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Dammit another puncture!
- Thread starter keith7465
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PWlakewood
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PWlakewood
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You can purchase as many as you need from a local tire store, tesla, or online. Do you have Michelin or continental?
AMPd
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PWlakewood
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Pro tip....quit driving on nails
AMPd
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Naekuh
Member
im giving my car acupuncture... Its supposed to work out all the bugs.
As for me, its honestly not the nails but the potholes...
FML... i went though 3 tires in 1 yr because of potholes side wall damage, but lucky i have not bent or cracked the rim.
(goes finding a tree to knock on for good luck)
PWlakewood
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houstonian
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Oh man. This thread broke a damn in me.
I work in RE and my duties largely revolve around me visiting our sites, often in or close to construction zones or near heavy industry installations.
The net effect from this is I blow out a tire about every 4-6 months like clockwork. It’s insane. Also means one of the best investments I made was buying a 5th wheel from TSLA for a spare and a Quickjack!
I’ve also mastered the road hazard claims process from TireRack and I guess it’s a plus I’ve not had to buy - our of pocket that is - new tires in a few years despite going through 5-7 (...I’ve lost count) replacements under TireRack’s RH warranty.
I work in RE and my duties largely revolve around me visiting our sites, often in or close to construction zones or near heavy industry installations.
The net effect from this is I blow out a tire about every 4-6 months like clockwork. It’s insane. Also means one of the best investments I made was buying a 5th wheel from TSLA for a spare and a Quickjack!
I’ve also mastered the road hazard claims process from TireRack and I guess it’s a plus I’ve not had to buy - our of pocket that is - new tires in a few years despite going through 5-7 (...I’ve lost count) replacements under TireRack’s RH warranty.
Naekuh
Member
pro tip dont live in Los Angeles?
I dont think there is any other way to go by your tip...
Silicon Desert
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hmmm, I am baffled. I was adding up the miles in Tesla and various other cars since the last time I got a flat tire and it amounts to over 250,000 miles across the USA, California and Nevada. Is this a recent new problem? Maybe my time is coming 
Mr. Jim
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3 tires in one year. I have a 2019 MX and last year I picked up a bolt on my right rear. The tire could not be fixed so I bought a new one to match the original Continental I had. Then 3 months ago I had another alert of low pressure on my left rear. Sidewall puncture so another new tire. Yesterday I went out and found my right rear completely flat so Tesla sent a tow truck and took it to their shop. Another sidewall, another tire. This is absurd. I've been driving for over 60 years and this has never happened before.
ordered this the other week. Not a silver bullet but better than having nothing in the car
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BJ2TBL2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BJ2TBL2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
BrokerDon
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We also live in SoCal and our 2015 P85D's 21" tires do seem to have more than their share of flats & potholes... probably because the the hundreds of thousands of cars & trucks on the roads here every day as well as all the road construction trying to burn up the CA "gas tax" money.
We've always bought "Tire Certificates" from America's Tire which gets us a free tire if they fail before they wear out. Absolutely worth it with 21" Tesla tires especially our P85D's staggered Michelin Pilot $uper $port $ound dampened tire$... 4 replaced in 60,000 miles + 2 flat repairs, even on well maintained South Orange County roads (mostly Newport Beach).
https://www.americastire.com/customer-service/certificates
BrokerDon
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19" tires & wheels are definitely less prone to flats since they're typically "skinnier" tires with taller treads. 19" are a lot less prone to pothole damage since their sidewalls are significantly taller.
21" tires & wheels definitely look and handle sportier, especially on significantly lighter & stronger Arachnid wheels.
I have both:
- 21" Michelin Pilot Super Sport tireson on staggered Arachnida for well maintained SoCal / San Diego roads in dry season
- 19" Michelin Primacty MX4 on Tesla Cyclone wheels for SiCal's short "rainy season" plus out of state road and snow trips
