What's your tire wear? (20" wheels)

[Pax]

Hi everyone,

Been driving a Touring on the stock 20" wheels for a little over a year now, coming up on around 13k-14k miles. Just wanted to ask what everyone's tire wear, especially for this tire?

I haven't done any tire rotations, nor did the annual 12k year service perform any when I brought it in. I just bought a tire gauge reader, but I think I'm looking at maybe 1/3 of my tread left (based on estimation). One of my wheels hit a pothole and had the whole wheel and tire replaced, and I noticed it's significantly deeper than the other three (the Lucid engineers assured me that the other three are OK as is even with the brand new replacement).

In general, pretty normal driving with about 60/40 city/highway. Some spirited driving here and there, but otherwise normal use. I'm in California where there's been a decent amount of rain as of late, but majority of the time is on fairly dry roads. Lifetime ~3.3 kwh/mile in warm weather, usually 50F+.

Curious to here everyone's experience. I'm thinking of moving off of Pilot Sport EV to Pilot Sport 4S or the Pilot Sport AS4s after these wear out.

 

[scal_air]

Hi Pax,

Because of the asymmetric size of front tires compared to rears, and afaik left to right rotation is not recommended, there is no tire rotation for 20" wheels.

I'm in the same boat as you. About 13K miles, one tire replaced due to a pothole. No one had the Pilot EVs in stock so I settled for a Firehawk Indy 500 as the choices were extremely limited. I think when the time comes, I'll replace all 4 with Costco on sale Michelins, and save the Firehawk as a spare - at least for the front tires!

 

[PhotoEye]

Hi Pax,

Because of the asymmetric size of front tires compared to rears, and afaik left to right rotation is not recommended, there is no tire rotation for 20" wheels.

I'm in the same boat as you. About 13K miles, one tire replaced due to a pothole. No one had the Pilot EVs in stock so I settled for a Firehawk Indy 500 as the choices were extremely limited. I think when the time comes, I'll replace all 4 with Costco on sale Michelins, and save the Firehawk as a spare - at least for the front tires!

Costco told me yesterday they can't install on the Lucid unless I had coasters, like for the Tesla. I told him that coasters are not needed so long as their lifts can go down low enough for the Lucid's ground clearance. Since he had not worked on a Lucid before, I told him I would just drive over with the owner's manual spec sheet for them to check, since the Costco website does list Lucid.

BTW, I have 19" Perelli A/S going on 27K with plenty of tread left.

 

[scal_air]

Thanks PhotoEye!
The EV haters love to write about how EV owners will be replacing tire like oil changes on ICE vehicles. The article explains its because their extreme weight and torque. You know what weighs as much as an EV - many of the SUV's that Americans love so much. Where are the articles about pollution and tire replacement in SUVs? So much misinformation and much of it intentional and malicious. As long as you are careful and are not into "launching" your car, there is no reason why your tires should not last.

Nobody Told EV Owners How Quickly They Burn Through Tires

Adoption appears to be leapfrogging education as new owners are frustrated to learn that powerful, heavy EVs chew through rubber fast.

www.thedrive.com

 

[Pax]

Just an update - measured and all of my tires are in the ~4/32-5/32" depth, save the replaced once which is still near 8/32". Just checked the Michelin Sport EV specs and apparently they ship with 8/32" tread depth. In that case, maybe I can stretch my usage to get 18-20k miles out of them, given that I'm maybe just half over. Didn't realize it was 8/32" as I thought most were 10/32" or 11/32".

Yeaaaah have done my fair bit of launches not gonna lie...

 

[borski]

Just an update - measured and all of my tires are in the ~4/32-5/32" depth, save the replaced once which is still near 8/32". Just checked the Michelin Sport EV specs and apparently they ship with 8/32" tread depth. In that case, maybe I can stretch my usage to get 18-20k miles out of them, given that I'm maybe just half over. Didn't realize it was 8/32" as I thought most were 10/32" or 11/32".

Yeaaaah have done my fair bit of launches not gonna lie...

Think of all the oil changes you've saved

 

[momo3605]

Hi Pax,

Because of the asymmetric size of front tires compared to rears, and afaik left to right rotation is not recommended, there is no tire rotation for 20" wheels.

I'm in the same boat as you. About 13K miles, one tire replaced due to a pothole. No one had the Pilot EVs in stock so I settled for a Firehawk Indy 500 as the choices were extremely limited. I think when the time comes, I'll replace all 4 with Costco on sale Michelins, and save the Firehawk as a spare - at least for the front tires!

Would recommend not to cheap out on tires. You may save some money in the short term, but you will pay in efficiency and earlier wear.

 

[lucidtouringman]

Touring 20" here...just checked my tire depths...fronts are at 3.5/32nd and rears are at 6/32nd....I have about 18k miles total and I drive a bit aggressively (Torque pull doesn't get old!)..I assume everyone with 20" with staggered wheels will run into this cos the front wheels simply do more than the rears...turning and braking etc.....
question I have is whether to replace just the fronts when they get to 2/32nds and worry about the rear tires when they go low...or do all 4 at the same time even if there is tread left on the rears when compared to the fronts? Thoughts?

 

[scal_air]

Fronts first - rears when they need them. When cars have the same size tires, it makes sense to replace them all as you can rotate them according to wear but our 20” are different sizes and you do not rotate.

This is only my opinion. I don't know it for a fact... I just know it's true!

 

[momo3605]

Touring 20" here...just checked my tire depths...fronts are at 3.5/32nd and rears are at 6/32nd....I have about 18k miles total and I drive a bit aggressively (Torque pull doesn't get old!)..I assume everyone with 20" with staggered wheels will run into this cos the front wheels simply do more than the rears...turning and braking etc.....
question I have is whether to replace just the fronts when they get to 2/32nds and worry about the rear tires when they go low...or do all 4 at the same time even if there is tread left on the rears when compared to the fronts? Thoughts?

You get torque steer in your Air?? You definitely shouldn’t be

 

[DeaneG]

Touring 20" here...just checked my tire depths...fronts are at 3.5/32nd and rears are at 6/32nd...question I have is whether to replace just the fronts when they get to 2/32nd...

Generally the current recommendation is to replace tires at 4/32", not the legal minimum of 2/32". Stopping distance in rain and chance of hydroplaning is far greater at 2/32 than 4/32, and already bad enough at 4/32" compared to new:

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