Tire time! What’s eveyone using?

[Bombastinator2]

There's always the option of adding a well: cut one out of a junk car, drop in into a hole you cut in the back of the leaf and seal it up. It's under/in the back of the car so it doesn't even need to be pretty, unless you want it to be.

A third option is the trailer-hitch mounted spare... like a bike-rack, but with a mount for the spare.

Ooh, I’ve got a trailer hitch.. it’s not as good but may also be a whole lot less money

 

[Bombastinator2]

Bonus: You'll make all the mall-crawler Jeep/SUV/truck owners jealous.

My favorite mall crawler story is about a guy with a hummer that crashed a jeep jamboree rally and got high centered in the parking lot. The guy that towed him off did it under the condition that he could film it, and chose the guy next to him to hold the camera who turned out to be the son of the hummer owner.
Deep humiliation.

 

[Speedrocket]

I've been rolling some oversized Ecopias for several years now. The oversize is for ground clearance needed for a battery drop project that didn't happen. More on that on another thread. The size is 215/65R16. So they are a bit "pontooney" and mess with the MPH reading. But, at 40 psi, I get good range and handling. Plus, it feels like an off road SUV.

 

[Speedrocket]

When I woke up yesterday morning I was not expecting to buy a set of tires. But a Texas pothole blew out one of the two Sailuns, Carvana installed on the front axle of my 2019 SL plus before I bought it a couple of months ago. The rear axle still had the original OEM Michelins which probably had about 6,000 mi left on them. I would have replaced the Michelins before winter.

I had to have the car towed as the blown tire couldn't be inflated by the compressor. I didn't want three different brands of tire on the car and bought four YOKOHAMA YK-GTX all season tires. Quietness, smooth ride and the safety of better all-weather performance are more important qualities to me than miles per kilowatt hour.

Me, too. Last week I found a stray nail from all the construction around my neighborhood. Popped a nice clean hole in my Ecopia right front. And Leaf Spy was quick on the draw with a low pressure alarm as I watch my psi go down in real time. Got it patched at the local shoe store, and now I'm good for another 20k miles.

 

[DaveinOlyWA]

I also like to do business with Les Schwab but I found that they really couldn't provide me with a good low rolling friction tire when the time came. I am also in the Northwest and I found that I could source Ecopia Plus from Point S. They are a good shop to work with and offer similar customer service to Les Schwab in my experience. The Ecopia Plus tires gave good service on my '16 LEAF S30.

Same here so I opted for Costco with the 70K version for $701.60 I could have gone as much as $200 cheaper but decided to stay with the proven efficiency king. The tires are a compromise but I don't really drive in a style that makes the compromises significant. Obviously that statement assumes a lot but my driving style is all about constant velocity, using a combination of D, B and N in ECO mode to get as much range as possible when getting somewhere "faster" isn't an option which in my case, is a near 100% option.

 

[Bombastinator2]

Same here so I opted for Costco with the 70K version for $701.60 I could have gone as much as $200 cheaper but decided to stay with the proven efficiency king. The tires are a compromise but I don't really drive in a style that makes the compromises significant. Obviously that statement assumes a lot but my driving style is all about constant velocity, using a combination of D, B and N in ECO mode to get as much range as possible when getting somewhere "faster" isn't an option which in my case, is a near 100% option.

In my area the best prices for new tires are Costco and discount tire. Costco partially because of executive membership and Costco credit card. If you get both you get both discounts.