The Tesla Motors Club www.teslamotorsclub.com has extensive threads for tyre choices. (In fact most roadster discussion happens over there, not here.)

For myself, I had some Kumhos on my Mercedes and loved them. Put the same tires on the roadster and hate them with a passion. I drive faster just to wear them out... :-)

How many miles did you get on the stock tires?
I had to change my back tires at 6000 miles.
Was told this is normal.

I had them replace the tires when they did the first service because they were down to threads..

thanks
ronzo
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That's pretty normal. I only got 5,000 miles out of my rears.

I had the AD07s and replaced my rear tires at 7,700 miles. I still had some tread left but they were starting to get noisy. I think 5-7 thousand miles is normal but you can get more depending on how you drive.

The wear bars were showing after 4,400 miles with the stock Yokohama's. I guess I was having too much fun driving it. I replaced them with Continental ExtremeContact DWS which were 1/2 the cost and are supposed to last 3 times longer. After 3,600 miles they still look great and they stick nearly as well as the stock Yokohama. No problems with traction control on my 1.5.

DHrivnak: You had the AD07s? Wow. You were having fun=) Are you using the 195s on the front then? I don't think they come in the exact front tire size.

The stock fronts are still the AD07's that are 175/55/R16. They still look good after 8100 miles. I am quite sure the intial owner did not change the tires as the car only had 1000 miles on it when I bought it.

That size will be hard to match in the future from what I hear.

Yeah. Actually, the AD07s are the only tire you can find that fit exactly. Other people are using tires in the 195 size I believe and are not having major problems as mentioned in the TMC thread.