrians under those conditions I am much less convinced, and don't find any web evidence to support it. Things like limiting speed to 20 mph and tread depth seem to be far more important than tyre brand under those conditions, which are both things governments actually do.

I'm pretty confident that if one tyre type had some clear evidence to reduce accidents under those conditions they would be shouting pretty loudly about it, but I don't see much on the web about it at all.

The Germans love to test this shit, the latest summer tyre test of 50 different tyres of the same size on the same car gave wet 50mph stopping distances ranging from 25m to 40m. This is just one example but there’s huge amounts of data available. You’ll generally find that the gap between premium and mid-range is quite small with a massive jump to the cheap shit. It’s why I recommend non-enthusiasts to spend the little bit extra on a decent mid-range tyre and enjoy longer tyre life and significant safety improvements.

Also walk away from a car you’re viewing if shod with ditchfinders, you know it’s been run on a shoe string by someone who couldn’t give shit.

Its not like I change them myself. Its all done through a reputable tesla certified garage, so I guess they know what they are doing.

Anyone who is certified/qualified to change tyres will simply install what the customer asks. Its not rocket science.

You elect to go barrel scraping with budget tyres on an expensive EV.

See my first post in this thread - but whatever, you do you and feel free to compromise on safety 🙄🤦‍♂️

Ok 🤣🤣