Re: [EVDL] Range+grip: Leaf EV tires that increase range

2019-07-22 Thread Lee Hart via EV
Mr. Sharkey via EV wrote: Bill Egan, not Tom, I realized that as soon as I pressed 'send', but you can't suck the data back to correct. Catching tire wear before it shows in the tread is preferable to learning the hard way, after the rubber is deposited as dust all along the roadway. Was it

Re: [EVDL] Range+grip: Leaf EV tires that increase range

2019-07-22 Thread Mr. Sharkey via EV
>> William Egan - Retired - Chief Engineer/Team Leader - Goodyear Tire ... Bill Egan, not Tom, I realized that as soon as I pressed 'send', but you can't suck the data back to correct. (if auto-correct is so smart, why didn't it catch that?) Catching tire wear before it shows in the tread is

Re: [EVDL] Range+grip: Leaf EV tires that increase range

2019-07-22 Thread Paul Compton via EV
Leaf is FWD, I3 is RWD. On Mon, 22 Jul 2019 at 17:16, Lawrence Rhodes via EV wrote: > > Narrower tires is exactly what I am looking for. If the i3 which weighs the > same as the Leaf can get away with two sets of smaller tires I would like to > explore that. I run my tires at full pressure

Re: [EVDL] Range+grip: Leaf EV tires that increase range

2019-07-22 Thread Lee Hart via EV
Lawrence Rhodes via EV wrote: After finding tall skinny tires grip better in the rain thus eliminating that concern it appears the heavier Tesla has radically different mpge but similar styling to the total winner Ioniq by Hyundai . The light bubble cars did better in the city while the

Re: [EVDL] Range+grip: Leaf EV tires that increase range

2019-07-22 Thread Lee Hart via EV
Lawrence Rhodes via EV wrote: The i3 runs the wider tires in the rear at 44psi. The Nissan Leaf recommends somewhere in the 30's. I suspect the i3 is more efficient than the Leaf partly because of the tire choices. Our 2013 Leaf has 30k miles on it, and I can say for sure that the stock tire

Re: [EVDL] Range+grip: Leaf EV tires that increase range

2019-07-22 Thread Lawrence Rhodes via EV
Narrower tires is exactly what I am looking for.  If the i3 which weighs the same as the Leaf can get away with two sets of smaller tires I would like to explore that.  I run my tires at full pressure at all times. 40psi.  I have been told that the i3 uses two sets of tires. 155 in front and

Re: [EVDL] Range+grip: Leaf EV tires that increase range

2019-07-22 Thread Mr. Sharkey via EV
>> what size were you looking for on which car model? The EV is a 1981 VW Rabbit. I don't know how particular I can be about size. Logic dictates that narrow is better for rolling resistance. The car (as manufactured) had 155-70R13's on it, but the conversion factory upgraded it to 5-1/2"

Re: [EVDL] Range+grip: Leaf EV tires that increase range

2019-07-21 Thread Haudy Kazemi via EV
Mr.Sharky... what size were you looking for on which car model? As for the Gen 1 Leaf, it comes stock with 16 inch rims (on at least some model years). Leaf Gen 1 can accept certain 15 inch rims, which allows you access to inexpensive highly mass produced 195/65R15 tires. Gen 3 Prius can use the

Re: [EVDL] Range+grip: Leaf EV tires that increase range

2019-07-21 Thread Mr. Sharkey via EV
I'm going to throw in on this as well. I'm still running on Goodyear Invicta GLR's. The first set I purchased after talking to Tom Egan of Goodyear, who recommended pumping them up to 50+ PSI, he had little concern about raising the pressure above the sidewall recommendations. My tire

Re: [EVDL] Range+grip: Leaf EV tires that increase range

2019-07-21 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
I received my 2002 Prius, which I bought in 2004 w front end damage, but that is another story, at 12k mi and indeed already half-worn tire edges from running 32 PSI all around. I pumped them to 45-47 PSI and then they started wearing evenly, so somewhere around 36k I needed new tires. Note that

Re: [EVDL] Range+grip: Leaf EV tires that increase range

2019-07-21 Thread Lee Hart via EV
brucedp5 via EV wrote: Let's keep in mind that in the north & north-east states.us have similar cold weather like Canada. Changing a vehicle's tires for a half a year for bad/challenging weather is par/the-norm. Right on, Bruce. That's what we do here in MN, too. Those who try to get by on