God blesses NYC with both 4 seasons, and with a road repair crew comparable to the Keystone Cops. Water here gets hard in the Winters, and roads take a beating. Then the city government refuses to hire additional road crews until March.
For these reasons I have decided to go with aftermarket rims and tires in order to prevent destruction of the Tesla rims.
Without a spare I would prefer to not play Russian Roulette every time I go out, especially as I'm an Orthopaedic Surgeon so I can't afford to get a flat and delay my trip when I'm called into the hospital.
My other car just got 2 tires pierced 2 weeks ago and again one a year ago, so I'm no stranger to flat tires. That car is a truck with a custom rear bumper mounted spare with the stock spare under the car, for a total of 2 spares. Both get regular work outs.
As far as the roadster and its ZERO spares... I just would prefer not to take a chance.
Run Flats seem logical.
That was until I heard run flats kill mileage and affect performance, but I don't get it.
Hard sidewalls should handle better, no?
Are these tires so much heavier than stock that acceleration and rolling weight will be affected so severely as to kill my car's range?
Please educate me, and thanks in advance.
T
For these reasons I have decided to go with aftermarket rims and tires in order to prevent destruction of the Tesla rims.
Without a spare I would prefer to not play Russian Roulette every time I go out, especially as I'm an Orthopaedic Surgeon so I can't afford to get a flat and delay my trip when I'm called into the hospital.
My other car just got 2 tires pierced 2 weeks ago and again one a year ago, so I'm no stranger to flat tires. That car is a truck with a custom rear bumper mounted spare with the stock spare under the car, for a total of 2 spares. Both get regular work outs.
As far as the roadster and its ZERO spares... I just would prefer not to take a chance.
Run Flats seem logical.
That was until I heard run flats kill mileage and affect performance, but I don't get it.
Hard sidewalls should handle better, no?
Are these tires so much heavier than stock that acceleration and rolling weight will be affected so severely as to kill my car's range?
Please educate me, and thanks in advance.
T
