Factory All Terrain Tire life / wear / mileage report @ 23k miles -- 5/32nds tread remaining

[jookyone]

Have you been rotating them every 6k miles? Do you get tesla do it?
How often would you say do you fill the tires up to 50psi’s?

Rotation every 5k, had it done at whatever local tire shop was nearby at the time. Les Schwab does it for me for free because I've been going to them for about 10 years and buying tires on all of my old cars. Since I got the car in April and I live in Colorado The tires have mostly stayed at 50 PSI without maintenance, but I've had to regulate the pressure over the last 3 weeks.

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[Ward L]

When you report the depth of inches left, could you do the math and report the projected end of tire life in miles, pretty please? Is there a recommended minimum tire tread depth?

 

[DJAlan2000]

That's crazy good, you must have highways that are polished smooth.

I drive on a lot of chip seal roads, gravel roads, and steep rocky trails and am down to 9/32 (around 7mm) after only 4,000 miles. I also drive the Cybertruck pretty hard, but usually not crazy hard. It has so much smooth power, and corners so nicely, it's easy to drive it harder than one might think they are.

Two questions:

1) Did you actually measure the tire depth before you started driving on them? They are SUPPOSED to be 11/32, but it's just as likely that they could have been 10 (or 13!).

2) Are you aware that many tires will wear down 1-2/32'nds within the first 1000 miles or so? According to my brother (who worked in a tire shop for over 10 years before working for a car rental company), he says that 'stock' tires are typically 'softer' so that they give a smoother and quieter ride and that they often wear out within 20-25K miles for trucks (add another 5K for cars). It's to make the cars/trucks 'feel better' when you test drive them as well as for the first 1000 miles or so that you own it.

But I wouldn't worry too much about them anyway... If they are wearing faster than you think they should be, ask a tire shop to take a look at them and tell you WHY... Then go to ANOTHER tire shop and ask them the same question... (could be different answers!)

 

[TexasRaider]

With 13k I've only went down 1/32 in thread with mostly highway driving. These tires are legit!!

Especially for AT tires.

 

[TexasRaider]

Two questions:

1) Did you actually measure the tire depth before you started driving on them? They are SUPPOSED to be 11/32, but it's just as likely that they could have been 10 (or 13!).

2) Are you aware that many tires will wear down 1-2/32'nds within the first 1000 miles or so? According to my brother (who worked in a tire shop for over 10 years before working for a car rental company), he says that 'stock' tires are typically 'softer' so that they give a smoother and quieter ride and that they often wear out within 20-25K miles for trucks (add another 5K for cars). It's to make the cars/trucks 'feel better' when you test drive them as well as for the first 1000 miles or so that you own it.

But I wouldn't worry too much about them anyway... If they are wearing faster than you think they should be, ask a tire shop to take a look at them and tell you WHY... Then go to ANOTHER tire shop and ask them the same question... (could be different answers!)

I went to Discount Tire and added road hazard protection to all of the tires. ($400 for all 4) So, if they need replacement after 20-30k miles, it’ll be covered/pro-rated.

 

[DJAlan2000]

I went to Discount Tire and added road hazard protection to all of the tires. ($400 for all 4) So, if they need replacement after 20-30k miles, it’ll be covered/pro-rated.

Discount Tire will replace STOCK tires 'pro-rated' (if you have their plan)? Are we talking about the All terrain tires, or the street ones?

 

[TexasRaider]

Discount Tire will replace STOCK tires 'pro-rated' (if you have their plan)? Are we talking about the All terrain tires, or the street ones?

Yes, they will. When DT looked up the tires, they didn’t see a warranty was tied to them. (Warranties are usually tied to new vehicle tires though.)
Mine are the All Terrains.

 

[DJAlan2000]

Yes, they will. When DT looked up the tires, they didn’t see a warranty was tied to them. (Warranties are usually tied to new vehicle tires though.)
Mine are the All Terrains.

That's awesome!! Well, we don't have a 'Discount tire' here, we have their equivalate (America's Tire) but when we go for our first tire rotation I will be sure and buy the package...

 

[TexasRaider]

That's awesome!! Well, we don't have a 'Discount tire' here, we have their equivalate (America's Tire) but when we go for our first tire rotation I will be sure and buy the package...

Cool. That is when they spoke to me about the road hazard/tread life warranty. Because I asked about what mileage I should expect from my first AT tires.

 

[NotMyTruck]

I was wrong about these tires. This is actually great news.

 

[Woodrick]

When talking about tire wear, let me remind everyone of where the biggest culprit is that causes increased / fast wear.

It's that thing on the bottom of your right leg.
In Teslas, it is just about a given that your first set of tires are going to last nowhere near as long as your second set.

It is so hard not to use a little acceleration. How many times, when you are first at a traffic light, does the other car go faster than you? Even FSD tends to beat everyone else.

Speed kills!

your tires!

 

[rtfitch]

I went to Discount Tire and added road hazard protection to all of the tires. ($400 for all 4) So, if they need replacement after 20-30k miles, it’ll be covered/pro-rated.

Same here...

 

[rtfitch]

When talking about tire wear, let me remind everyone of where the biggest culprit is that causes increased / fast wear.

It's that thing on the bottom of your right leg.
In Teslas, it is just about a given that your first set of tires are going to last nowhere near as long as your second set.

It is so hard not to use a little acceleration. How many times, when you are first at a traffic light, does the other car go faster than you? Even FSD tends to beat everyone else.

Speed kills!

your tires!

I have been leaning hard on FSD as it keeps me between the white lines, doing the speed limit and moderate acceleration...FSD keeps me honest

 

[Alto]

That's crazy good, you must have highways that are polished smooth.

I drive on a lot of chip seal roads, gravel roads, and steep rocky trails and am down to 9/32 (around 7mm) after only 4,000 miles. I also drive the Cybertruck pretty hard, but usually not crazy hard. It has so much smooth power, and corners so nicely, it's easy to drive it harder than one might think they are.

I got the truck back from service today for the recalls. They reported my tires at 7-8/32. Less than 2,000 mi. All in Chill mode, 80% city streets, tire pressure never outside 50 - 55 psi. But, the roads are hot here.

 

[KrennPowerSports]

Just checked the beast... had this truck since Sept 24' never rotated tires (yeah i know).. fronts 7/32 rear 8-9/32 21k miles and I tow often... 90% highway driving. looks like i should get 40k out of these tires at this rate to 2/32

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