Wife and l headed off for a week away with son and daughter today, usually drive (about 2k klms each way) but decided to fly this time. Airport is a 3 hour+ drive so headed off in the early hours of the morning and an hour in front left hand found a pothole and hit it HARD.
Trim ring is stuffed rim bent but can be saved but needs stripping again to fit. Same wheel same story last trip 6 months ago which is why l keep a couple of spare trims now.
I wonder what they spend the mountains of taxes and charges on because it is certainly not the roads where l live.

 

Ouch! Expensive wheels to suffer that kind of damage.

Not confined to Australia. Here in the UK our roads are a network of potholes and never ending road works.

Graham

 

ouch!!!!

 

I "know" most of the bad potholes around here, but after these heavy spring rains, there's always some new ones to catalog.

Trying to see them before they come into contact with the wheels helps to keep me engaged in the driving experience, but leaves no time for texting

Z

 

Some in the UK have been treated to birthday parties...
https://metro.co.uk/2017/04/01/potho...thday-6547238/

 

I thought for a while maybe it was a Fort Worth thing to spread a half an inch thick of asphalt over an old cattle trail and put up a street sign with some congressman's daughter's name on it. Here we pave not for making a smooth surface to drive on, rather its just to help keep the dust down. Misery loves company so I'm a little relieved to see y'all have the same issues in other states and countries.

 

That is why I am sticking to 18" rims.

 

+1

 

For the Czech Republic, other than 17" wheels cannot be used. I admit that it is happy news for me that the roads are in a desolate condition elsewhere. Fortunately, we have off-road vehicles such as LR.

 

What is the rationale for the 17" limit, when the car was originally produced with 20" factory option?

 

Maybe I didn't write it exactly right. Wheel size is not limited to only 17". I meant that discs larger than 17" are not a reasonable choice due to the state of Czech roads. I don't know about the fact that the XK8 already has 20" rims from the factory. My technical license shows the tire size 245x50 R17. I don't want bigger rims. I prefer a softer and more comfortable ride.

 

I think the 18” size is a good mid point between comfort and performance.