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jay kay
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13th Jun 07 at 21:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Just wanted to ask if people avoid potholes and manhole covers in the road

reason for asking is i was driving in front of a rover 75 today and the guy was swerving left and right to avoid minor potholes and manhole covers

tbh i can understand big potholes but that takes the piss

anyone else do this

Robin
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13th Jun 07 at 21:48   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I did in my old car as your teeth tended to fall out if there was any kind of bump at all.
Haimsey
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13th Jun 07 at 21:49   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
only major ones which near me there are some buggers

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Joe
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13th Jun 07 at 21:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I try to
SAL
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13th Jun 07 at 21:51   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i avoid them if i can, dont really swerve all over the place though i do it with fashion
Colin
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If I spot one that looks worth moving out the way of!!
Hammer
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If you can see it's a large hole yes otherwise you look like a complete tosser, all the boy racers up the main street swerve all over the road avoiding everything they can.
corsa-sxi
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yeh i know where all of them are by now so i know where to go
andy1868
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13th Jun 07 at 21:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
in a word, yes

i avoid ones i know that are there its the hidden bastards that grind my gears
jay kay
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13th Jun 07 at 21:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
am i the only one that just drives on ?

i only have 13" steelies
andy1868
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i have 14" alloys but my car is fairly low on the front, my front bumper is already fairly hammered so it doesn't need any more punishment
jay kay
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13th Jun 07 at 22:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
its all about standard suspension tbh
Mike
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13th Jun 07 at 22:02   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
There's a road I drive down near my house, and there's three potholes quite close, all quite bad so I have to do a quick left, right, left, then carry on as normal.
andy1868
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i drive at potholes in the work van because i just don't give a fuck, that and its like riding on a column of air
SAL
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13th Jun 07 at 22:05   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
this low



and pot holes doesnt mix... i swerve alot
Steve
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13th Jun 07 at 22:13   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by jay kay
its all about standard suspension tbh


here here
dna23
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13th Jun 07 at 22:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Stavs
i avoid them if i can, dont really swerve all over the place though i do it with fashion


ditto - pothole near me ruptured the seal on one side of my suspension avoid them like the plague

[Edited on 13-06-2007 by dna23]
Chris F
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13th Jun 07 at 22:32   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Some i do, some i dont!
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i do it over anything, but i have finnesse when carrying out these tasks
Scotty C
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13th Jun 07 at 22:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yeah I do. Allthough people coming the other way tend to think im trying to drive into them
corsa_rob
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haha i avoid them with standard suspension...the bad round here though...the funniest was they replaced on of the craters by filling it in the other day but now its like a ramp! :O
Martin_C
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quote:
Originally posted by andy1868
in a word, yes

i avoid ones i know that are there its the hidden bastards that grind my gears


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zIzciYwGHM
c20let
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13th Jun 07 at 23:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i do, ive already bent 2 wheels from a huge pothole before. a burst a couple of tyres
Kurt
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13th Jun 07 at 23:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
sure they werent warming their tyres?
CorsaKen1
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I know where the main pot holes are and there are some streets I completely avoid - which is a alot in this god damn town - but my main grind is not potholes but fecking speed bumps

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