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Glad you were able to make the trip despite the nail!

This has been my experience as well. I think a lot of this myth is based on people buying performance Teslas and driving them like they stole them. I get it. Going 0-60 in under 4 seconds is super fun! But driving a car like you stole it will prematurely wear out tires. EVs, like every other car, if driven normally will see tires last the usual amount of time. I think the main thing giving the myth a hit of truth is that it's a lot easier to do hard acceleration and stuff that tends to wear out tires.

But generally speaking tires last just as long in and EV as the do in a combustion car. A driver's habits matter way more than the powertrain.
I just saw my neighbor take off from his driveway in his Lightning. Still in the punching it stage it would appear. 😹
 
I just saw my neighbor take off from his driveway in his Lightning. Still in the punching it stage it would appear. 😹
It's ridiculously fun. But I've moved on to the pre-hypermiling phase. Can I really get 10 miles/kWh in LA traffic? I'm up to 8 for a 40+ miles round trip. If I lived here, that would mean a 1000 mile battery for around town.
 
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A complaint about the tires:
I really don’t like the Hankook Dynapro AT2 that came with the Lightning. They’re soft and splashy, have terribly weak sidewalls—technically they’re entirely adequate for the truck, but *I* don’t like the way they feel. They’re just not a truck tire. But I can’t justify replacing them since they’re not wearing very quickly.
 
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A complaint about the tires:
I really don’t like the Hankook Dynapro AT2 that came with the Lightning. They’re soft and splashy, have terribly weak sidewalls—technically they’re entirely adequate for the truck, but *I* don’t like the way they feel. They’re just not a truck tire. But I can’t justify replacing them since they’re not wearing very quickly.
You can always sell them and put that towards the new set :cool:
 
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