marcAB10 Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 (edited) Well, picked the car up from my folks place on tuesday after getting my new front falken 452's fitted the same time i got my MOT. Takes about 30 minutes to get home and the roads were really bad, so i was taking my time. I remember hitting a really bad pothole, unfortunately i can't remember where exactly but it was a fair dunt when it happened, enough for me to actually remember it, but i just kept driving as i wanted to get home and off the snowy roads... Havn't driven the car since and i went out today to have a look round the car and thats when i noticed the slash out of the tyre sidewall and small chip out of the alloy.. so it took about 20 minutes to completely wreck a brand new tyre, bloody potholes!!! What a waste of a tyre! http://mkivsupra.net/vbb/attachment.php?attachmentid=103581&d=1263060971 http://mkivsupra.net/vbb/attachment.php?attachmentid=103582&d=1263060991 Edited January 9, 2010 by marcAB10 (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Not good mate, iv just had falkens fitted myself. Keep the car garaged until this crappy weather goes away. start her up ED to make sure she's ticking over with no problems. Least you can buy a new tyre, you could of wrecked the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miko_supra Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Make a claim and get the council to pay for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonT Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Make a claim and get the council to pay for it. Thats what i was thinking because not much else could cause that sort of damage to a tyre and rim! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTRickeh Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Gads. I know the feeling. Must have been a fair sized hole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Need to know where it happened though I think. Saying that, just find any old pothole and claim against it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Need to know where it happened though I think. Saying that, just find any old pothole and claim against it. pretty much the whole of scotlands roads then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miko_supra Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 http://www.potholes.co.uk/claims/how_to_claim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcAB10 Posted January 9, 2010 Author Share Posted January 9, 2010 If the alloy was damaged more then i would definately try and claim, so glad it's just the tyre that needs changed. More annoyed that the tyre only lasted about 15 miles.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L18msy Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 That aint good buddy,as said before at least its only a tyre could of wrecked the suspension. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbryant_knight Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Yeah, could have grounded the entire front of the car. I know it's not much of a consellation as the best case scenario would have been for it to not happen at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian W Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 That's not a victim. THIS, is a victim! Taken from the ITR forum... Had a lady pop into work a few weeks back, saying she had just hit a pot hole and her tyre had gone flat. Someone had helped her put her spare wheel on and she came to us for a new tyre. What the lady didn't know was the extent of the damage she had done to her wheel..... If you look closely you can see the real damage, alternatively, just check out the next picture. Oh dear. Off she went, still on her space saver, to order a new wheel from Mercedes and put a claim into the council. The other day at work during a blizzard we were relatively quiet to i got to work on the broken wheel First i pulled the two bits apart... Then started chipping away the alloy down to the bead with a copper hammer Then hung it on the wall, as you do... Nice looking wheel eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miko_supra Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 That's not a victim. THIS, is a victim! Taken from the ITR forum... Crikey, that must have been one hell of a hole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbleapple Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Well, picked the car up from my folks place on tuesday after getting my new front falken 452's fitted the same time i got my MOT. Takes about 30 minutes to get home and the roads were really bad, so i was taking my time. I remember hitting a really bad pothole, unfortunately i can't remember where exactly but it was a fair dunt when it happened, enough for me to actually remember it, but i just kept driving as i wanted to get home and off the snowy roads... Havn't driven the car since and i went out today to have a look round the car and thats when i noticed the slash out of the tyre sidewall and small chip out of the alloy.. so it took about 20 minutes to completely wreck a brand new tyre, bloody potholes!!! What a waste of a tyre! Make a claim and get the council to pay for it. I suspect you saying that you don't know where the pot hole was or being able to provide any evidence of the pot hole might make claiming harder. Its like me bringing a PI claim and suggesting that we know the client slipped some where but we don't know where. Retrace your steps and take photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcAB10 Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 That's not a victim. THIS, is a victim! Taken from the ITR forum... pffft.. i don't see any rips in her tyre.. i win! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 The photo of the split rim is a prime example of why I ALWAYS suggest you fit a forged rim, not a cast one. Imagine that happening at seventy when you hit some debris on an unlit motorway at night.... A forged rim will buckle but not shatter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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