As of last night, the most expensive thing about running our 2012 Model S P85 has become wheel replacement! After rain and flash floods in San Diego, we hit a ginormous pothole, and it took out the fourth wheel in four years. The pothole was on a downhill on-ramp, and it was full of water. I was being careful and observant, and still didn't see it at all... just heard the thump, then the warning about no tire pressure. Then as I slowed around the curve...
That picture was taken after we parked. There are 10 cars there with damaged wheels (we're the second one from camera). Honestly I don't think the 19" wheels would have survived either.
Here's the actual pothole. By the time I walked back to it, the police had arrived and put out flares. They eventually closed the on-ramp entirely. It doesn't look like much, but the long axis is about 2 feet, and it was about 8" deep at the downhill end.
That picture was taken after we parked. There are 10 cars there with damaged wheels (we're the second one from camera). Honestly I don't think the 19" wheels would have survived either.
Here's the actual pothole. By the time I walked back to it, the police had arrived and put out flares. They eventually closed the on-ramp entirely. It doesn't look like much, but the long axis is about 2 feet, and it was about 8" deep at the downhill end.