Polestar Model 2 - tyre life
Discussion
I'm about to sign up for a Polestar Model 2 single motor, long range via lease. I have maintained and non-maintained options and am trying to work out whether it is worth the £73/month extra. It's a 300hp, 2T RWD car so suspect tyre life may not be brilliant! At the moment I'm using 15k miles for the rear, and 25k miles for the front in my calculations.
Does anyone have any real world experience in a RWD model 2?
Does anyone have any real world experience in a RWD model 2?
Mileage is 20k/yr, 4 year lease. Total extra for maintained lease is £3,650.
It’ll be on 19s. Thanks for the heads up on depth at which they’ll replace, I will find out.
Some guesstimates of what it would cost me for maintenance:
Servicing is every 20k mls so annual, 1st service free, so need to pay for 2nd and 3rd service, assumed £300ea = £600.
It's a pre-reg car so will need 2 MOTs in my time = £100
Front tyres, 25k mls, so will need 2/3 sets - £185/tyre = £1,110
Rear tyres 15k mls, so will need 4/5 sets - £185/tyre = £1,850
The total of that lot just exceeds the maintained costs. If I’m slightly over the mileage it’ll need a 4th service. I haven’t taken anything for brakes.
It’ll be on 19s. Thanks for the heads up on depth at which they’ll replace, I will find out.
Some guesstimates of what it would cost me for maintenance:
Servicing is every 20k mls so annual, 1st service free, so need to pay for 2nd and 3rd service, assumed £300ea = £600.
It's a pre-reg car so will need 2 MOTs in my time = £100
Front tyres, 25k mls, so will need 2/3 sets - £185/tyre = £1,110
Rear tyres 15k mls, so will need 4/5 sets - £185/tyre = £1,850
The total of that lot just exceeds the maintained costs. If I’m slightly over the mileage it’ll need a 4th service. I haven’t taken anything for brakes.
£185/tyre was based on Goodyear F1s from Blackcircles, the only POL Polestar approved ones are Michelin Primacy 4 ST DT Acoustic @ £262ea.
Assuming my tyre life assumptions are sensible then it's a no-brainer to go for the maintained deal, I will check that they will use POL rated tyres and at what depth they'll accept the change.
Assuming my tyre life assumptions are sensible then it's a no-brainer to go for the maintained deal, I will check that they will use POL rated tyres and at what depth they'll accept the change.
Just to add oranges to an apple discussion:
I think we have about 25k miles on the summer tyres on Ioniq 5 AWD and they look better than ones on the previous one (diesel bus with 177bhp) after half the distance. Haven't measured the thread, there must be some wear - but it is so even the tyres look newish.
Only 200 odd hp going to the rear, not driving like a saint but, admittedly, nobody will assume I stole the car either.
But I think the torque is managed much more smoothly than with an ICE that even somewhat spirited driving with the TC on will be easy on the tyres (TC on, you need to almost floor the accelerator on gravel to hear a bit of slip that is almost impossible to avoid with 2WD ICE).
I think we have about 25k miles on the summer tyres on Ioniq 5 AWD and they look better than ones on the previous one (diesel bus with 177bhp) after half the distance. Haven't measured the thread, there must be some wear - but it is so even the tyres look newish.
Only 200 odd hp going to the rear, not driving like a saint but, admittedly, nobody will assume I stole the car either.
But I think the torque is managed much more smoothly than with an ICE that even somewhat spirited driving with the TC on will be easy on the tyres (TC on, you need to almost floor the accelerator on gravel to hear a bit of slip that is almost impossible to avoid with 2WD ICE).
PetrolHeadInRecovery said:
Just to add oranges to an apple discussion:
I think we have about 25k miles on the summer tyres on Ioniq 5 AWD and they look better than ones on the previous one (diesel bus with 177bhp) after half the distance. Haven't measured the thread, there must be some wear - but it is so even the tyres look newish.
Only 200 odd hp going to the rear, not driving like a saint but, admittedly, nobody will assume I stole the car either.
But I think the torque is managed much more smoothly than with an ICE that even somewhat spirited driving with the TC on will be easy on the tyres (TC on, you need to almost floor the accelerator on gravel to hear a bit of slip that is almost impossible to avoid with 2WD ICE).
This will replace a Renault Zoe, which is 135hp, fwd, 1500kg. Fronts on that lasted 20k, and the rears were then changed to the front and lasted to 30k (so effectively 40k life on the back). It's very easy to spin the fronts pulling out of a junction with that with EV torque and FWD.I think we have about 25k miles on the summer tyres on Ioniq 5 AWD and they look better than ones on the previous one (diesel bus with 177bhp) after half the distance. Haven't measured the thread, there must be some wear - but it is so even the tyres look newish.
Only 200 odd hp going to the rear, not driving like a saint but, admittedly, nobody will assume I stole the car either.
But I think the torque is managed much more smoothly than with an ICE that even somewhat spirited driving with the TC on will be easy on the tyres (TC on, you need to almost floor the accelerator on gravel to hear a bit of slip that is almost impossible to avoid with 2WD ICE).
TheRainMaker said:
HughG said:
TheRainMaker said:
We have a three-year-old 400+bhp model with around 25000 miles on it.
I was bored just now, so I went out and measured them
Front Left 4mm
Front Right 5mm
Rear Left 5mm
Rear Right 5mm
Original tyres? I was bored just now, so I went out and measured them
Front Left 4mm
Front Right 5mm
Rear Left 5mm
Rear Right 5mm
HughG said:
This will replace a Renault Zoe, which is 135hp, fwd, 1500kg. Fronts on that lasted 20k, and the rears were then changed to the front and lasted to 30k (so effectively 40k life on the back). It's very easy to spin the fronts pulling out of a junction with that with EV torque and FWD.
Surely the superior EV traction control algorithm stops the front wheels spinning?Kawasicki said:
HughG said:
This will replace a Renault Zoe, which is 135hp, fwd, 1500kg. Fronts on that lasted 20k, and the rears were then changed to the front and lasted to 30k (so effectively 40k life on the back). It's very easy to spin the fronts pulling out of a junction with that with EV torque and FWD.
Surely the superior EV traction control algorithm stops the front wheels spinning?HughG said:
This will replace a Renault Zoe, which is 135hp, fwd, 1500kg. Fronts on that lasted 20k, and the rears were then changed to the front and lasted to 30k (so effectively 40k life on the back). It's very easy to spin the fronts pulling out of a junction with that with EV torque and FWD.
RWD might still benefit from weight transfer to the driven wheels. TC algorithms might have developed/tuned differently since Zoe was built.But this is a) obvious and b) pure speculation on my part.
I have dual motor long range which I bought used 6 weeks ago. It had 13k miles on it and the fronts were around 2mm. Just changed them for Conti Prem 6's are £220/wheel - oem on the 2021's.
Still 4mm left on the backs.
I guess it comes down to how you drive it - the prev owner must have had a heavy right foot.
Still 4mm left on the backs.
I guess it comes down to how you drive it - the prev owner must have had a heavy right foot.
Gassing Station | EV and Alternative Fuels | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff