I hit a pothole...

[Jim Green]

--- Jason Eisenmenger <jason at omglol.com> wrote:
> And not just any pothole.  After an instant flat, i
> got out and looked at it.  I felt like i was looking
> into the bottomless pit, or that if i jumped in i
> would somehow end up in china.  This thing was
> seriously deep.  9 inches deep to be exact.  I don't
> know if it affected my alignment or not, but i sure
> as hell felt the bottom of my car grinding on the
> concrete.
> 
> And this was on a main road pulling out of a fast
> food restaurant, hidden oh so secretly underneath an
> innocent little puddle.  I don't know about here,
> but do any cities re-imburse damage done to cars by
> these?  I know they will pay for windshields if a
> rock comes off the street and cracks it.
> 
> Either way, the local roads dept. will surely be
> hearing from me at 8 am sharp tomorrow.


Not usually, unless it's been reported before and the
insurance company finds that they neglected to fix it
in a reasonable amount of time.  I've gone through two
sets of wheels, and straitened another because of
potholes.  I've sent claims in on all of them, and
been screwed every time.  Now I just plan on getting
new wheels every other summer...

=====
Jim Green
'89 80q ... slow
'89 90tq .................fast
http://www.mswanson.com/~jgreen/car_home.html

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