Post by: jedi-knight83 on March 12, 2016, 11:09:11 am
Wednesday night I hit one and didn't think anything of it so I didn't stop but the next morning I found this..
Bulge and flat spot on the wheel
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfl1/v/t1.0-9/12814391_898367543564950_8615495708496799041_n.jpg?oh=416f42f174cbb6d8c44f334f4a904cc9&oe=578CA1EB)
Got the tyre changed and planned to have the wheel refurbished this week..
Then driving home last night I hit another one!! on the other side this time though.
Just the tyre this time it seems.
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/945500_899021606832877_2920775593405949628_n.jpg?oh=456deb1b63253d16f7bef43f4d28801a&oe=575BE380)
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/11937440_899021600166211_4358586377205516303_n.jpg?oh=14fd454c58d52ee23bafba8d224198f8&oe=575C6EDE)
tracking feels out as well now. a good £4-500 down the drain (no pun intended)
Post by: JackL15 on March 12, 2016, 11:15:18 am
Post by: irish_ram on March 12, 2016, 11:26:42 am
Ruined 2 tyres and bent a wheel in 3 days this week in my car
Wednesday night I hit one and didn't think anything of it so I didn't stop but the next morning I found this..
Bulge and flat spot on the wheel
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfl1/v/t1.0-9/12814391_898367543564950_8615495708496799041_n.jpg?oh=416f42f174cbb6d8c44f334f4a904cc9&oe=578CA1EB)
Got the tyre changed and planned to have the wheel refurbished this week..
Then driving home last night I hit another one!! on the other side this time though.
Just the tyre this time it seems.
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/945500_899021606832877_2920775593405949628_n.jpg?oh=456deb1b63253d16f7bef43f4d28801a&oe=575BE380)
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/11937440_899021600166211_4358586377205516303_n.jpg?oh=14fd454c58d52ee23bafba8d224198f8&oe=575C6EDE)
tracking feels out as well now. a good £4-500 down the drain (no pun intended)
That is crap, I hit one the other day but touch wood nothing seemed damaged.
If there are no signs up about work happening there and if not repaired yet, go and take pics of the potholes, even stick an object in the hole to show depth of the hole. Then take pics of your damage with time and date it happened and then register a complaint with your local council
Post by: jedi-knight83 on March 12, 2016, 11:28:08 am
That's a nasty one. Are they currently repairing / resurfacing the road? If so did they put signs up?
No. rest of the road was as normal and no signs
Post by: MC71 on March 12, 2016, 11:37:43 am
:happy2:
Post by: coolhandluke on March 12, 2016, 11:48:37 am
That manhole looks dangerous.
Post by: r5gtt on March 12, 2016, 12:03:47 pm
Post by: Nasir on March 12, 2016, 12:21:36 pm
Post by: jedi-knight83 on March 12, 2016, 12:29:59 pm
Post by: Nasir on March 12, 2016, 12:37:55 pm
Yes I'm going to claim although I've not got a photo of the first pothole yet. I need to go back and find it but its a bit of a way away.
Is it £300 or so pounds away? :signLOL:
Things like this pi** me off. There are so many potholes around Leeds. Worse still are the drain covers that are a foot deep. The GTI's suspension is strong, because I've hit so many of them with massive thuds into the cabin, but no apparent damage.
Post by: Adam0604 on March 12, 2016, 12:41:42 pm
Roads are in appealing state in most places in the UK now.
Post by: dan930 on March 12, 2016, 12:47:44 pm
Post by: r5gtt on March 12, 2016, 07:21:39 pm
Post by: AJP on March 12, 2016, 07:42:18 pm
I'm well trained in a way when it comes to potholes and dodgy surfaces; my old mk4 was ridiculously low on coilovers so I'm now used to scanning the road as I drive. Hardly ideal though. We should be absorbing info and hazards from as far in front as possible. Not focusing 20 yards in front of us.
But when you don't know the road like the back of your hand things like this happen.
Get on to the council and give them hell. In fact, I'm sure there's some register or something online where you can record potholes, their location, any damage done etc. Then you can approach the council with other occurences of the same pothole causing issues along with your own. Bit of a 'strength in numbers' thing.
Best of luck mate.
Post by: Nasir on March 12, 2016, 08:58:04 pm
But no, this is too mainstream and easy for Leeds City Council. You must log on to their sh*tty website and do it.
I swear I didn't even notice potholes in my old MK5 diesel. In this, I notice every crevice in the road. I curse violently when I hit one, which happens at least a couple of times in the day. People must think I'm a lunatic from the outside. But they do feel incredibly harsh in the GTI.
Post by: r5gtt on March 12, 2016, 09:01:49 pm
I report some potholes using Fixmystreet.co.ukI'm the same Nasir, really winds me up thay we pay road tax and they don't jeep the roads up to date. maybe they don't know about the holes but that's not our fault is it.
But no, this is too mainstream and easy for Leeds City Council. You must log on to their sh*tty website and do it.
I swear I didn't even notice potholes in my old MK5 diesel. In this, I notice every crevice in the road. I curse violently when I hit one, which happens at least a couple of times in the day. People must think I'm a lunatic from the outside. But they do feel incredibly harsh in the GTI.
Post by: jamie on March 12, 2016, 09:19:19 pm
It's even worse when it has been raining and potholes are beneath a puddle of water. The roads near me are poor and the repairs seems somewhat makeshift at times. I guess there is just not enough money to go around...
I hope you get it sorted.
Post by: Kam88 on March 13, 2016, 10:35:59 pm
Post by: Greenman on March 14, 2016, 02:25:52 pm
Post by: r5gtt on March 20, 2016, 01:44:55 am
Post by: Greenman on March 21, 2016, 02:23:27 pm
We've got no choice but to pay @Greenman (http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=11567)
This is true, but what are the government actually spending the money on?
Quite obviously not keeping the roads nice.
Around here in bristol almost all the roads are like driving on an off road course...:(
Post by: pudding on March 21, 2016, 04:32:50 pm
The roads in this country are an embarrassment. I've seen smoother Bulgarian farm tracks.
They should leave a big box of tarmac and some stamping tools on every street corner and let residents do the repairs themselves. At least it'll be done properly that way, and as soon as they happen and not 3 years after the fact.
Post by: Greenman on March 21, 2016, 04:45:32 pm
What are they spending the money on? How about littering the country with average speed traps, speed humps, election campaigns, immigration policies, euro policies blah blah..... road surface quality is really low down on the priority list. And it's self perpetuating problem because the car hating cardigan wearing local bureaucrats do nothing about it. Year in year out they bleat on about reduced budgets blah blah, but they always find the money to throw a new scamera up don't they?
The roads in this country are an embarrassment. I've seen smoother Bulgarian farm tracks.
They should leave a big box of tarmac and some stamping tools on every street corner and let residents do the repairs themselves. At least it'll be done properly that way, and as soon as they happen and not 3 years after the fact.
I hear all that.
It would not surprise me if some of the money is falling into the back pockets of numerous corrupt politicians!
Post by: AJP on March 21, 2016, 04:46:14 pm
What are they spending the money on? How about littering the country with average speed traps, speed humps, election campaigns, immigration policies, euro policies blah blah..... road surface quality is really low down on the priority list. And it's self perpetuating problem because the car hating cardigan wearing local bureaucrats do nothing about it. Year in year out they bleat on about reduced budgets blah blah, but they always find the money to throw a new scamera up don't they?Well said that man.
The roads in this country are an embarrassment. I've seen smoother Bulgarian farm tracks.
They should leave a big box of tarmac and some stamping tools on every street corner and let residents do the repairs themselves. At least it'll be done properly that way, and as soon as they happen and not 3 years after the fact.
I'm lucky in that one of the main roads on my commute has recently been resurfaced. It's nice and smooth, for now. But if I'm venturing further afield it's staggering to see the state of some roads.
Doesn't help having reasonably low profile tyres on the 18s, but still, we should be able to drive with oem spec and not have to worry about this kind of nonsense.
Always makes me wonder how a car would react during an emergency stop on these kind of roads. Surely the car would skit and scrabble for grip. That'd definitely be worthy of a case if it caused a bump.
Post by: pudding on March 21, 2016, 04:58:01 pm
What are they spending the money on? How about littering the country with average speed traps, speed humps, election campaigns, immigration policies, euro policies blah blah..... road surface quality is really low down on the priority list. And it's self perpetuating problem because the car hating cardigan wearing local bureaucrats do nothing about it. Year in year out they bleat on about reduced budgets blah blah, but they always find the money to throw a new scamera up don't they?Well said that man.
The roads in this country are an embarrassment. I've seen smoother Bulgarian farm tracks.
They should leave a big box of tarmac and some stamping tools on every street corner and let residents do the repairs themselves. At least it'll be done properly that way, and as soon as they happen and not 3 years after the fact.
I'm lucky in that one of the main roads on my commute has recently been resurfaced. It's nice and smooth, for now. But if I'm venturing further afield it's staggering to see the state of some roads.
Doesn't help having reasonably low profile tyres on the 18s, but still, we should be able to drive with oem spec and not have to worry about this kind of nonsense.
Always makes me wonder how a car would react during an emergency stop on these kind of roads. Surely the car would skit and scrabble for grip. That'd definitely be worthy of a case if it caused a bump.
I usually walk to Tescos in my lunch hours and last year I witnessed some truly awful pot hole filling going on, by some anonymous looking guys in an anonymous looking truck. Sure enough, 3 days after completion, all the tarmac they put down was reduced to a pile of crumbs by the side of the pavement, exposing the original holes again. Useless. A fortnight later an official highways crew were there redoing the work. What a total waste of (tax payers) money. And this goes on countrywide. Councils doing it on the cheap, then having to repeat the work. When are they ever going to learn?
As Nasir said, the OEM suspension is surprisingly strong, as are the Pescara alloys in the case of the Ed30. I headed down to Hertfordshire last year on unfamiliar roads, and on a pitch black unlit 60mph road, I drove over what can only be described a moon crater. The noise and thumping through the car was horrendous, but the car carried on regardless. The next day in the cold light of day, I'd driven over a bit of road that maybe hadn't seen tarmac since the romans put it down in 500 BC. No damage to the tyres, wheels or suspension! Amazing!
Post by: AJP on March 21, 2016, 05:09:28 pm
Haha! That made me laughWhat are they spending the money on? How about littering the country with average speed traps, speed humps, election campaigns, immigration policies, euro policies blah blah..... road surface quality is really low down on the priority list. And it's self perpetuating problem because the car hating cardigan wearing local bureaucrats do nothing about it. Year in year out they bleat on about reduced budgets blah blah, but they always find the money to throw a new scamera up don't they?Well said that man.
The roads in this country are an embarrassment. I've seen smoother Bulgarian farm tracks.
They should leave a big box of tarmac and some stamping tools on every street corner and let residents do the repairs themselves. At least it'll be done properly that way, and as soon as they happen and not 3 years after the fact.
I'm lucky in that one of the main roads on my commute has recently been resurfaced. It's nice and smooth, for now. But if I'm venturing further afield it's staggering to see the state of some roads.
Doesn't help having reasonably low profile tyres on the 18s, but still, we should be able to drive with oem spec and not have to worry about this kind of nonsense.
Always makes me wonder how a car would react during an emergency stop on these kind of roads. Surely the car would skit and scrabble for grip. That'd definitely be worthy of a case if it caused a bump.
I usually walk to Tescos in my lunch hours and last year I witnessed some truly awful pot hole filling going on, by some anonymous looking guys in an anonymous looking truck. Sure enough, 3 days after completion, all the tarmac they put down was reduced to a pile of crumbs by the side of the pavement, exposing the original holes again. Useless. A fortnight later an official highways crew were there redoing the work. What a total waste of (tax payers) money. And this goes on countrywide. Councils doing it on the cheap, then having to repeat the work. When are they ever going to learn?
As Nasir said, the OEM suspension is surprisingly strong, as are the Pescara alloys in the case of the Ed30. I headed down to Hertfordshire last year on unfamiliar roads, and on a pitch black unlit 60mph road, I drove over what can only be described a moon crater. The noise and thumping through the car was horrendous, but the car carried on regardless. The next day in the cold light of day, I'd driven over a bit of road that maybe hadn't seen tarmac since the romans put it down in 500 BC. No damage to the tyres, wheels or suspension! Amazing!
Worth noting that correct tyre pressures help. Too high and there's less give in the sidewall on impact. I've dropped down to a modest 32 front / 30 rear. Not sure if that's a tiny bit under, but the ride quality is miles better over these kind of roads. Just feels like the tyres are getting a chance to absorb things. A few more psi all round and things quickly get crashy.
Post by: pudding on March 22, 2016, 02:21:19 pm
Haha! That made me laughWhat are they spending the money on? How about littering the country with average speed traps, speed humps, election campaigns, immigration policies, euro policies blah blah..... road surface quality is really low down on the priority list. And it's self perpetuating problem because the car hating cardigan wearing local bureaucrats do nothing about it. Year in year out they bleat on about reduced budgets blah blah, but they always find the money to throw a new scamera up don't they?Well said that man.
The roads in this country are an embarrassment. I've seen smoother Bulgarian farm tracks.
They should leave a big box of tarmac and some stamping tools on every street corner and let residents do the repairs themselves. At least it'll be done properly that way, and as soon as they happen and not 3 years after the fact.
I'm lucky in that one of the main roads on my commute has recently been resurfaced. It's nice and smooth, for now. But if I'm venturing further afield it's staggering to see the state of some roads.
Doesn't help having reasonably low profile tyres on the 18s, but still, we should be able to drive with oem spec and not have to worry about this kind of nonsense.
Always makes me wonder how a car would react during an emergency stop on these kind of roads. Surely the car would skit and scrabble for grip. That'd definitely be worthy of a case if it caused a bump.
I usually walk to Tescos in my lunch hours and last year I witnessed some truly awful pot hole filling going on, by some anonymous looking guys in an anonymous looking truck. Sure enough, 3 days after completion, all the tarmac they put down was reduced to a pile of crumbs by the side of the pavement, exposing the original holes again. Useless. A fortnight later an official highways crew were there redoing the work. What a total waste of (tax payers) money. And this goes on countrywide. Councils doing it on the cheap, then having to repeat the work. When are they ever going to learn?
As Nasir said, the OEM suspension is surprisingly strong, as are the Pescara alloys in the case of the Ed30. I headed down to Hertfordshire last year on unfamiliar roads, and on a pitch black unlit 60mph road, I drove over what can only be described a moon crater. The noise and thumping through the car was horrendous, but the car carried on regardless. The next day in the cold light of day, I'd driven over a bit of road that maybe hadn't seen tarmac since the romans put it down in 500 BC. No damage to the tyres, wheels or suspension! Amazing!
Worth noting that correct tyre pressures help. Too high and there's less give in the sidewall on impact. I've dropped down to a modest 32 front / 30 rear. Not sure if that's a tiny bit under, but the ride quality is miles better over these kind of roads. Just feels like the tyres are getting a chance to absorb things. A few more psi all round and things quickly get crashy.
Lol, I was on a proper council hate campaign yesterday :grin:
I run standard pressures on mine, which is 36psi I think. Sounds a lot of 18s if you ask me, but it's what it says on the petrol cap! That kind of pressure wears continentals and F1s down in the middle I've found. I normally run 32psi too, so I'll have to see what happens to the Michelins! They actually have a better ride quality at 36psi than the F1s did at 32psi!!
Post by: AJP on March 22, 2016, 02:26:56 pm
But yeah, no two tyres are the same. What works in an F1 might be crap with a Michelin. I tend to just experiment and find a sweet spot rather than sticking rigidly to manufacturer numbers, whether that's right or wrong!
Post by: pudding on March 22, 2016, 02:33:25 pm
Yeah the super sports have got stiff old sidewalls on them. I remember them feeling rock like on my old R32 but the turn-in and grip were epic. Switched to the F1 and they were vague and blancmangey by comparison and not as good in the wet either, which is what I thought the F1's specialty was!!
Post by: AJP on March 22, 2016, 02:46:06 pm
Post by: pudding on March 22, 2016, 02:57:16 pm
Post by: AJP on March 22, 2016, 03:12:48 pm
Any reason you went for the PS4 over SS?
Post by: pudding on March 22, 2016, 03:26:42 pm
Post by: r5gtt on March 23, 2016, 01:39:47 pm
I've been to bristol and the roads are fookered depending where you are.We've got no choice but to pay @Greenman (http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=11567)
This is true, but what are the government actually spending the money on?
Quite obviously not keeping the roads nice.
Around here in bristol almost all the roads are like driving on an off road course...:(
They spend the money on bombing third world countries and as pudding said scamera traps immigration crap etc