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Hah! Same experience in our i3. It was eye opening how fast we ate through tires… and those skinny tires are not puncture friendly, the sidewall is always close! Really happy the Rivian has a square set of normal-width tires.
OMG why can't the US use metric. 10/32" is about 8mm. So much simpler than fractions. IMOI don't have the exact numbers in front of me now but when I measured I believe it was 8.5/32" on the rears and 8/32" on the front.
Was going to update when I got home this evening.
Lack of my numbers shouldn't prevent other people from sharing theirs however
that’s pretty good wear and 40-50k miles depending on when you replace them. I’ll get about 30k out my model 3 tires and many others say only 15-20k so guess it all depends on driving style and roads.
Good to know. The Houston SC said they were still waiting on the tools/supplies necessary to do tire repairs. For most people Discount will be a better option, cause they even do that for free. For some reason they will fix a flat and rotate your tires for free, I guess just hoping to find other issues to generate revenue.
A fellow i3'er! You'll appreciate this next anecdote. I got a tire puncture recently that I took to my local tire shop and for the first time since owning an i3 (or i3s) since 2015 the puncture was in a part of the tread that could actually be repaired! For us i3 owners who live this nightmare, you can imagine how ecstatic I was! There just isn't a lot of repairable shoulder on those skinny tires (even on the wider i3s tires) so the odds are NOT in your favor!
Well, the good news is that you have the final say (for the most part) on how long your tires will last.
Are you aggressively accelerating from stops? I was shocked when the Tesla service center told me that I had a lot of wear on the rears of my Model 3 at 6,000 miles. They pointed out that while the tires don't spin, getting into it from a stop will cause excessive wear from the tires trying to grip the pavement. If you are enjoying the 3 second 0-60 acceleration, that is most likely the cause of your "crazy high" wear. If so, it's not a tire problem, it's the cost of enjoying and showing off the amazing acceleration.
I have 9000+ mile and I am no where near the wear bars! I will plot my depths this weekend and going forward.
This was one of my major concerns with the 21" tires. Not a common size plus a lower tread life would make that an expensive maintenance cost.
Question I’ve asked Rivian and have yet to receive an answer. What is the minimum Load Rating and Speed Rating? Is it 116 or 115, and maybe H on speed. I checked with my local Costco and Discount Tire, both said, they will not put on tires that do not meet the minimum load & speed rating for the vehicle. If that holds true, we are extremely limited with the 21 & 22’s and maybe even the 20” wheels.
