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[Del Boy]

Took the Beemer out for a blast today, thought I know take it down some country roads for a nice run, what do I come across and hit directly all three of these basta*d things. After the last episode of this and them patching the potholes up before I could get pictures, I decided anchor up at the side of the road at get my son to get some good pictures. So these are the poxy things in question:









My youngest boy put his foot in this pothole to show how deep it was (up too his ankle):







I know exactly where it is too, so this one will be going in for a claim, god it went with a loud bang too like last time 

[Marks DTM Calib]

Thats what you get with shite BMW wheels with even shiter run flats on 

[Del Boy]

Non run flat Avon ZZ3 on mine

[hoofing it]

I work at a recycle centre and have had 13 alloys over 4 days with pothole damage.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Non run flat Avon ZZ3 on mine

I seem to recall they should be run flats though.....?

[tunnie]

pah, call that a pot hole? You should drive around the lanes around Northamptonshire!

[albitz]

Its the same here, so many potholes its often impossible to avoid them, just have to aim for whichever one looks smallest.
Were like a third world country. Its rather disgraceful.

[Del Boy]

Non run flat Avon ZZ3 on mine

I seem to recall they should be run flats though.....?

Nope 19" Style 172 alloys never came with run flats.

[Kevin Wood]

Its the same here, so many potholes its often impossible to avoid them, just have to aim for whichever one looks smallest.
Were like a third world country. Its rather disgraceful.

You have to look out for pot holes on the other side of the road round here now, because the oncoming traffic will invariably swerve in your direction to try and avoid them.

At the end of the day, though, you, the driver, have the choice to either keep damaging wheels or slow down to a speed appropriate to the condition of the roads. 

I know in an ideal world we would have some cash to spend repairing roads but that has sadly all been squandered on paying people to do non-jobs.

Kevin

[albitz]

Appropriate speed these days would enable the bloke with the red flag to walk in front of the car.

[Del Boy]

Its the same here, so many potholes its often impossible to avoid them, just have to aim for whichever one looks smallest.
Were like a third world country. Its rather disgraceful.

You have to look out for pot holes on the other side of the road round here now, because the oncoming traffic will invariably swerve in your direction to try and avoid them.

At the end of the day, though, you, the driver, have the choice to either keep damaging wheels or slow down to a speed appropriate to the condition of the roads. 

I know in an ideal world we would have some cash to spend repairing roads but that has sadly all been squandered on paying people to do non-jobs.

Kevin

It's a 60 MPH road, and I was doing 50 MPH in 6th gear, not driving fast at all.

[Kevin Wood]

Appropriate speed these days would enable the bloke with the red flag to walk in front of the car.

Yep, not far off it.

[Kevin Wood]

Its the same here, so many potholes its often impossible to avoid them, just have to aim for whichever one looks smallest.
Were like a third world country. Its rather disgraceful.

You have to look out for pot holes on the other side of the road round here now, because the oncoming traffic will invariably swerve in your direction to try and avoid them.

At the end of the day, though, you, the driver, have the choice to either keep damaging wheels or slow down to a speed appropriate to the condition of the roads. 

I know in an ideal world we would have some cash to spend repairing roads but that has sadly all been squandered on paying people to do non-jobs.

Kevin

It's a 60 MPH road, and I was doing 50 MPH in 6th gear, not driving fast at all.

I didn't mean to sound condescending and, upon reading my post again, I fear I did.

My point was that I like a "spirited drive" as much as the next man, but there comes a time when you just have to make the decision that the condition of the roads aren't up to it without trashing your car.

Kevin

[Del Boy]

Can't drive this fast anymore, it must go in to be looked at, wanders all over the shop since I hit the first pothole. Constantly making adjustments to keep it in a straight line. Hopefully I'll get something from this though, wheel wobble, knocking suspension, steering feels loose. Just feels horrible to drive now which it never did 

[Danny]

potholes are bad enough round here that pedestrians dive into them to avoid being run over