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I don’t count tires either. Unless they fail early for some reason. As long as I get my use out of them I’m fine.

The most ridiculous tire story I have is we had an early 90s Ford Escort GT and it needed tires and I called a shop and he asked me if I was sitting down. I said no why? He said that Ford put an odd size tire on the car and only Goodyear made it and it was going to be $1200 for tires on a Ford Escort GT back in the 90s! He said well we can put a different size on and the speedometer will just be off so that’s what we did.

So that brings me to a question. I see some posts early on with Rivian that tire shops wouldn’t put tires on them. What’s that all about? And is that still the case? Can you go to any old tire shop with an EV or does it have to be special somehow.
Funny we are talking tires. Just had my low pressure light come on-it’s 85 degrees and tires look fine thinking may I have a bad sensor
 
Rivian driver in Chattanooga was forced to abandon their R1T when the vehicles in front and behind of them stalled out due to high water levels. Climbed out of the window to safety. Returned after the flooding subsided. No water intrusion into the cabin. Drove it home.

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This guy's Rivian got swept away in Ashville NC during Hurricane Helene and buried in mud. Guy recovered it, charged it, then drove it away after the storm without any issues. That would not be the case in an ICE truck:

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