Mods, I'm posting this here because this question is central to the Models (21" wheels), but if there is a better place for it please feel free to move it.
In the vein of multiple ways to skin a cat I have been looking into finding out how large of an order needs to be placed with a tire manufacturer to get them to add a new tire mold size to an existing line of tires. It seems that many of the manufacturers have all season tires that are near the 245/35/21 tires that the Model S wears, and it seems like it would not be incredibly difficult for them to add that specific size. So my first generic question is how large of an order would I need to place to make this happen, 1,000, 10,000, 100,000?
Unfortunately, I've found it very difficult to find the correct person to talk with at any tire company and the cs reps have not been interested in connecting me to the correct person. I just get a generic answer that they will make tire sized when they feel there is a demand... If anyone here either is in, or has a good contact in, the tire industry, I would be very interested in talking with them about this.
Thanks!
Peter
In the vein of multiple ways to skin a cat I have been looking into finding out how large of an order needs to be placed with a tire manufacturer to get them to add a new tire mold size to an existing line of tires. It seems that many of the manufacturers have all season tires that are near the 245/35/21 tires that the Model S wears, and it seems like it would not be incredibly difficult for them to add that specific size. So my first generic question is how large of an order would I need to place to make this happen, 1,000, 10,000, 100,000?
Unfortunately, I've found it very difficult to find the correct person to talk with at any tire company and the cs reps have not been interested in connecting me to the correct person. I just get a generic answer that they will make tire sized when they feel there is a demand... If anyone here either is in, or has a good contact in, the tire industry, I would be very interested in talking with them about this.
Thanks!
Peter