Another new front tire

[SteveCo]

Fortunate here as well, I guess. Seasonal freeze/thaw cycles here tend to break up the roads badly, but I've had low profiles tires for several years on another vehicle, and so far managed to avoid any tire/wheel failures.

 

[Onno P]

I guess i am lucky. Italian roads have so many potholes that i have to be on alert the whole time. When not on toll roads i am constantly looking for the best way to avoid subsequent potholes

 

[rdromance]

Where do you get tire and rim insurance?

Got it from the dealership when I bought the car.

 

[SteveCo]

Got it from the dealership when I bought the car.

That is normally part of closing the sale in a dealership - being closeted in a room with a determined closer for the hard 'upsell' on wheel/tire protection, undercoat, extended warranty, paint and interior protection, etc. Having been through this process before with other cars, I was prepared for it - and yet a simple 'not interested' was all it took at the Kia dealership to move on and sign the final paperwork.

That really took me by surprise.

 

[Ucinn]

They tried 5 times, twice in the bargaining for the car price and 3 while in finance signing the papers. They had these packages you could choose from. The final time he says I can create a custom package for you. I selected two from the lowest tier package which was tires and paint, just the two items would have cost more than the lowest package which had 5 items in it.. the 5th "no, thank you" was finally the last no I had to say.

 

[Billy M]

I guess i am lucky. Italian roads have so many potholes that i have to be on alert the whole time. When not on toll roads i am constantly looking for the best way to avoid subsequent potholes

a pot hole at lake como cost me 400E on my rental this past fall

 

[Mach_Tuck]

Ok, aside from OP pics, can anyone else post a pic of these potholes that are bending rims? I could see a sidewall getting pinched from somehting like this, but bending a rim?? How fast are you travelling when impact occurs. I live in Phoenix so perhaps, due to no freezing, there are no potholes large enough to be concerned about.

Thanks