Originally Posted by
Jughead135
"Much"? Not in my experience. "Somewhat" is probably fair. Will undoubtedly depend on where & how you drive.
I'm at 38K on my 2020 Model S, and I've just started shopping for tires. I'm just above the wear indicators (slightly more tread "to go" to reach them). Previous vehicles, I'd generally see 40K-50K miles, usually more toward the latter end of that range, so I guess I'm a bit "early"--but nothing I consider concerning.
One thing that may be weight-related, or may just be bad luck on my part: I've had two separate tire punctures. Would I have taken that nail with a lighter vehicle? I have no way of knowing. Fortunately, both cases were patchable....
I don’t know anything about cars, except how to drive one around, but I’m getting new tires on my Jeep Grand Cherokee diesel on Friday. They have 72,000 miles on them. They “barely” passed state inspection, and with winter coming on I’d rather have new ones. Sounds like they would legally go a bit longer though.
Maybe the deep tread on my tires makes them last longer than on a Tesla? And I drive like an old lady, that’s probably part of it too.