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

[LL - NY]

You should place an object, or better yet a ruler in the picture in 
such a fashion as to show the depth of the hole. Geologists and
Biologists often place known objects in their pictures to indicate
the scale of the photo. Same concept.

LL - NY

On 4/29/05, Daniel Hussey <danh at s-cars.org> wrote:
> 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.
> >
> > http://homepage.mac.com/belo/Moto/PhotoAlbum35.html
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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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