Current Events > Guy gets rid of his Tesla because the tires are worn (video)

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https://youtu.be/goTojvhwrdc?t=1m47s

tl;dr - moron buys a $70k~ RWD car and then decides to sell it when he doesnt rotate his tires and his back tires get worn out

this will ruin @chill02 's weekend

Edit: he also has summer tires and is complaining about how his RWD car with summer tires is sliding around in the snow LOL
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I'd normally feel rustled but this is a Tesla, so it's like replacing an iPod (remember when mp3 players were a thing? What a world)
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Romulox28 posted...

when he doesnt rotate his tires and his back tires get worn out

Are the tires staggered? If so, then you can't rotate the tires.

Is there some reason he couldn't just buy new tires?
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chill02 posted...

I'd normally feel rustled but this is a Tesla, so it's like replacing an iPod (remember when mp3 players were a thing? What a world)

I love my iPod classic and plan on replacing the hard drive with flash memory when it dies

ChromaticAngel posted...

Is there some reason he couldn't just buy new tires?

If the tires are staggered, and his tires only last 6 months safely, that's four tires a year he has to buy...

Printerscape posted...

ChromaticAngel posted...

Is there some reason he couldn't just buy new tires?

If the tires are staggered, and his tires only last 6 months safely, that's four tires a year he has to buy...

He can afford a 70k tesla but not $400 worth of tires every year?
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ChromaticAngel posted...

He can afford a 70k tesla but not $400 worth of tires every year?

For staggered Tesla Model S, they use a 21" 265/35R21s. These tires go for around $350/one on TireRack. So that's $1400 in just rear tires over a year...

ChromaticAngel posted...

He can afford a 70k tesla but not $400 worth of tires every year?

The person is too stupid to understand how a car works, so chucks out entire car like an ipod.
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Ill take his Tesla off his hands.
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How do you even go through a set of tires like that in 8 months.
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Burgess posted...

How do you even go through a set of tires like that in 8 months.

My last car was a Lexus IS350 RWD with a staggered setup. The car also had a natural negative camber for fast cornering. I went through the rear tires just like he did in the video (had to replace the rear tires twice a year, and had to replace the front tires a little over once a year).

It was ridiculous, and I can totally understand why he doesn't want to deal with that shit and just get another car.

Burgess posted...

How do you even go through a set of tires like that in 8 months.

Yeah seriously.. I don't drive around that much but the first set of tires I had on my car lasted me like 7 years.. Same for the winter tires. So basically 3-4 years if I had the same set all year long.
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There's a special place in hell for people who are rich but also stupid, and use this powerful combination to trash companies over shit they don't understand.

The same kind of person goes to a fine dining restaurant, orders a steak, demands it's cooked well done, and then gets on Yelp to say "1/5 stars, the steak was really poor quality for what I paid, I could have done this myself".
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stone posted...

Burgess posted...

How do you even go through a set of tires like that in 8 months.

Yeah seriously.. I don't drive around that much but the first set of tires I had on my car lasted me like 7 years.. Same for the winter tires. So basically 3-4 years if I had the same set all year long.

I put a new set on my truck recently after about 76k, lasted me 4 1/2 years.
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Burgess posted...

stone posted...

Burgess posted...

How do you even go through a set of tires like that in 8 months.

Yeah seriously.. I don't drive around that much but the first set of tires I had on my car lasted me like 7 years.. Same for the winter tires. So basically 3-4 years if I had the same set all year long.

I put a new set on my truck recently after about 76k, lasted me 4 1/2 years.

I really don't see why some say he should change his tires every year or every 6 months.
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Most of this issue is dependent on how you drive.

If you're hard accelerating every time you get a chance, of course you're going to wear your tires out faster.
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stone posted...

Burgess posted...

stone posted...

Burgess posted...

How do you even go through a set of tires like that in 8 months.

Yeah seriously.. I don't drive around that much but the first set of tires I had on my car lasted me like 7 years.. Same for the winter tires. So basically 3-4 years if I had the same set all year long.

I put a new set on my truck recently after about 76k, lasted me 4 1/2 years.

I really don't see why some say he should change his tires every year or every 6 months.

Comparing the tires on a truck with the tires on a high end sports car, are you for real?

Here's what tesla tires look like:
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0001/5660/products/21_Wheel_Silver_Pirelli_Winter_Tire-v2_large.jpg?v=1476120640

Here's what truck tires look like:
http://www.coopertires.com.au/assets/products/images/1989b5ff51fc4d88be0c2436867c091e.png

Do I need say anything else
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Guy doesn't know the parts of tires. Calls what is really the Cord Body "Treads"

Burgess posted...

How do you even go through a set of tires like that in 8 months.

Messing up the alignment and not fixing it would do that. Especialy with a shitty driver.
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I didn't know Tesla fucked with RWD. They have sporty cars now?
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ChainedRedone posted...

I didn't know Tesla fucked with RWD. They have sporty cars now?

their first car was the Roadster

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--jiBWGSaG--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/1344994903788126095.jpg
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ChainedRedone posted...

I didn't know Tesla fucked with RWD. They have sporty cars now?

that's their entire gimmick
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