ukshotter Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Sheffield's potholes are killing my car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffres Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 and if the suspension doesnt take a beating the loose chippings get kicked up and damage the paintwork   Posted from Sheffieldforum.co.uk App for Android Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric_Collins Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Don't talk wet because our roads are perfect, it's your car not up to much. I drive a tiger tank to work and back and it's as smooth as the moon.  ---------- Post added 19-02-2013 at 18:38 ----------  and if the suspension doesnt take a beating the loose chippings get kicked up and damage the paintwork  Posted from Sheffieldforum.co.uk App for Android  Don't forget the gritters that strip the pain off your car around knee height. I had to referb my roadside wheels at the weekend as a week of gritting had removed most of the black paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barts96 Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 also speed humps broke mrs front spring on car last month son hit pot hole over 3ft long and 14in wide and 4in deep did £226 worth of damage to his car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EASTWOOD141 Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Sheffield's potholes are killing my car. Â And the buses and HGV vehicles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikertec Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Sheffield going to have the best roads in the country. by 2099 lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce_Shark Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 It's a surprise that anyone in Sheffield can afford to eat with all these repair bills for suspension, wheel and paint damage! Â Oh, wait... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric_Collins Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 It's a surprise that anyone in Sheffield can afford to eat with all these repair bills for suspension, wheel and paint damage! Oh, wait...  I've spent £300 this month on the car , £60 on alternator and battery ( from breakers ) and £200 on 4 new springs and 2 front shocks. I shattered 2 rear springs and drivers side front , it also collapsed the front drivers shocker destroying the sealed bearing unit.  It's not the springs that are an issue , it was the fact after shattering them on a pot hole I lost control of the car and drove into oncoming traffic. It's just a good job they went at 7am rather than later when more traffic would have been on the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martss Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 I passed my driving test 23 years ago and I've never had any damage caused by a pot hole, what am I doing wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric_Collins Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 I passed my driving test 23 years ago and I've never had any damage caused by a pot hole, what am I doing wrong? Â Depends on where you lived/live. I use to live in Nottinghamshire and I still work there, the roads around there are more like racetrack smooth. You then move to sheffield where the roads have had patches of tarmac on top of tarmac it looks not like a road but top of a snickers bar. The car dances around like all 4 wheels want to go in different directions at 30mph , so Christ knows what it's like for these muppets who do +60 down deerlands and other areas of S5. Â Then you have the orange sleeping police men in the road ( I smashed the engines floor on one ) by law they should be no higher than 4" of road clearance so cars can't be damaged. Now factor in either side of these the road has subsided or crumbled and now that 4" is 7 or 8" and your car scrapes over it no matter what speed you hit them. I removed the whole plastic underside of the engine bay and bumper on a non modified , non overloaded family car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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