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You've found tires and brake pads which are still legal after 50,000 miles??? That's more impressive than the engine tech. Please share more details.

bombcar 4y ago
Most US states don't inspect vehicles at all.
- kleiba 4y ago
  In Germany, all cars mandatorily need to be inspected after two years, or else you're not allowed on the road at all. And they really mean it: I once missed the two year mark by a month or so, and got a nice fine from the officials (luckily, though, in car country Germany, all car-related fines are ridiculously low). My car has a blinker light in the outside mirrors, the right one of which stopped working after I reversed into a wall with the mirrow. I replaced the mirror glass but didn't bother about the light, given that the ones in the front and back of the car worked perfectly fine. Well, that was enough for them not letting me pass the inspection - I had four weeks to get it fixed, otherwise my car would have been off the road. The repair set me back almost 500 Euros, for an effing small blinker light...
  - bombcar 4y ago
    Besides smog inspections the only one I ever had to do was after our car was totaled by a hailstorm - that makes it a salvage title and you have to be inspected before you can get back on the road. The only thing that was a close call was the passenger window would stick sometimes but it rolled down for the inspection so we were good to go.
frumper 4y ago
https://tires.costco.com/Product?ItemNo=1317677&tirename=bridgestone-turanza-quiettrack&partno=000081&width=225&aspect=55&rim=17 https://tires.costco.com/Product?ItemNo=1317677&tirename=bri... 80k mile warranty. They should have plenty of tread at 50k miles.
legohead 4y ago
brake pads in EVs deteriorate much more slowly due to regenerative braking. I've had 2 EVs and haven't replaced the pads on either before I sold them.
- belltaco 4y ago
  I think the tires themselves degrade faster due to higher weight of EVs(battery weight essentially).
  - legohead 4y ago
    Didn't have to replace the tires on our Kona which we had to 25k miles, but it was probably near time. That thing came with terrible tires, and Hyundai didn't bother tuning the car too much -- the tires would skip every time if you floored it.

bombcar 4y ago

Most US states don't inspect vehicles at all.

kleiba 4y ago
In Germany, all cars mandatorily need to be inspected after two years, or else you're not allowed on the road at all. And they really mean it: I once missed the two year mark by a month or so, and got a nice fine from the officials (luckily, though, in car country Germany, all car-related fines are ridiculously low). My car has a blinker light in the outside mirrors, the right one of which stopped working after I reversed into a wall with the mirrow. I replaced the mirror glass but didn't bother about the light, given that the ones in the front and back of the car worked perfectly fine. Well, that was enough for them not letting me pass the inspection - I had four weeks to get it fixed, otherwise my car would have been off the road. The repair set me back almost 500 Euros, for an effing small blinker light...
- bombcar 4y ago
  Besides smog inspections the only one I ever had to do was after our car was totaled by a hailstorm - that makes it a salvage title and you have to be inspected before you can get back on the road. The only thing that was a close call was the passenger window would stick sometimes but it rolled down for the inspection so we were good to go.

frumper 4y ago

https://tires.costco.com/Product?ItemNo=1317677&tirename=bridgestone-turanza-quiettrack&partno=000081&width=225&aspect=55&rim=17 https://tires.costco.com/Product?ItemNo=1317677&tirename=bri... 80k mile warranty. They should have plenty of tread at 50k miles.

legohead 4y ago

brake pads in EVs deteriorate much more slowly due to regenerative braking. I've had 2 EVs and haven't replaced the pads on either before I sold them.

belltaco 4y ago
I think the tires themselves degrade faster due to higher weight of EVs(battery weight essentially).
- legohead 4y ago
  Didn't have to replace the tires on our Kona which we had to 25k miles, but it was probably near time. That thing came with terrible tires, and Hyundai didn't bother tuning the car too much -- the tires would skip every time if you floored it.