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To: Reno89519
Curb weight is 8800 lb. My 2023 Chevy Silverado RST is 7000 and cost me $30,000 less.

I have to wonder if that extra weight wears out tires quicker.

8 posted on 08/16/2024 10:50:25 PM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: CatOwner

> I have to wonder if that extra weight wears out tires quicker. <

Great question. And the short answer is “yes”.

https://www.thedrive.com/news/nobody-told-ev-owners-how-quickly-they-burn-through-tires


9 posted on 08/16/2024 11:29:10 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: CatOwner

My 2019 Sante Fe is 3920 pounds. This dang truck is more than twice that!


21 posted on 08/17/2024 1:12:38 AM PDT by citizen (Put all LBQTwhatever programming on a new subscription service: PERV-TV)
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To: CatOwner
I have to wonder if that extra weight wears out tires quicker.

Yes, and it wears out the roads quicker too.

27 posted on 08/17/2024 2:09:26 AM PDT by dznutz
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To: CatOwner

EVs have special tires for exactly that reason. Yet another hidden cost associated with “saving” the planet.


34 posted on 08/17/2024 3:58:17 AM PDT by usafa92 (Donald J. Trump, 45th and 47th President of the United States of America!)
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