Flat tyre — part 3 (buckled rim)
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Flat tyre – part 3
Following on from part 2.
Tesla contacted us to say that the slow leak in our tyre is due to a buckled rim.
I had hoped for some small tyre repair, costing next to nothing. So the quote for a new wheel at $1300 was a shock 😳.
As you can see in the photo, it’s buckled on the inside edge, which explains why I couldn’t find the cause when the wheel was attached to the car. I’m glad, in this case, I didn’t try and find a hole to repair on the side of the road somewhere.
My passengers now mention that they recall us hitting a large pothole, while travelling south from Cessnock to Gerringong, but we can’t recall where.
I’ll be away road tripping, so at least I get to add 2000km to the loan wheel before I return it 😉.
Links
- Part 2 — the callout Flat tyre — part 2 (the callout)
- Part 1 — first noticed it leaving Gerringong Our first flat tyre — part 1
Check your wheel alignment as well
If it was a Khumo it would have broken on the spot
Twenty five or so years ago my father had both alloy rims on one side buckled on his Peugeot.
The rims were repaired.
Then, a few weeks later he did the same thing on the other side of the car, both rims. The damage was worse, and the rims were deemed unrepairable, so he needed two new factory rims at great expense.
(In my opinion, ultra low profile rims are a very bad idea for all sorts of reasons. We have 18” rims on our 2019 M3P and 19” on our Juniper Y. I will not fit larger rims under any circumstances, period.)
Am I wrong?
(Our LR Y has 19”, and the Performance has 21”. If I owned a performance, the very first thing I’d do is buy aftermarket smaller rims and sell the originals. Lots of people like them for the looks.)
If anyone wants mine, for the looks, I’d be happy to swap for 19” black.
However of course it is a big outlay as you then need new tyres as well, … though of course would have four wheels and tyres to sell.
I’m not sure what I’d do in your situation, maybe keep hoping for a swap?
(However if I had a Performance with 21” rims I’d definitely do it!)
Dumb question but if it was that big wouldn't FSD avoid it? I'm sure I've seen videos of cars avoiding pot holes, maybe it's only in the US 🤷🏼♀️
Unfortunately, our FSD doesn’t avoid potholes. It’s one of the three most common reasons for my interventions at the moment.
Will straighten and fix it.