Steel wheel problems

[GKenns]

I bought this '06 Reno in February and it seems like i have been having problems with the rims and tires ever since I got it. I live in New England and two weeks after I bought the car, I hit a pothole and dented both rims on the same side. About a month after that there was a loose valve stem on one of the replaced tires, which I supposed was incidental. Then I was on the highway this week and popped the same tire. I can't tell yet wether it burst at the seam (its a small rip about an inch long where the tire meets the rim) or debris came off the highway and tagged it, but This is a lot of shit happening to one car. I have never had dented rims or tires going flat on me on the highway in my 8 years of driving, and now this all happens in a matter of months. Anyone know if this is an isolated thing? Like God punishing me for not getting alloys?

[Zipper]

So, get aftermarket rims :P

PS avoid potholes

[suzukirallyready]

all steel wheels are kinda fragile. as are alloys in some cases... def. go aftermarket, I hit allot of huge holes with my moteggi sx7's and not so much as tire pressure loss.