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Pothole damage - I claim win

  • 02-02-2010 5:11pm
    #1
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭


    ...ok, not me, personally, but my compadre at work........

    ..not funny.......and we pay how much roadtax to these clowns.......?

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    :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

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    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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  • #2
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,537 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    Jaysus :eek::eek::eek:

    Might want to slim them photaes down a little too


  • #3
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Those alloys don't look particularly strong.


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 1,427 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Saw the first pic and I thought "hey that doesn't look so bad" then I saw the second and had a bit of a "aaaaahhhh" moment.


  • #5
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Those alloys don't look particularly strong.

    ...or, as Audi might say, those roads are particularly shyte......;)

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #6
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,378 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Those alloys don't look particularly strong.

    Can you tell that because it's split in two?


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  • #7
    Muckie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,763 ✭✭✭Muckie


    Say it was hell of a bang! Hope your friend wins he's
    case.


  • #8
    MarkR
    Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 11,183 Mod ✭✭✭✭MarkR


    On the bright side, you could always make a hub cap out of it.


  • #9
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    MarkR wrote: »
    On the bright side, you could always make a hub cap out of it.

    Or, Beastie Boys going upscale, and upmarket ? :p

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    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #10
    DanGlee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 385 ✭✭DanGlee


    Looks like a new type of split rim!!!


  • #11
    Neilw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,795 ✭✭✭Neilw


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Those alloys don't look particularly strong.

    I wonder would a genuine audi rim have held up better then the replica's.


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  • #12
    Turbulent Bill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,638 ✭✭✭Turbulent Bill


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Those alloys don't look particularly strong.

    Yep, that looks like a very clean break around the rim, like what you'd see in a fatigue failure. The pothole might have finished it off, but the damage could have been a long time coming.


  • #13
    jaffa20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,565 ✭✭✭jaffa20


    Any pictures of the pothole?


  • #14
    Seanieke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 853 ✭✭✭Seanieke


    Thought it was just scuffed, then OHHHHHHHHHHH


  • #15
    TheNewGuy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 ✭TheNewGuy


    Hey - a new Spinner!


  • #16
    eire1990
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 74 ✭✭eire1990


    irish roads have got shockingly bad i know of a lot of people who have broke there hole front suspension the council will pay up just keep calling them they soon pay up


  • #17
    Voodoomelon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,661 ✭✭✭Voodoomelon


    That can't be a previously undamaged OEM alloy.

    If it was, we'd have another recall this week...


  • #18
    teednab-el
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,971 ✭✭✭teednab-el


    Some main roads i.e The Mallow to Killarney Road have had bad potholes since the Big Freeze and they have been poorly repaired and now those same potholes that were repaired are reemerging again. The speed limit is 100km here. Now, I hit 7 potholes in a row there recently in the same patch of road and I tried to sverve from another and nearly went off the road. It was dark and didnt see them in time.They should at least have warning signs up or something if they are not capable of repairing the roads properly. That kind of thing only happens in this country. It would be very rare in the UK or Germany. One thing for sure, next car I buy will not have alloy wheels. Whats the point having them when the roads are crap here.


  • #19
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,688 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    teednab-el wrote: »
    Thats ridiculous, some main roads i.e The Mallow to Killarney Road have had bad potholes since the Big Freeze and they have been poorly repaired and now those same potholes that were repaired are reemerging again. The speed limit is 100km here. Now, I hit 7 potholes in a row there recently in the same patch of road and I tried to sverve from another and nearly went off the road. It was dark and didnt see them in time.They should at least have warning signs up or something if they are not capable of repairing the roads properly. That kind of thing happens in this country. It would be very rare in the UK or Germany. One thing for sure, next car I buy will not have alloy wheels. Whats the point having them when the roads are crap here.

    But it your case, they are now responsible because they did a crap job of repairing the damage. a repair lasting a week or so is clearly not of a suitable standard so they would have to pay in that case.


  • #20
    Neilw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,795 ✭✭✭Neilw


    Voodoomelon wrote: »
    That can't be a previously undamaged OEM alloy.

    If it was, we'd have another recall this week...

    It's not an oem wheel it a replica, multi fit 5x100 / 5x112 by the looks of it.


  • #21
    jimmycrackcorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,378 ✭✭✭✭jimmycrackcorm


    galwaytt wrote: »
    ..not funny.......and we pay how much roadtax to these clowns.......?

    Can't beleive 20 posts and no-one has said the motor tax != road tax yet....:pac:


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  • #22
    Darsad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 679 ✭✭✭Darsad


    OP TBF they look like cheap as chips Alloys to me I dont think that would happen to an OE alloy !


  • #23
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,907 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    No-one is immune from these potholes!


  • #24
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    That must be some pothole!


  • #25
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,907 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    Balljoint went, the 90's have an upside down system that can occassionally fail under rather extreme conditions....


  • #26
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Try driving in Gort, I feel like I'm driving across the moon when passing through there. Nothing broken yet but I can hear it's not good for the car.


  • #27
    Marlow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,555 ✭✭✭✭Marlow


    CJhaughey wrote: »
    No-one is immune from these potholes!

    Heh. My van looked like that a while ago after going over a bump .. actually it looked worse. The issue there is, that the balljoints probably were worn and the both of them popped hitting the pot-hole. Can be quite expensive.
    Magnus wrote: »
    Try driving in Gort, I feel like I'm driving across the moon when passing through there. Nothing broken yet but I can hear it's not good for the car.

    Well. You know Galway CoCo's and NRA's solution to that. A digital sign on the N18 at Oranmore advising motorists of potholes from Clarinbridge to Gort :D They'll fix the roads in the next decade now.

    /M


  • #28
    LFCFan
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 3,816 Mod ✭✭✭✭LFCFan


    Here's a new site you can report your potholes on

    http://www.potholes.ie


  • #29
    Marlow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,555 ✭✭✭✭Marlow


    LFCFan wrote: »
    http://www.potholes.ie

    That's not only funny: It's a great idea. And afterwards we're sticking the idiots noses in them.

    /M


  • #30
    rabbitinlights
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,008 ✭✭✭rabbitinlights


    I would expect to see a massive impact point on the exterior of the rim to justify it splitting in 2 like that.... Don't buy cheap wheels!


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  • #31
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    Turbulent Bill wrote: »
    Yep, that looks like a very clean break around the rim, like what you'd see in a fatigue failure. The pothole might have finished it off, but the damage could have been a long time coming.
    ....the flaw in that theory is that as it's a tubeless rim, any previous cracking etc would have manifested itself as a 'slow puncture' over time. There was none, in this case.
    Neilw wrote: »
    I wonder would a genuine audi rim have held up better then the replica's.
    ...who knows, and why is that even relevant ? Why mitigate the negligence of the local authorities, just because someone drives 'Brand X' ?

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #32
    sundodger5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,190 ✭✭✭sundodger5


    have to say that those wheels look like they had a hard life before the last incident.
    i see no impact mark on the outer part of the rim (lots of kerb damage though). Is there a big impact mark on the inside part of the wheel which we can not see. the inside lip will bend more easily on impact.


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