Reply to: Potholes

[Clippy]

Is a good source regarding various types of suspension.

http://www.carbibles.com/suspension_bible.html

In the 50s, 60s, and seventies the majority of cars has really crap suspension however it would be unusual to find patched up roads. British roads were very good.

Today cars have much superior suspension but the roads are bumpy and full of potholes. I used to regularly drive through France that had appalling roads. Now it is reversed. The British roads are crap. Although the recent cold weather opened up potholes; the potholes were already there or had not been repaired properly in the first place. Local government has been diverted money allocated for road to other schemes.

Clarkson, in reviews, always goes on about how car manufacturers have to design more robust suspension just to cope with UK roads.

[EternalOptimist]

Try the Isle of Mull if you want to see serious potholeage!

I had to swerve sharply the other night, as some bloke wearing a helmet with a torch strapped on it climbed out of a pothole in our road. He asked for directions to the BlueJohn mine before diving back down again

[Jeebo72]

Try the Isle of Mull if you want to see serious potholeage!

[Paddy]

Is a good source regarding various types of suspension.

http://www.carbibles.com/suspension_bible.html

In the 50s, 60s, and seventies the majority of cars has really crap suspension however it would be unusual to find patched up roads. British roads were very good.

Today cars have much superior suspension but the roads are bumpy and full of potholes. I used to regularly drive through France that had appalling roads. Now it is reversed. The British roads are crap. Although the recent cold weather opened up potholes; the potholes were already there or had not been repaired properly in the first place. Local government has been diverted money allocated for road to other schemes.

[conned tractor]

Coincidently I moved a dining table and chairs across town last night, the table being on th roof rack with some padding stopping it from getting scratched. It really does highlight the bumps when you are clenching your arse every time you go over one for fear of damaging the table and when I got out of the car the air was slightly blue over the pot holes. Hundreds, or at least tens of them over about a ten mile period. Its not the ones taken slowly I was bothered about but the huge ones that jump out on you when travelling at 40.

Also, had a front spring break over the winter period, luckily it happened at low speed, i.e. crawling. I am thinking of upgrading to a 4x4 this year due to the potholes and speed bumps.

[SantaClaus]

Try driving through Islington. I can't tell the potholes from the speed-bumps.

The communist republic of Islington really would like people to use public transport so the Mayor and councillors can drive around unhindered by traffic.

Of course, if you are an Islington Luvvie, you will already be driving your kids around on a wobbly 2 seater bicycle.

[Sysman]

One day I'm going to be breathalised due to weaving around everywhere trying to avoid the damn things,.

I heard about a chap who got stopped by the police for weaving around pot holes. He hadn't had a drop to drink and explained that he lived in Africa where spare parts were hard to get hold of and cars ancient so avoiding pot holes was standard practice.

[SuperZ]

My car doesn't really have much of a suspension. WIth all the potholes I keep driving over (even while still trying to avoid them), it'll soon have square wheels also.

A lot of the potholes I notice on my way to client coe are where the previous crap repair attempts have just broke up due to the cold temps.

I now have to take a different route home (2 miles longer) as some stretches of road have been getting worse over recent weeks and it's worse than driving the Paris - Dakar. I think my car now has a broken rear spring also .

One day I'm going to be breathalised due to weaving around everywhere trying to avoid the damn things,.

[OwlHoot]

I thought Jags were supposed to have a good ride.

They are normally, but the large engine makes them a bit front heavy and therefore not suited to speed bumps.

[Sysman]

In the wife's Sovereign, if you go over a speed bump at anything more than 2 mph, you get thrown out of the sunroof.

I thought Jags were supposed to have a good ride. The only Jag I've ever ridden in and driven was an XJS which proved itself totally useless in the snow.

[TykeMerc]

What a good demonstration!

In the wife's Sovereign, if you go over a speed bump at anything more than 2 mph, you get thrown out of the sunroof.

Maybe consider disabling the ejector seat?

[RichardCranium]

See Top Gear (Go straight to 5 mins into the video clip) You need one of these

What a good demonstration!

In the wife's Sovereign, if you go over a speed bump at anything more than 2 mph, you get thrown out of the sunroof.

[Paddy]

Not the kind beloved of spelunkers but the wheel damaging sort on roads.

For the first time in a while I drove around Glasgow city centre and its environs today. There doesn't seem to be any 200 yards of road free from very deep potholes that preciptated driving like a maniac to avoid them, even at slow speeds.

I guess that the recent spell of very cold weather didn't help but no sign of any effort to repair them, not even the poor practice of patching with tarmac.

How widespread is this? Is this just a local problem or are cash strapped councils prioritising elsewhere?

Potholes is the reason why I run a Citroen. Invented the 50s for the bad French roads.

See Top Gear (Go straight to 5 mins into the video clip)

You need one of these

[Tingles]

Sheffield - not much road left.

[Clippy]

Not the kind beloved of spelunkers but the wheel damaging sort on roads.

For the first time in a while I drove around Glasgow city centre and its environs today. There doesn't seem to be any 200 yards of road free from very deep potholes that preciptated driving like a maniac to avoid them, even at slow speeds.

I guess that the recent spell of very cold weather didn't help but no sign of any effort to repair them, not even the poor practice of patching with tarmac.

How widespread is this? Is this just a local problem or are cash strapped councils prioritising elsewhere?

It's not just a Scottish problem but countrywide.

Looking forward to the inevitable rise in council tax to pay for the repairs.