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I have a BMW 330d Touring, March 2010. The car is a superb drive, but the combination of 18in wheels, run flats and potholed roads is driving me crazy. The recommended pressure for the run flats when...
For once I have to write in praise of Nottinghamshire County Council. If you Google Nottinghamshire Potholes you'll find a map-based reporting system. You identify where the hole is and leave your contact...
My house is very close, (just over three metres at the closest point), to a busy A-road that carries a lot of HGV traffic. Just over three months ago a depression and potholes appeared in the road just...
A reflection on the damage that may be caused by bad road surfaces. In Ottawa, Canada, we lived in a seven-storey apartment building in a residential area. The road was not especially busy but single-decker...
I have been having problems with the airbag warning light since last September on my 50,000 mile 2006 Mercedes-Benz CLK 350. The light has been on for the majority of the time and four repairs have so...
I was travelling in Cumbria down the Kirkstone Pass out of Winderemere and hit a large pothole (3/4 foot long and up to 3 inches deep). There was an enourmous noise in the cabin of my Jaguar XF that...
I wanted to comment on a truly shocking car accident inquest, yesterday, into a mother who hit a pothole while driving her car. The mother lost control of the car and her 16 year old son died in a water-filled...
When I renewed my car insurance I also took out a specialist uninsured loss recovery insurance. Having recently damaged a tyre and wheel in a pothole I wondered if the specialist would pursue the council....
I have found a disintegrating rubber speed cushion on a road local to me, which has been partially 'bodged up' by the County Council using some asphalt. There are two securing studs that have been left...
I inherited my current company car, an '09 plate Audi A6 S-line saloon running on 18-inch alloys and 40-profile tyres. I expected the suspension to be spine-smashingly hard, but have been pleasantly surprised...
 

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