Psychoburn

Well.. I was driving on the street around 30-40 mph, and it was dark and i hit a massive pothole....

The results:
2 Flat tires
1 Bent RIM

I'm so glad i got the ROAD Tire Hazard Warranty so it's all covered.. but the only problem is the RIM is backordered and they don't know when they'll get one.

Watch out for those potholes!

firstkill

I feel you.... the rain down here as really messed up the roads.


They come fix the pot holes and make a nice bump instead of a hole hehe.

~fk

beemaze

Even before it rained, we still have always had the worst ranked roads in the nation. That's one of the reasons I purchased the Road Hazard warranty too!

I've been driving the Cayenne in the bad weather. It has 20 inch wheels, but they have survived large pieces of wood and a metal girder on the 710 freeway at 50+ mph, and a massive pothole that I didn't see coming around the corner.

My bro'-in-law has forged 22 inch wheels on his Range Rover and bent 3 of them TWICE during the last two rainstorms. Fortunately he is friends with the manufacturer, so he get's his at cost. You won't believe the 3x-4x markup on these things.

My feelings on all this: even though it may look very nice, don't get bigger wheels unless you can afford to repair/replace them on a routine basis

ProjectC55

I'm waiting now 11 months since I filed my claim (540.00) against NYC for my AMG 17" rim.Rim was totally destroyed because of a man made(construction) rd defect last Feb,04.These streets are a nightmare in the winter especially.

kaze81

I hate those potholes...esp after the rain here in So CA..there are more than before the storm. I hope they will be fixed asap.

BklynBenz

ive tried it before with the city and got nothing. good luck. another time i contacted the sub contractor that was doing the work and they paid for the damages out of their pocket after realizing the road wasnt properly marked

FrankW

where did you all hit the potholes at in socal? i'm in Riverside during the week for school and the roads are horrible around campus with all the construction and all the routed traffic going through local street due to freeway closing down to building a new overpass.

05C55

Sorry to hear it, I have a couple of stock C55 18"s for sale if you are in need.


https://mbworld.org/forums/showthrea...358#post990358

hantzis

Potholes will do a number on rims with 35 profile or less. Even 40s you have to watch out for bent rims

Psychoburn

There were massive amounts of potholes around Rosemead Blvd, San Gabriel Blvd, Atlantic Ave (where i hit my huge pothole turning onto the 10E ) but i'm suprised how fast the potholes have been filled up. All I see now are a bunch of black patches

wingless

Leaving my home, I hit a horrible pothole. I called the local P.D. and heard them dispatch a vehicle.

Imagine my surprise when I returned three hours later to see a vehicle being loaded onto a flatbed with a local P.D. on the scene. Obviously they did not mark the crater.

BTW, my Cayenne Turbo was not damaged due to the extra cushion of the high profile 18" winter tires. Forget about it if the 20" summer tires hit the pothole.

c32_infatuation

Frank,
Did you hit these potholes on University going towards the 91? My friend bent up a HRE on 30 profiles so bad that the tire dismounted acouple of weeks ago

FrankW

I go very SLOW on university if i'm going towards 91. Those ain't potholes either, they are concret patches sticking up higher than the pavement.

anywayz, I got a 3 inche nail lodged in the left rear today going towards 60 on university to get my dinner. I had to get my dad to bring the heavy duty jack from home cuz the one they gave in the car is already bent before I even used it. More detail in the other thread i made.

Chappy

I guess I took it for granted just how well kept the roads are here...

Psychoburn

LoL, I went to the dealer today and the service tech told me that both my rims were bent along with my two flat tires. He gave me an estimate of 2000 in damages

beemaze

That's funny. I hit the EXACT same pothole on Atlantic and the 10 with my Cayenne with 20" wheels 45 profile tires, but luckily no damage!

cntlaw

what is a pothole anyway?

vraa

Some some of the road has disentegrated and leaves a hole.

bnz616

Haha yeah, the roads were literally falling apart during that week. They filled them up, but they didn't do such a good job! It seems like the holes they filled in are just beginning to cave in again or something. Everytime they fill in the pothole, it just falls apart again when it rains!

How easily will 19's bend with 35 and 30 profile tires? Does the hole pretty much have to be a gigantic crater? Will small little sunk in man holes and stuff cause problems?

derrick_lui

Tony

A pothole is something we hardly ever see in Hong Kong since the roads are so well maintained.

Derrick

cntlaw

I C , when my C55 was two weeks after I got it , I ran into one ; I guess no obvious damage but I could tell from the loud and clear ****tty sound that wasn't a nice thing to experience again , especially the hole is larger - that would be hell