Sharing my experience regarding tire wear on the Ariya:
Almost 15k miles on it. Came to the dealership today for service, mainly tire rotation and air filter replacement.
To my shock, tires were 1/32 at front and 5/32 on the back.
FFS… tire is gone with less than 15k miles??? Less than 1 year of use.
Yes, Nissan put some 10k tires on the Ariya
Did your car come with the Bridgestones or the Dunlops?
The Bridgestones seem to hold up better than the Dunlops.
I have my lease return inspection in 2 weeks, hopefully nothing needing done…
Dunlops
Already checked United Tires and that’s what Nissan is getting back from me at lease end.
Just to think that I was already quite shocked when my 2022 CRV’s tires were gone with 30k miles…
EVs, saving the planet tire by tire.
Unfortunately, tire wear seems to be an issue with EVs in general but the Dunlop Grandtek PT21 tires that are on some of the Ariyas haven’t received good reviews.
We discussed this very topic a little over a year ago in this thread.
I have a lease inspection coming up on one of my Ariyas and will go with used set that meets the criteria if necessary.
What’s the minimum wear accepted at return?
2nd Edit:
4/32"
10 char
According to the Nissan Guide to Chargeable Wear and Use it’s when tread depth measures less than 1/8” at lowest point on tire.
Thank you both.
Looks like I’ll need all 4 replaced by the end of my lease (I’m projecting around 20k miles).
Had the exact same line of thinking at first regarding losing Apple Carplay with the Chevy EVs but now that I’ve driven them for a while I’ve been converted. Not trying to discount anyone else’s opinions but just sharing my experience.
Now, when I jump back into my Ioniq 5 out of my Equinox/Blazer I find having to use Apple CarPlay quite clunky (albeit part of that is probably due to Hyundai’s wired implementation of CarPlay). Don’t have experience with route planning in the Ariya but the google maps route planning in Equinox/Blazer is top notch and gives pretty good estimates of charge on arrival to a destination - something that CarPlay lacks. Even in my Silverado EV now, which has both CarPlay and the built in google maps like Equinox and Blazer I find myself defaulting to the native system rather than CarPlay.
As for this, I’m genuinely baffled at why Acura thought it would be a good idea to skip 360 cam on the A-Spec. The fact that you can get 360 in an Equinox with like a $37k/$38k MSRP but not a $65k/$70k Acura is astounding to me. So many less necessary things that they could’ve switched out for cost cutting (pano roof, upgraded sound, etc.) in the base model but somehow they landed on taking out 360 cam
I appreciate your feedback and perspective. You’re probably right—it’s likely just a matter of getting used to it. I just found it off-putting when I discovered that Android Auto and Apple CarPlay weren’t supported. I guess I feel this way because, in my experience, many native systems just don’t compare to the functionality and ease of use that Android Auto and Apple CarPlay offer. I will have to check it out when I have a chance.
Absolutely. I definitely don’t think there’s an “objective” better option. All just comes down to the end user’s personal tastes.
But I do think that the native system in the Chevy products are MUCH better than the native systems in so many other automakers (personal experience is with Hyundai, Lexus, Porsche, Toyota, Volkswagen, Audi, BMW, and MB). If you gave me any of those systems and told me that I wouldn’t have CarPlay and would have to rely on native maps, media interface, etc. I’d say absolutely not. The Chevys really are much better though. I think it’s worth giving it another shot!
It is utterly trash.
Maps are outdated, interface looks like 10 years old and it is slooow.
I’d never rely on the Ariya’s route planning to include stops for recharging.
I was at 3/32 at 11k miles
Wait…
SzaroJr’s doc says 1/8", which would be 4/32" (your original info)
got confused . crazy day at work. sorry.
I didn’t like the Blazer EV. It feels more like a large slow SUV and the base audio system is absolutely terrible. Ariya is so much more fun to drive.
The Android infotainment system is awesome though, with it’s perfect integration of Google Maps.