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01-11-2024, 10:12am | #81 | ||||||
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Interestingly enough, I’m pulling a 3500 pound kart trailer from Cincinnati to Indy and back. It is about 260 miles round trip and is an easy 0 stop drive with the Escalade at 75mph on cruise control. To imagine that you would likely need not just one, but two stops to charge in the Tesla to make the same trip (unless you decide to drive at 55mph to make range) is absolutely laughable. Edit: 272 miles round trip. |
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I have towed a 2000 lbs trailer with my Model Y as well as Model X Plaid and efficiency was reduced by about 20 - 25% |
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Tell us you've never lived in the north without telling us you've never lived in the north. Most people up north do not change to "winter" tires and run all season tires the rest of the year, that went out decades ago. I grew up in Colorado and lived my entire life up north until our move to Florida in 2019. We didn't use "winter" tires for at least 20 years because all season tires worked fine unless it was very deep snow. |
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Funny that nobody I know has ever had to change tires on any other truck or SUV seasonally. Don’t forget to factor that into the “per mile” cost. |
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Fitting as the process for manufacturing the batteries is devastating to the environment.
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It's a difficult concept to grasp for people who never drive in snow and ice and think changing to "snow" tires every winter is still a thing. My rental car this week in Utah has all season tires. I should demand "winter" tires. |
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I lived for the first 26 years of my life in Austria/Europe.. Plenty of snow there. In Austria, government actually REQUIRES you to use winter tires from November to March I believe. |
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I'd think that this applies to most vehicles up north. I grew up in Austria/Europe and it was even required to have snow/winter tires for the winter season. It's actually shocking that you can drive in many US states that have snow with all season tires.
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Do you like your smartphone?? All that slave labor that goes into those smartphone batteries.. Shame on you Never been concerned about the environment, especially if it's not in our country. |
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I hauled over 7,000 pounds over 650 miles in one shot, over the Cascade mountains. It was a 12 hour haul with one fuel stop that took minutes. In an 18 year old Toyota Tundra 4x4. No issues, no drama.
And the month before, hauled a 16 foot trailer loaded with thousands of pounds of stuff from Las Vegas to the SF Bay Area. About 650 miles also. No issues. Same old truck. |
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So, I once rented a Nissan Sentra out of New Jersey (Atlantic City) and drove up to Westchester County/NY. There was a major snow storm/bilzzard while I was there. I had a hard time getting up most hills with those all season tires. Not really a tire that I'd use if I'd live there.. I would definitely have a set of winter rims&tires. When I lived in Austria, I did have a separate set of wheels&winter tires for my cars.
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Winter tires being far superior to all season has almost nothing to do with snow depth and everything to do with temperature and their ability to stay softer. All seasons were okay in the 70’s but so were rotary phones. |
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