- What crazy YouTuber would sell his Tesla
because of bald tires?
What an idiot that person must be.
Well that person is me.
(laughing)
I made a video and I don't
know if you remember it,
I was talking about
when we were getting rid
of our Tesla.
I didn't say in the video
that we were getting
a new one, which is this one right here,
and it is snowing like crazy.
We have good tires, look,
they're not bald.
And it's a Model X 100D,
so this car does have dual
motors.
(door shutting)
It is cold out there.
I made a video a few
months back where we got
the new car.
That's right, we're
getting rid of the Tesla.
This car has gotten to the point
where it is not safe for
our family to drive in.
That is the actual treads.
These tires are eight months old.
The 2012, 2013 model S
cars were rear wheel drive.
If you live anywhere
where there's ice or snow,
this is not the car for you.
Somebody posted on Reddit,
a link to our video
and said YouTuber sells
car due to bald tires.
And that post went to the number one post
on the subreddit of cars,
which is a big deal.
So I got torn apart.
There was a couple of
articles by some companies
I've never heard of before,
like these media outlets,
Jopalikalik, Jockablick,
Jopalick, Jo, Jopalick.
Our video blew up; we got more dislikes
than we got likes on it.
Now to address the fact
that I sold it based off
of just bald tires, that was not it,
'cause I've learned a lot
about tires since then,
and there was a lot that
I knew that I didn't
put in the video.
If you're going to get a Tesla Model S,
it's okay to get one with
rear wheel drive only.
But you have to be okay
getting the smaller rims,
the 19" rims, and get
tires that are actually
all-weather tires that are
made for that type of weather.
I had performance tires
on, and I had 21 inches.
Honestly, I feel like a
Tesla is such a beautiful
and sexy car that if you go
and put 19" wheels on there,
it basically makes it
look like a Ford Focus.
I'm not spending that
much money to drive around
in a Ford Focus, and the
reason why I think this is
relevant today is because
I just got this email
from Tesla saying that
moving forward, all Model S
and Model X vehicles will
all be all wheel drive,
or the dual motors, and
so I'm not gonna say
that it's because of me is
the reason why that changed,
but I will say that was
the reason why I got rid of
my Model S before.
I've had a lot of people come up to me
that live here in Utah where it does snow,
super snowy, there was
one guy two weeks ago
that told me, he said he
had his Tesla on order,
he watched my video,
because of that article,
and when he watched the
video, he said "honey,
we have to get a dual motor
because we live in Utah,
it needs to be safe, and
so he canceled his order
of his two wheel drive
and got the dual motor,
so I feel good that I helped
some people be a little
bit safer.
When we got brand new tires in November,
for the winter season,
the first snow came down,
they were performance tires,
brand new at the tread,
but we could not even drive in the thing.
It was sliding so much in the snow,
and so then we had a sensor issue,
and the tires got super bald,
and I know in that video
it was dangerously bald,
you should never drive a car with that,
but we had placed an
order for the new tires,
and it was $2,000 for the four new tires,
and rather than put those on, we decided
let's just get a new
car and not drive this.
And so we didn't drive
it for the longest time,
but we drove it every once
in a while, super dangerous.
I just wanted to give you that update,
I thought it was so funny,
the internet is hilarious
and I love all these
articles and how people
got so roweled up and so
angry in the comments,
but based off of making
that video, there were
a lot of Tesla YouTubers that
ended up seeing that video
and inviting me to some of
these, the Model 3 event,
the Roadster event where I met Elon Musk.
So I'm glad that we had the video there,
I'm not taking it down even though people
were bothered about it.
The last thing I wanted to
mention is we have our deposit
down for the Roadster
and we already have had
five referrals with our
code that I'm going to put
right here.
If you know somebody
that is getting a Tesla,
please let them use our code.
It benefits them, they
get free super charging
for life with their
Model S or their Model X
that they order.
They need to order it
between now and January 31st.
And what happens is,
every single Tesla that
somebody orders with our
code, we get 2% off of our
brand new Roadster, so if
any of you know somebody
that's getting a Tesla,
send me an e-mail and tell
me that you gave them the
code, and then Lincoln and I
will come and meet you somewhere.
That's what we'll do.
Or, if you want to come
out to Utah, we'll let
you ride in our Roadster when we get it.
Whoa!!!!
So, if you're thinking about
getting a Tesla yourself,
or you know somebody, please use our code.
It would be much appreciated.
All of those haters
that were very concerned
about my tire usage, thank you.
It was helpful to see
all of those and to learn
more about tire and car safety, and yeah.
- Hi.
- Hi, there's Lincoln.
So thanks guys for all of
your comments and advice,
and if you have more
feedback on the way that
I should drive with my
tires, well let me know
in the description below.
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