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Thread Author: ricardo	Replies: 26

New Mon 22 Feb 10 11:47   Potholes - ricardo

After the recent snow and ice, the roads where i live are an absolute mess. The roads just seem to be falling to pieces even on main roads. Potholes everywhere! I though about reporting them and searched around for the best possible route and came across this site: www.potholes.co.uk It's ethos seems pretty sound - Hit a pothole, found a pothole, or just fed up with potholes? That would be a yes to all three! I have reported a couple of the major ones that i felt were a safety hazard as cars were swerving into to the oncoming traffic to avoid damage. The local council now seem to be on the case, albeit at a snails pace. So the moral is, it is sometimes is worth taking the time out and report it instead of just moaning and hoping someone else will sort it. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Feb 10 11:57   Potholes - Fenlander

It's a fair point but I'd need several sheets of A4 for my daily drive of 40miles. Thank goodness this pothole period saw me change to a car with higher profile tyres. I actually have some sympathy for the highways departments given the massive and unprecedented rise in damaged roads since Christmas. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Feb 10 13:04   Potholes - ilikecars

Got a new car. Wife took a roundabout in the snow and felt a crunch. Nasty gash in the alloys. I can see that's because the low-profile tyres mean that the rubber doesn't stick out so far beyond the wheel and so leave the rims more prone to damage. Very irritating. So much so that I took pictures of the pothole on the roundabout once the snow had melted. It was an enormous hole. I reckon some 5 ft long, 8 inches wide by about 5 inches deep just next to the roundabout kerb. The wheel had clearly dropped into this and banged up against the kerb damaging the rim. I don't know if this is correct but there isn't much that we can do about it with respect to the council provided they fix it within their schedule. So those pictures weren't much use. I see they have somewhat fixed the hole for now with a temporary sort of asphalt mix so it isn't quite so deep. Maybe if we had had higher profile tyres we wouldn't have had the damage. But it's irritating nevertheless. Apparently they can fix the rim for £60 but I don't know it really will look the same. I mean, what do they fill the gash with? Last edited by: ilikecars on Mon 22 Feb 10 at 13:04 Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Feb 10 13:28   Potholes - Fenlander

I thought the local authority could be liable in this situation... however god help their claims dept with the amount of potential damage out there. Those alloy repair guys can often do an invisible job... not sure if they weld in alloy filler?? Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Feb 10 14:47   Potholes - ricardo

i think they weld something in. then they will need re-spraying. I have had this done a couple of times at my local garage as i had a car with 18's on it and they were very prone to scratches and dents on the edge of the rim. They had a company that comes round once a week to pick up alloys, then they turn them around by the next week fully refurbished and good as new for about £50 a wheel. Colour match was fantastic to the factory colour. Although, obviously you will need to run on a spare wheel while the alloy is away being fixed. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Feb 10 14:55   Potholes - Old Navy

Hopefully we will see more of these. www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/159794/-140k-machine-cracks-problem-of-potholes Last edited by: Old Navy on Mon 22 Feb 10 at 14:56 Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Feb 10 15:00   Potholes - Webmaster

oops I think the redirector is missing... one moment Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Feb 10 15:18   Potholes - Webmaster

ok - sorted now. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 23 Feb 10 15:36   Potholes - Focusless

>> www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/159794/-140k-machine-cracks-problem-of-potholes BBC version, with diagrams: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8529964.stm Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Feb 10 15:03   Potholes - SLK500

I had a problem with a pothole during the icy weather and found this useful step to step guide really useful: www.potholes.co.uk/claims/step_by_step_guide I reported the hole and it was fixed within a few days. I collected all the evidence, but when it came down to it felt that it would be difficult to win a claim because it all hinged on whether or not the Council were negligent in inspecting and maintaining the road. The pothole appeared, along with numerous others because of adverse weather conditions, and so I wasn't convinced that I would win the claim as prior to the snow the road was hole free. Needless to say at some point I will have to pay for the alloy wheel to be repaired, so perhaps I should have persevered and seen how successful a claim for compensation was. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Feb 10 15:35   Potholes - Perky Penguin

The problem I have found, rather like the Dawn French scene in V of Dibley, is that one can drie thru a puddle and find that it conceals a massie pot-hole. Oh Bother! Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Feb 10 15:39   Potholes - Old Navy

Oh gloom, the car I have on order has drug dealer wheels and rubber band tyres. I will have to drive everywhere at 20mph zigzaging around the p'holes. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Feb 10 15:43   Potholes - car4play

lol ! Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Feb 10 20:07   Potholes - -

What are potholes anyway...Hilux don't mind 'em one bit...he said to test the water on anti 4x4 zealots..i hope the mod(s) have them caged up..;) Navy have you dropped a clanger, is it too late to specify sensible wheels and tyre combo for the far reaches of barren heathernland. Just thinking aloud there...i'm sure there have been discussions where the dealers have done some swapping for customers...most younger/dafter buyers want rubber bands, might be worth a chit chat. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Feb 10 20:41   Potholes - Zero

I get the distinct feeling that SWMBO's clio has broken a front right spring in a pothole. It makes a loud distinct creeking sound from the R/H front side. It sounds like an Anti Roll bar bush but very much louder. No "TWANG" when you go from lock to lock tho. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 12 Jan 22 16:51   Potholes - Zero

As it turns out, It didnt break a sprig Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 12 Jan 22 18:06   Potholes - Crankcase

>> As it turns out, It didnt break a sprig >> Just as well - otherwise she might have had to replace it with a Leaf. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 13 Jan 22 02:57   Potholes - VxFan

>> As it turns out, Holy thread resurrection Batman! Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 13 Jan 22 06:46   Potholes - Clk Sec

>> >> As it turns out, >> >> Holy thread resurrection Batman! Berry good, that! Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 13 Jan 22 08:49   Potholes - tyrednemotional

>> >> Holy thread resurrection Batman! >> ...it's been lost down a pothole... Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 13 Jan 22 09:07   Potholes - Duncan

>> >> >> >> Holy thread resurrection Batman! >> >> >> >> ...it's been lost down a pothole... >> It's Zero. Dropping his camera, resurrecting twelve year old threads, where will it all end. Mark my words, he will finish up driving around in an old Beemer. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 13 Jan 22 09:09   Potholes - Runfer D'Hills

A green one at that Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 13 Jan 22 10:11   Potholes - Zero

>> It's Zero. >> >> Dropping his camera, resurrecting twelve year old threads, where will it all end. Mark my >> words, he will finish up driving around in an old Beemer. You will not it was in response to the joke about internet groups........ Last edited by: VxFan on Thu 13 Jan 22 at 11:04 Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Feb 10 20:44   Potholes - Old Navy

Not so easy GB, The car has "motor driven power steering" which has to be programmed for the wheel size, (and engine) OK for a one off wheel swap, but not for winter / summer changeovers. I usually drive to avoid road defects, and even manhole covers etc. All part of the reading the road / anticipation / observation waffle, so would hope to avoid damage. :) Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Feb 10 22:26   Potholes - Runfer D'Hills

I have a Qash.. whoops, a small suv. It's very good at ignoring potholes. It can also get quite "big air" on speed humps too...... Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Feb 10 23:29   Potholes - Ted

I have a 4WD on alloys and the tyres are by no means ' rubber bands ' but I felt my wheel ' bottom ' in a hole last week.......Heaven knows what you guys on expensive thin rubber must feel ... I have to conce'ed that it would be a pain to re-programme your new car ON. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 22 Feb 10 23:37   Potholes - Dave_

>> I have a Qash.. Figured you out now too, I wonder if the other one will have anyone left when (if?) it comes back up? Reply to this message | Report message