[mac_doctor]

I feel your pain. I only lost one tyre, but I also lost a wheel, so my bill was about £1200.

And I wasn't rich enough to repair the bodywork damage (well, until I completed the job using a Mondeo!)

 

[#steve]

I feel your pain. I only lost one tyre, but I also lost a wheel, so my bill was about £1200.
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And I wasn't rich enough to repair the bodywork damage (well, until I completed the job using a Mondeo!)

Mac,you need a set of XJR wheels, which are forged so they won't buckle as easily as the other wheels.

 

[JimboV8]

Mac,you need a set of XJR wheels, which are forged so they won't buckle as easily as the other wheels.

And the rest of the car to go with them.

 

[JimC64]

I feel your pain. I only lost one tyre, but I also lost a wheel, so my bill was about £1200.
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And I wasn't rich enough to repair the bodywork damage (well, until I completed the job using a Mondeo!)

Lol just noticed it was a Dunlop Sport Maxx anyway, you were on borrowed time before that started cracking / splitting

Mac,you need a set of XJR wheels, which are forged so they won't buckle as easily as the other wheels.

Steve, does make a good point there Mac

Jim

 

[mac_doctor]

Lol just noticed it was a Dunlop Sport Maxx anyway, you were on borrowed time before that started cracking / splitting

I can't seem to keep a car long enough to wear out the tyres. Except the XK8, in which I went through a pair a year.

 

[XJ1983]

That I did, £1300+ to replace 4 tyres.

2 Michelin Cup Sport tyres badly damaged. Near side were part worn, so got all 4 replaced for Michelin Pilot Sport4s.
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Pothole was over a metre in length by about 0.5m wide. Depth was about 15-20cm.

I have never come across one that size... Fingers crossed I never do...! That is ridiculously big...

 

[JimC64]

I have never come across one that size... Fingers crossed I never do...! That is ridiculously big...

Absolutely agree, that's an accident waiting to happen right there

Jim

 

[Rigger 575]

Absolutely agree, that's an accident waiting to happen right there

Jim

It was already filled in when we drove past on the way to the ferry again, less than 2 days later. Might be because when I notified the relevant dept about the pothole, I mentioned if a motorcyclist hit that at 60mph, there was a very high chance of them being unseated and very seriously hurt.

Tape measure set to 1m, not including the green portion.

If Amey don't pay up, then there's something seriously amiss in the world!!

 

[JimboV8]

It was already filled in when we drove past on the way to the ferry again, less than 2 days later.
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Tape measure set to 1m, not including the green portion.

If Amey don't pay up, then there's something seriously amiss in the world!!

Didn’t do a very good job of patching it up either.

 

[JimC64]

It was already filled in when we drove past on the way to the ferry again, less than 2 days later.
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Tape measure set to 1m, not including the green portion.

If Amey don't pay up, then there's something seriously amiss in the world!!

Fingers crossed for you mate.

Not as bad as this one in Gosport though.....

Jim

 

[MrKis]

It was already filled in when we drove past on the way to the ferry again, less than 2 days later. Might be because when I notified the relevant dept about the pothole, I mentioned if a motorcyclist hit that at 60mph, there was a very high chance of them being unseated and very seriously hurt.
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Tape measure set to 1m, not including the green portion.

If Amey don't pay up, then there's something seriously amiss in the world!!

This was the problem I had.
Mine was on the motorway, highways agency turned up. I notified them of the hole, got an official incident number.
Claim was denied because they had filled it in within 48 hrs of my incident and therefore not negligible.
Nice system we have eh.

 

[mac_doctor]

Not as bad as this one in Gosport though.....
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Right picture, wrong location. My pothole was in Arrochar, sir!

... although any drive from my house takes me along the coast road, which right now is a real mess of pot holes and partial fixes. The council (or their subcontractors) have taken to putting bollards in the holes until they fix them which is all very well except for the ones that are in the middle of the carriageway.

 

[MichaelF]

Spotted in Eccles just now.
Whilst it makes a change from black, I admit I'm not a fan of the colour. Or the leaper. Or the huge spoiler.

 

[NM_OLDER]

It might be very unlikely but it's occurred to me a couple of times whilst looking at pictures on here that show a time, place and registration number that maybe the owner might not really appreciate a picture of their car with said details on the internet. It's possible that they may be meant to be somewhere else and being confronted with pictorial evidence to the contrary might be a tad unwelcome?

 

[XJ1983]

Spotted in Eccles just now.
Whilst it makes a change from black, I admit I'm not a fan of the colour. Or the leaper. Or the huge spoiler.
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That looks so nice 🤤 🤤 🤤 🤤

 

[XJ1983]

Spotted this morning, northbound on the M11... AD17 ESY (I think this is my first set of points...)

 

[mac_doctor]

It might be very unlikely but it's occurred to me a couple of times whilst looking at pictures on here that show a time, place and registration number that maybe the owner might not really appreciate a picture of their car with said details on the internet. It's possible that they may be meant to be somewhere else and being confronted with pictorial evidence to the contrary might be a tad unwelcome?

Well they shouldn't be driving their car then. It isn't exactly as though the whereabouts and reg. no. of a car at any given time is a secret.

 

[OBC John]

Well they shouldn't be driving their car then. It isn't exactly as though the whereabouts and reg. no. of a car at any given time is a secret.

This ^

 

[MichaelF]

YX63WSY seen Manchester

 

[MichaelF]

KM16FET, Red 2016 diesel, Manchester area