Where I live, a cold miserable place where no one would 2nd guess the need for winter tires, all of the tire shops will store your summer/winter tires for you during the off season(for a fee). If you don't live in an area where many people have seasonal tires, the shops may not offer that service. But it is worth asking if that is the only thing holding you back.
Hoses?
There are lots of great reasons to get the 20s with the AT tires. And aesthetics is certainly one of them. They do look great.Not meaning to start a fight....which is so hard to do on the internet
I think we all are different and have different desires and needs.
I was born and raised till 10 in Santa Monica, but I learned to drive in Pennsylvania. Lots of snow, and crappy roads. I'm not worried about my driving in snow (but damn the people here are bad at it.)
I live at 5500 feet, my shabins at 8000 feet, but this is Albuquerque, NM, so not a bunch of snow and it melts by noon most times thanks to our elevation and bright sun. The "Shabin" is in the Jemez mountains on the rim of a supervolcano (Valles Caldera), and that gets a lot more snow than Burque, but I'm only up there a few weekends when it snows. Hell, I was up there the other day in my Chevy Bolt and skinny tires.
But I do think the 20's fit the framing of the car better, and there will be times I am semi off roading. I don't think I "need" winter tires for the few times I'm hitting the snow. But I could be wrong.
Truthfully the 21" would be fine. I just don't love the look and the ATs would be better the few times I'm hitting the snow (truthfully the mud is much worse than the snow. The mud gets deep during spring thaw, and there are places where the road turns to pure clay that are slippery as snot sliding of an armadillos back.
As for getting the 21's and putting on 20's for the winter/spring, that sounds great. Sadly my garage is barely room for this truck. Part of the reason I'm not getting the Lightning as it's too long for my garage.
Could keep the truck outside, but Albuquerque sun is killer on paint, and while we don't get a bunch of rain, when we do have summer monsoons, they often have hail.
Think Rivian can convert this truck to an EV?
This describes me pretty well. Although the thing that's really leaning me towards the 20" tires is the fact that the 21" are such an odd (and expensive to replace) tire. If the A/S standard tires with the best range were a more normal (e.g., easily replacable) tire, I'd go with those. But my understanding is because of the vehicle weight, EV's burn through tires. So I'm going with the 20" AT's.
Makes sense. I agree a 20 inch wheel is preferred.
I tend to agree. My Model S chews through tires as well only getting about 30k out of a set. I’m on my 3rd set now.
Agree. I'm choosing the 21" wheels. Lots of people here saying they don't mind the 15% range reduction. For me it's not the range reduction of any given charge, it's the overall range for the lifetime of the truck. 15% of 150,000 miles is 22,500 miles. That's a lot of miles and wasted kWhs.
It certainly would make it easier for those living with snow to pick the 21" wheels if there were snow tire options for them. I assume most of you living with snow change tires depending on the season, right? Surely you don't drive with snow tires all year?
I agree with you, but I'm still going with the 20s to start with for a couple of reasons:
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Right. "Range reduction" doesn't land the same as "increased energy usage" or "added inefficiency". People sometimes get mad here when you point out that the Rivian is still a very energy inefficient vehicle and the AT tires make it significantly worse.
