Hi Folks....Looking for some insight on my tire wear on my M3P (and alignment)
Car is approx 7 months old with ~4800 miles, and the stock Pirelli's are completely shot in the rear (3/32 on outside, and approx 1/32 towards the interior) on both driver and passenger side. Front tires are both at approx 8/32nds.
I always ran MPS4's on my prior BMW M5 (and generally got 13k miles out of the rears on it, which was driven much harder than my tesla), so I changed out the rears on the M3P to Michelin as well.
Once I got the new tires installed, next stop was alignment. Several shops refused to touch a tesla (which is beyond odd...but ok), so I went to a local "Mr. Tire" in my area that had good reviews online and agreed to do the alignment. When they took the car to the back, it took all of about 25-30 mins to complete and then they called me up to check out. At which point, I asked for the alignment sheet and they said the printer was broken.....so I said email it to me, which they couldnt do....so then I asked to speak to the tech.
The tech tells me the alignment wasn't all that bad to begin with, and all that was adjusted is the front toe. I asked how could that be given the front tires are wearing evenly, yet my rears not so much (and wearing excessively fast), and they said the front toe adjustment should fix my issues.
I don't know enough about alignments to completely call BS, but I get the sense they pulled my car into the bay and didn't do a thing. Can a slight fix on the front toe fix rear tire wear? And for how fast it ate a pair of tires, should I instead be concerned that the rear suspension/ball joints/etc has an issue? When I initially had trouble finding a shop to do the alignment, I almost just paid Tesla their outrageous $275 fee for it, but the first appointment is a month away.....
Thanks in advance
Car is approx 7 months old with ~4800 miles, and the stock Pirelli's are completely shot in the rear (3/32 on outside, and approx 1/32 towards the interior) on both driver and passenger side. Front tires are both at approx 8/32nds.
I always ran MPS4's on my prior BMW M5 (and generally got 13k miles out of the rears on it, which was driven much harder than my tesla), so I changed out the rears on the M3P to Michelin as well.
Once I got the new tires installed, next stop was alignment. Several shops refused to touch a tesla (which is beyond odd...but ok), so I went to a local "Mr. Tire" in my area that had good reviews online and agreed to do the alignment. When they took the car to the back, it took all of about 25-30 mins to complete and then they called me up to check out. At which point, I asked for the alignment sheet and they said the printer was broken.....so I said email it to me, which they couldnt do....so then I asked to speak to the tech.
The tech tells me the alignment wasn't all that bad to begin with, and all that was adjusted is the front toe. I asked how could that be given the front tires are wearing evenly, yet my rears not so much (and wearing excessively fast), and they said the front toe adjustment should fix my issues.
I don't know enough about alignments to completely call BS, but I get the sense they pulled my car into the bay and didn't do a thing. Can a slight fix on the front toe fix rear tire wear? And for how fast it ate a pair of tires, should I instead be concerned that the rear suspension/ball joints/etc has an issue? When I initially had trouble finding a shop to do the alignment, I almost just paid Tesla their outrageous $275 fee for it, but the first appointment is a month away.....
Thanks in advance