Arggggg!
I was cruising up a hill on a Kentucky highway the other day. The dual uphill lanes were merging into a single lane at the top of the hill and as I was merging left (looking all around me, not another car in sight) BOOM! I hit the biggest pothole I've ever felt in my life in the middle of the road as the lanes merged. TPMS warning lights flashed immediately and I was in major flat tire trouble and it freaked me out. Maybe more than a little bit.
I got the spare donut put on and limped my Mirage home just a few miles away.
Wow! That hurt... I purchased this new Mirage less than one month ago and I'm already hitting potholes.
Long story short... I was way to ashamed to drive on a donut or tow it back to the dealer more than 80 miles away and ask for road hazard protection coverage, so I bought a couple of tires off of TireRack.com. Vredestein Quattracs. I had my local 'Po Boys' business mount the two Quattracs tires on the front. At least the front tires and back tires would match brands.
So far I can't complain. I kept my passenger side tire that that is perfectly fine and I'm thinking about buying a rim/wheel so that I can have a full size spare handy.
When things settled down I went back and looked at that pothole in the middle of the road on the highway. Its deep, kind of elongated, but really narrow. I imagine other vehicles and trucks drive right over it with no problem at all. That pothole sucked in my narrow tire and trashed it (like I was trying to drive a bicycle through it). The county mainenance department still hasn't filled that pothole in yet. I guess every other car owner drives on wide tires and just rolls right over it.
When forum posters ask about putting on wider tires, it captures my attention. I'm just asking....