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Might not be an EV thing, I doubt it in fact, but we do seem to wear ours out a bit quicker due to heavier and more torque at low speed.
Here's the thing;
the Soul arrived with 6.4mm of tread on them. AFAIK new tyres should be 8.0 to 8.5mm
I swap my tyres at 4mm, so a 6mm tyre is half worn as far as I am concerned.
As it happens, did not cover the full 30k and they Soul tyres had plenty of tread left.
Michelin say 'Ah, the tyres are design so that they wear less, so the tread patter is not an indication of their wear'. errr ... OK, well if you believe your own bullshit then I guess you might say that.
So, I am sad to see that the Zoe has arrived with Michelin Primacy 4 tyres carrying .... 6.1mm of tread!
Shit almighty, TBH I'd prefer they discounted the price of the tyres and I'd buy my own.
Are 6.1mm tyres really going to last very long on a Zoe?
This is an environmental crime. All that manufacturing effort into a tyre that appears to be designed to not last long. Probably hitting some price point as 1st tier sale into the new car production line.
Pretty disgusting.
If cars were really being manufactured to environmentally benign objectives, wouldn't they fit remoulds to new cars?
Here's the thing;
the Soul arrived with 6.4mm of tread on them. AFAIK new tyres should be 8.0 to 8.5mm
I swap my tyres at 4mm, so a 6mm tyre is half worn as far as I am concerned.
As it happens, did not cover the full 30k and they Soul tyres had plenty of tread left.
Michelin say 'Ah, the tyres are design so that they wear less, so the tread patter is not an indication of their wear'. errr ... OK, well if you believe your own bullshit then I guess you might say that.
So, I am sad to see that the Zoe has arrived with Michelin Primacy 4 tyres carrying .... 6.1mm of tread!
Shit almighty, TBH I'd prefer they discounted the price of the tyres and I'd buy my own.
Are 6.1mm tyres really going to last very long on a Zoe?
This is an environmental crime. All that manufacturing effort into a tyre that appears to be designed to not last long. Probably hitting some price point as 1st tier sale into the new car production line.
Pretty disgusting.
If cars were really being manufactured to environmentally benign objectives, wouldn't they fit remoulds to new cars?