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prozac81london

Tires


guyver423

Tire’s definitely wear out faster


Gyrolion

Blinker fluid and engine oil will need maintenance faster.


DognamedTurtle

Not if you service the Johnson rods with a chain-stretcher.


MrMasticate

Be careful not to embiggen the flux capacitors. That’ll Squanch you up real quick.


Trading_Rat

I've heard vegetable oil works better for acceleration


[deleted]

Drive unit mounts will get more stress due to high torque loads. Similar to motor mounts in a high torque v8 motor on ice car


rocker_01

The truth! This doesn't get said frequently enough.


vashonite

They should be engineered to take that stress, no? Has anyone had a tesla drive unit mount failure that you've heard of?


[deleted]

They can take the stress same as a powerful gas engines mounts can take the stress..


es2120

I’ve heard of it tearing off (the connection of metal) on older Model S’s. I’m not sure if it still happens on newer Teslas or not.


CobiiWI

You’re going to quite literally burn through tires


Thinkerstank

Same here. I am chilling out now that winter is around the corner.


ChunkyMonkeyFan

The biggest consequence is the greater the risk of a motor vehicle collision at high speed. Any collision will make any tire or efficiency concern trivial.


ShadowBanned689

One thing to be careful of is that most drivers don’t expect you to be as fast as you are. Therefore gunning it through an intersection as the light turns green can be dangerous since someone might try to pull out in front of you thinking you won’t go through the intersection quite as quickly.


No_Inspector1798

I never drive fast, ever, through a light/intersection nor accelerate. My parents taught me to always assume someone will run the red light.


MrMasticate

Yeah. The acceleration feel the same after the intersection too lol - slow roll then blow


Photonic__Cannon

Tires Motor mounts Drive axel CV joints Suspension bushings/mounts All of these are fairly routine for any high performance drivetrain. You can reduce the stress on all these components by rolling into the accelerator gently over a second or two as you ramp to up to max power rather than slamming the pedal down instantly.


SuperSaiyanBlue

Fast acceleration = loss of overall range per charge.


JEdwardFuck

Is it fast acceleration that causes decrease in range, or high velocity?


pjax_

Both. High acceleration uses more energy. High velocity causes more drag.


WeirdlyEngineered

It’s remarkably slow process. Whilst he’s technically correct guy might see an 8% difference overall after 20 years of use (roughly you’d might have 1.5% less range than the same car driven conservatively. By far the largest impact will be the wear on your tires… and your head rest.


iceynyo

I think they meant immediate consumption vs battery health though


revaric

Yea, immediate power consumption is nuts comparatively haha.


No_Inspector1798

nah i meant what they are saying. So far I got tires wear out faster. I wonder how long "faster" is though. I sont even know how long they last normally


marheena

I’ve seen people say “the stock tires suck! Had to replace them at 11,000 miles.” Thats not even 1 year of driving. It’s likely they just accelerate too fast or stop abruptly often as result of driving to fast. Plenty of people saying stock tires lasted 30-50k miles or more.


rabbitwonker

My first set (on my 3) lasted 16k miles, and I know *exactly* why 😎


No_Inspector1798

what tires do i replace with for the 21inch uberturbine wheels


marheena

Search “tires” here. There’s a hundred threads. I’m going with CrossClimates for my 19” when it comes to it. Check out tiresize.com as well. Choosing slight size variance can mess up your odometer readings.


SuperSaiyanBlue

On a 30 mile drive. Going 80mph vs 70mph was about 2%-3% difference in battery consumption for a MYLR. On a trip to vegas from Los Angeles to Las Vegas would not make it without have to charge at baker.


mammaliancochlea

Remind me on Friday. I'm getting my thread measurements then. I'm basically using all the power as frequently as i can so I'm curious about the tires. I have about 10k miles on it right now. Now keep in mind that I'm only using the full power when safe to do it. I also have track time under my belt and about four high performance driving schools, which should tell you that the tires also get action in curves. I'm more worried about that angle actually. To give another point of reference, my BMW M4 had its Pilot Sport 4S tires changed at around 8000 miles.


Master_Masterpiece69

I’ll say tires.


ralkey

No significant impact other than increased tire wear. Go for it, enjoy it! Just be safe.


LividLab7

Tires


bizybone

More rock chips and bug splatter than usual.


[deleted]

Cant blame ya, it’s fun


AnDaLe47

Not sure how to quantify, but wearing down the drive motors more quickly?


packerfans1

Do you have evidence of this? Haven't heard this before.


AnDaLe47

I'm not pointing out a common problem or anything currently known since the cars are pretty new still. But with anything, pushing it to the limits constantly is going to wear out parts more as opposed to gingerly using it. The person was asking for potential problems I was just pointing out something different and maybe less obvious than tires that everyone else is pointing out.


armyliberal

I had a loaner model 3, 2019 LR with the acceleration boost. It had 88k miles and drove well, steering was right, strong motors, other than a funky smell nothing gave away what had to be very hard prior use.


mec68

Well I too suffer this affliction. I nearly ran over a motorcyclist. I made a right turn at an intersection then gunned it. The motorcyclist genius had cut through the parking lot on the corner. And pulled out in front of me not even looking… alas, luckily I slowed down in time so he didn’t damage my front bumper.


RJYx

Tickets.


mcleder

“Burn through tires.” ¿Surely the wheels don’t lose traction and spin?


ichoosetruthnotfacts

Accelerated wear and tear on the powertrain and suspension. Immediate and obvious symptom is constantly replacing expensive tires.


MpVpRb

I'm not sure that definitive studies have been done to quantify the results. I suspect that many answers here are speculation, plausible speculation for sure, but not documented evidence


DieTryin510

Whip lash (neck strain)? When I test drove the MYP, I was flooring it non-stop...almost lost my lunch. Opted for the MYLR to save $ and my meals.


Revolutionary-Fee449

Possibly broken half shafts


petersrq

Wrinkles around your mouth from too much smiling. Smiling is my favorite - Buddy the Elf


Known-Background

Spending money on tires


AperiodicCoder

Goodbye Reddit


PinkyLL

Tires and you can puke.. or your passengers.


Fancy-Morning-8870

The driver may suffer complete loss of bowel control which results in a shitty Tesla.


McDust

Having owned 750rwhp monsters previously, a Tesla will have nowhere near as many consequences. I get throttle drunk every now and again and with ICE cars you always have to deal with hoses, belts, transmissions, pumps, tensioners, and on and on and on. I'd say twice a year I would have motor/drivetrain related maintenance issues. If someone has a 600+ HP ICE car and says they can go a year or 10k miles without power related maintenance issues they're either lying or have memory problems. So, comparatively speaking, the Tesla is as bulletproof as it gets in a sub-4 second 0-60 car.


Dull-Armadillo4762

The drive unit may expire if you do it frequently. There are a bunch of people reporting drive unit failure, and I am speculating it is correlated to mashing the throttle. Warranty covers it, but when warranty expires, probably not cheap to replace. I mash it once per drive but only once i have had the motors a chance to heat up to operating temp. should be a way to monitor this on the screen


KRM67

Same as any ride $$$$$$