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
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