CRUNCH!..... errr damn.
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Here's the deal right? Got my last uni final exam tomorrow, feeling a bit nervous/wound up, it's a cold but clear friday night and I need some relief so I think to myself "I think I'll take the TR7 for a quick blat" seeing as she's been in the garage for 3 weeks due to me being locked up studying. Having a ball just crousing around with the top down on a mid-winter's night (I'm in New Zealand in case you were wondering). On my way home, big smile on my face (I love my TR7.... I know, I'm a sick, sick man) when CRUNCH! I drive straight over a small, but deep pothole hidden in the shadows. The steeirng wheel was nearly ripped out of my hand and I had to really fight to keep the car from meeting the scenery. Now, I was only doing 50km/h, within the speed limit (if I had been going fast I'd have glided straight over the top) and after hitting it I noticed a slight steering vibration and the car felt a bit odd. Upon getting home I have found my lovely RARE AND EXPENSIVE alloy wheel on front left is now nicely buckled and my left-hand front tie-rod is doing a good impression of a banana.
I know I'm in New Zealand and most of you blokes are in UK, but I wanna know who is to blame for this? We pay the govt/council to maintain our roads to a safe standard (this is a busy, urban main road, not a country b-road mind you) and surely the onus should be on them to reimburse me for repairs which will need to be made. I mean if my car was improperly maintained with no MOT, and a wheel fell off, i lost control and took out a lamp-post, the city council would have a bill sent out for damages quick smart, so why do I have the feeling the reverse won't apply when the shoe is on the other foot.
Oh well, more money down the drain.... FU
NG ARSING BRY
Anyone have any thoughts? know of any people been in similar situations?
I know I'm in New Zealand and most of you blokes are in UK, but I wanna know who is to blame for this? We pay the govt/council to maintain our roads to a safe standard (this is a busy, urban main road, not a country b-road mind you) and surely the onus should be on them to reimburse me for repairs which will need to be made. I mean if my car was improperly maintained with no MOT, and a wheel fell off, i lost control and took out a lamp-post, the city council would have a bill sent out for damages quick smart, so why do I have the feeling the reverse won't apply when the shoe is on the other foot.
Oh well, more money down the drain.... FU
NG ARSING BRY Anyone have any thoughts? know of any people been in similar situations?
I had two similar incidents. First time, the car went into a very deep hole and the rear suspension bits needed changing (tracking arm? and another bit, cant remember). It cost me a lot of money and new tyres and I tried reporting it to the council but after lots of correspondence (mainly from me) nothing came of it.
Second time, a bollard on an island was missing and I didnt see the island (very low one, and one of the streetlamps was off) so one of my alloys got shagged.
I took a photo of it, and complained again and still no result. I absolutely hate government agencies, they are all crap. I cannot be bothered to deal with them beyond my first attempt and so I didnt chase it up more. You probably could if you really went at them but they drive you mad.
Good Luck
Second time, a bollard on an island was missing and I didnt see the island (very low one, and one of the streetlamps was off) so one of my alloys got shagged.
I took a photo of it, and complained again and still no result. I absolutely hate government agencies, they are all crap. I cannot be bothered to deal with them beyond my first attempt and so I didnt chase it up more. You probably could if you really went at them but they drive you mad.
Good Luck
Hehehe believe me, I am going to chase them up on this matter! I have just finished with a blarney between myself and the council where they pinged me with a parking fine because my MOT was 1 day out of date..... even though I had the car scheduled in for a MOT the next day, they claimed it was my responsibility to have booked this beforehand etc etc.... only won after a letter in the newspaper from me had a local judge write in saying that the council was wasting its time and money pursuing cases like mine as they are inevitibly thrown out of court after which I received a letter of apology from the council. That was 2 days ago... seems I'm going to be needing to put their phone number on speed-dial eh?
Keep em coming lads, anyone actually won any battles against the council? (i see some success stories in similar matters on the STONED thread)
Keep em coming lads, anyone actually won any battles against the council? (i see some success stories in similar matters on the STONED thread)
Yeah that's nothing... driving in S.Africa you can do 80mph along a perfectly flat national route to suddenly finding a hole you could hide people...actually no, a hole WITH people hiding in it, trying to tear your wheel off. What's really wierd is l don't think l've ever seen such a concentration of super cars anywhere as l have in Cape Town. (What do they do, only drive the OK 100 yards between their homes and the ammunition supply shop?)
A couple of years ago I was driving my Midget through some roadworks. They had stripped the road surface off, but left the manhole covers sticking up. There were no ramp or warning signs and I drove straight over the middle of one. It broke an exhaust clamp but could just as easily of ripped my manifold off. I took pictures of the offending manhole, with rulers, and as I work in a photographers I could stamp the back to make it look official, and my friendly local garage suggested that they do a bill for a new manifold and labour costs. I sent this all off with an angry letter and a couple of months later got a cheque for over £100! If you make it all look as official as possible, they can't really argue.
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