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19' Michelin Primacy Tire Upgrade
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McMuggets
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I guess I lucked out. My P85D came with Michelin Primacy's simply because I saw the range was better with the Primacy's on a Tesla blog that JB Straubel did. I asked my delivery specialist to have them instead of the Goodyear tires and they did the switch for me before delivering the vehicle. So far after about 5000km, I am happy with the tread wear (minimal) and the feel of the ride.
mknox
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FWIW, I replaced my OEM Goodyears with Michelin Primacy MXM4s early this spring. I track my energy consumption pretty religiously, and have not seen any difference that I could attribute to the tires. No better; no worse. Tires are fine, otherwise.
I hope this won't be construed as an arrogant question, however i have to ask. Why track you energy consumption so religiously since our TESLAs are so energy efficient compared to any hybrid/diesel or gas engine? Here in Alberta, the cost of electricity is dirt cheap and charging my Tesla is a meager 7-8 dollars at best and i can drive for a long time. Yes, I have been know to enjoying a free charge here and there, however i do it for kicks. I m not too concerned if my TESLA has 190 or 230wh/km consumption. it's the cheapest mean of transportation out there. No disrespect!
1) Some of us are cheap.
2) Some of us think it's more fun competing energy-wise as opposed to 0-60.
3) If you know what you use, it's easier to tell the non-Tesla folks about how great the car is on the energy front.
mknox
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I guess for me, it's more of a "hobby" than anything. I used to track my ICE car consumption just as religiously. The other thing is, with an ICE car, you have a pretty good idea what your fuel costs are, but with electricity it's a bit more complicated. I was particularly interested to discover that there is a fairly large disconnect between what the car reports on it's energy displays vs. what I actually meter going into the car. This was interesting to me because it showed me that I was using (and paying for) more electricity that I would otherwise have known. I was also interested to learn about the seasonal variations in the car's energy consumption. Now that I'm in the habit of collecting all this data, it's hard to stop because I'm building up such a nice history!
McMuggets
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Lol, I totally agree. I've stopped watching the energy graph about 1 month after driving this awesome machine around. That being said, cars (gas or electric) will always attract a certain level of geekiness. I can see why some folks would want info overload and do things like tracking or hyper-miling as a hobby. Those Norwegians that went 700+km on one charge... WOW!
mknox
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I do like to drive as efficiently as possible, whether gas or electric, so there's that too. Ontario has had a pretty aggressive electricity conservation program for the last 10 years (and is ongoing) and it was one of the things I oversaw at the utility I work for. We spend a lot of time and money convincing people to conserve through things like switching from incandescent light bulbs to CFLs or LEDs. I like to focus on reducing "waste". For example, why use 60 watts of energy to light a room when 15 watts will give you just as much light. I have to, by extension, realize that I'm wasting even more electricity by driving faster/less efficiently and so like to tone it down a bit and track my performance.
Michelin warranty claim?
I feel like I've seen a lot of people report needing to replace their original Michelin tires at fairly low miles. What about the Michelin warranty? I'm not sure exactly which Michelin's are standard on the 19" Tesla's, but generally looks like a 50-60k warranty. link here to their warranty.
Has anyone claimed this to Michelin when needing to replace before that point?
I feel like I've seen a lot of people report needing to replace their original Michelin tires at fairly low miles. What about the Michelin warranty? I'm not sure exactly which Michelin's are standard on the 19" Tesla's, but generally looks like a 50-60k warranty. link here to their warranty.
Has anyone claimed this to Michelin when needing to replace before that point?
Huh... I was about to spout off the conventional wisdom about warranties not applying to OE tires, but then I actually read the fine print of the Michelin warranty description.
Good on them for extending warranty coverage to OE fitments.
I generally use Michelins in the family cars, and purchase from the local tire shop which offers pretty good prices and very good service. We service two cars there, and take my Mercedes to the local Mercedes specialist. I have had occasional trouble with Michelin warranties when mileage guarantee wasn't met. I have the impression the warranties have language that allows Michelin to exclude coverage for cars with demonstrated low wear (such as Mercedes and others with tight turning radius). I wonder where the S fits in that scenario.
I had my first visit to Raleigh SC on Saturday, and the Product Specialist told me I should expect the oem Primacy tires to give 25,000 to 30,000 miles on a 70D due to vehicle weight and torque. I don't know what the warranty period is (think Michelin Defenders are 90,000).
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