GOT_JDM

on my way home wed. morning ran into one. blew my left front tire and fxxxxd up my wheel. i need both new wheel and tire. wheel $294 and $120 for the tire. can i sue the city for this?

ikhonlord

Did you file a police report? where you the only that it happened 2?? WHere you able to take pictures of the actual pothole itself?

If you answer yes to all of the question above..Yes..you can give it a try...if you answer No to any of the questions...then probably not...

The same thing happened to me about a week ago. I had all of the above except the picture of the actual pothole. The next morning I went to take pics...but guess what??? They had fixed it...So..tough luck for me....and sorry to hear about your rim and tire!

:D

GOT_JDM

thanks i might do that today. it happened on the fwy. i dont know if i can get a picture of the pothole. man this rain in california sux.

Fujiz_xb

there are alot in the chicago area..specially the suburbs..sux cuz im getting 19's

GOT_JDM

i hope it doesn't happen to you. im thinking of going 40 series instead of 35. maybe.

ikhonlord

What size rims do you have?? I have 18's and have decided to go with 17's and maybe a 45 series tire. The low pro's look really hot but with the roads up here in the North East being the way the are..i cant take it anymore...

:D

Fujiz_xb

well i have to get 35.. cuz im putting the tanabe df210's so no 40 or especially 45 for me.

komik

I once hit a manhole cover that was protruding too much from the street. It set off the aribags, locked the seatbelts, and the passenger airbag broke the windshield. It took me a few minutes to realize what had happened. All I knew at first was that I had been driving down the street when my hearing went out and my car filled with smoke. Afterwards, I found out that Collision insurance hadn't been put on my Acura. I would much rather have only bent a rim.

Fujiz_xb

dude..that sux...why was it smoke? what did you damage?

timinaz

Smoke from the explosives that trigger the airbags...

GOT_JDM

18's

matt_a

This kind of thing is exactly why I went with 16" wheels. I'm sure 18s would look better, but the roads here in PA are horrible and I need a real-world drivable car.

TheScionicMan

Man, Oh Man, i didn't need to read this. I already grit my teeth at every pothole and rough spot...

Munch

I thought I was the only person that does that

TheScionicMan

Lately, between dodging or wincing at potholes and doing the same when all the loose rocks hit the windshield, I'm a nervous wreck. The only thing that saves me is that any major damage will just be an excuse to upgrade... :twisted:

GOT JDM, what brand of wheel and tire was it?

komik

The irony of it all is that the skid plate (that big metal thing that "protects" the car from damage) is the only thing that got messed up. There was a small dent in it. The rest of the damage (windshield, seatbelts, etc.) was all from the airbags, as was the smoke. This is why I hate airbags. I was in a car accident at 30 mph once without airbags and was fine. I was in an accident later in a different car with air bags at the same speed... much much worse.

Sorry for being OT. GOT JDM, that sucks about your wheel. Though you still haven't seen a pothole unless you've driven in New Orleans. Good Luck with the lawsuit.

matt_a

Sheesh....I bet your insurance premiums are fun. :?

Orataro

I've had to replace 3 tires in less than a year. This time I'm changing tire brand because I rarely hit potholes but for some reason, my tires are slpitting open on the sidewalls.

Max2k

Maybe it's time to run reality-sized rims? Cars come with 15s and 16s for a reason.

bamabox

I work for a repair shop and we also deal with rims tires etc.There has been a few of our customers that have hit a bad pothole,filed a Police report and as long as the Police consider the pothole to be of danger,the city paid for the damage on the vehicle.