[s-cars] RE: [Audi-nw] Scraping when hitting a "depression" in the Road

[Mark Pollan]

The alleged encounter that I supposedly wrote about was the type of
depression that sometimes occurs after an overpass.  Reflecting upon the low
point during a workout I concluded that it was the splash guards (aka mud
flaps) that scraped.

I would be pissed as hell had it been one of the gazillion potholes I dodge
around here.

Regards,

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Hussey [mailto:danh at s-cars.org] 
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 9:04 PM
To: Nathan Belo; S List; AudisNorthwest
Cc: Mark Pollan
Subject: Re: [Audi-nw] Scraping when hitting a "depression" in the Road

You should send a claim to WSDOT.  I don't know how to do it or if it works
here, but a friend of mine in Georgia bent a rim badly after hitting a
pot-hole.  He called up the DOT there and reported the claim.  He told them
where the damage occured and sent them the invoice for the new wheel.  They
simply cut him a check to cover the amount for the wheel replacement.

That depression in the road doesn't look that deep and seems like it would
be hard to do such damage.  But, that may just be because these pictures
aren't doing a good job of showing the severity of it.  I'd go back and try
to take some better pictures of the "scene of the crime" and this time get
them with a time delay with the camera at ground level or something.  See if
you can capture this better on film.

If this road is really this bad, WSDOT should know about it so they can
address the issue.  But, unfortunately with a shrinking local and state
budget, the roads don't seem to be getting much attention these days.

Later,
Dan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nathan Belo" <nathan at license2sell.com>
To: "S List" <s-car-list at audifans.com>; "AudisNorthwest"
<audi-nw at u.washington.edu>
Cc: "Mark Pollan" <mark.pollan at mci.com>
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 5:34 PM
Subject: [Audi-nw] Scraping when hitting a "depression" in the Road


> This is what happens @ 30mph.
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> Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 16:34:31 -0400
> From: Mark Pollan <mark.pollan at mci.com>
> Subject: [s-cars] Scraping when hitting a "depression" in the Road
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
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> If a certain somebody was allegedly traveling in the triple digit range
and
> hypothetically speaking came upon a depression in the road which
reportedly
> resulted in some scraping sounds as the suspension supposedly compressed
and
> some as some yet to be identified bit ran along the slab of I95
Southbound,
> would the un-named perpetrator be alone in experiencing this purely
> hypothetical example of what might happen in a partially laden car
sporting
> Bilstein/Eibach sport suspension.
>
>
>
> Just wondering on a Friday afternoon.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Mark
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