A4, Potholes, Sidewall Bulges and Blowouts

What are A4 owners in cold weather states like Michigan doing to help minimize expensive tire replacement due to potholes. I had a set of what I thought were pretty good tires put on 4 months ago and now have to replace both fronts due to bulges in the sidewalls. I believe this is an across the board issue with all manufacturers with the low profile tires.

Thanks for your comments. Mike

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MFudalla
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Get your government or whoever's responsible to fix the potholes?

Maybe you can claim compensation for the replacement cost.

Reply to
Mark

Buy tire models that are nototious for having stiff pothole resistant sidewals. Unfortunately an average retard who writes a "review" on tirerack.com is typically pretty clueless sidewall wise. The morons typically fall in two categories

  1. Blissfully unaware how sturdy their sidewall is
  2. Get a blown sidewall, blame themselves or the government for not patching up the pothole instead of a crap tire manufactuere. You have to realize though that sturdiness in sidewalls comes at cost: more plies means more weight. And unprung weight is killing suspension, affects handling, etc.
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aglyport

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