Tesla Driver Gets New Tires Installed. Then He Takes A Closer Look At The Fine Print On Them: 'Just Drive In Reverse'

A Tesla owner who had a fresh pair of tires installed on their EV realized after the fact that the techs made a huge mistake.

Sprinter Zero (@sprinterzero) showed off the error in a TikTok. Thanks to some small text emblazoned on the tire’s inner sidewall, it was plain to see.

“My tires were installed inside out,” the Tesla owner writes in a text overlay of his brief clip. Indeed, upon zooming his lens in closer to the tire, the word “inside” is seen on the rubber’s sidewall, suggesting that workers at the tire shop placed his car’s tires on the wrong way.

Folks who commented on his video were quick to dish out variants of the same joke about the error. Namely, that the Tesla was now meant to be driven indoors. “No no. Those are inside tires. Not meant for the outside,” one quipped. “Those are inside tires. You’re supposed to only drive them inside the house. Not outside,” another remarked, echoing this witticism.

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