It’s worth noting that due to brilliant design decisions, the only way to put different tires on it is to replace the whole wheel. edit: apparently this part was not correct, my apologies for the misinformation
It’s worth noting that due to brilliant design decisions, the only way to put different tires on it is to replace the whole wheel. edit: apparently this part was not correct, my apologies for the misinformation
How does that work?
Apparently they have custom wheels and custom tires so you can’t just put a different tire on, you need to switch out the rims too.edit: I stand corrected, today I have spread misinformation, my apologies
Nope. The tyres it comes with are custom, but you can fit any tyre you want so long as it’s the right size (which does admittedly limit your options somewhat). The rims aren’t a custom size either (although, the ones that come from the factory obviously are a custom design, but like the tyres, it’s not hard to find a replacement). And there is nothing particularly special about either of them. Plenty of options out there for both. Plenty of reasons to hate this vehicle, the two issues you listed are not reasons to do so as they are problems that don’t actually exist.
Edit: you may be getting confused as they got a patent early last year for their wheel covers (which I think is valid as they have aero shit involved with em). But they literally just clip on and off.
Interesting, I stand corrected. This is common misunderstanding then, probably based off what you mention in that edit, as comment threads are filled with it being discussed.
edit: after some search, it may also be due to what looks like third party replacement rim and tires packages being available. Maybe it’s been assumed the replacement rims were necessary to use other tires.
I think the rabid anti ev and anti musk hatred is what’s driving it more than any misunderstanding. Like I said, many reasons to hate this vehicle, but a lot of the “conversations” I see about this vehicle (and EVs in general) are complete and utter tripe.
I made an edit that may be relevant too. It would make sense.
I don’t see how your edit is relevant given that pretty much every car on the road has third party rims and tyres and this isn’t an issue for them.
Because most of the time you don’t see packages of them, they’re usually separate. The majority of people aren’t bothering to get new rims unless they need them, like when the old ones are damaged from rolling on a flat or something. But when companies are selling “special” aftermarket cybertruck specific replacement rim and tire packages, it makes it sound like the rims are a necessary component, when you could just apparently just use the existing rims with the new tires.
Pretty sure you’re not a “car person” cos those packages abound for many other vehicles on the road. Which is further reinforced by me plugging in “wheel and tyre package” into ye Olde google and getting a shitload of results for, surprise surprise, wheel and tyre packages for a variety of cars. From your daily run abouts, to 4x4s, to suvs, to sports cars. Here’s one site that offers over 20,000 wheel and tyre packages.. So, yeah, your assumptions are woefully wrong.
Isn’t vendor lock-in a wonderful thing…
Isn’t replacing the wheel what you do on a normal car too? I’ve always found the use of the phrase “change the tyre” on cars weird, because it’s not like you actually take off just the tyre and put a new one on, like with a bike. Speaking of which, do car tyres have inner tubes inside them?
It is like a bike :). The wheel is the metal/plastic part in the middle. The tyre is the outer rubber part. They will take the wheel of the car to replace the tyre but unless the wheel is also damaged you will get the same one back. Regarding the inner tube some have a tube and some don’t same for bikes actually.
Oh okay. So when getting a new tyre to replace an old one, that’s the same as a bike, then?
But I think it’s still probably right to say that “wheel” would be more accurate when referring to your “spare tyre”, wouldn’t it? And probably also when talking about rotating tyres?
Yeah the rubber part gets replaced.
Correct the spare tyre is the wheel+tyre as you can’t just swap the tyre on your own. And yeah rotating is just moving wheel+tyre to a new position on the car so the tyre gets a different wear pattern which helps it last longer.