Had to take another trip to the tyre center today to get one of my almost new Scorpions replaced, its like pot hole city in our town so think this could be a regular trip.
Although at £300 a piece i dont want to be going back there too soon.

You would think that with all the tax that is being raised just through the inflated fuel duty we could have somewhere near flat roads !!!
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Sounds like its time you claimed off your local council

I have some good friends that work for local councils and I know for a fact councils put thousands aside for public claims. It's prob cheaper to do that than repair the pavements and roads lol. Take pics of the offending pot hole, it helps to have a tape measure so pics show how deep/big hole is then just write to the council and supply with pics and any costs and you'll be surprised what they will pay out for with little hassle. I've done it in the past. And believe me a new front wish bone, wheel and tyre for an M5 don't come cheap. Of cause it only needed a new tyre in the end but there you go! More money for more mods.

I could be wrong, but I heard that they will only pay out if they are aware of the pothole and have shown negligence by not repairing it. I.e. if we didn't know about a pothole, how could we repair it.
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I could be wrong, but I heard that they will only pay out if they are aware of the pothole and have shown negligence by OT repairing it. I.e. if we didn't know about a pothole, how could we repair it.
Our local council has a web portal to report potholes, only reported a couple on there, but they seem to get repaired quite swiftly

I tried and failed... wrote off an alloy and a tyre and the council's solicitors replied to my claim with "tough... we were not at fault"

Now have to look at the small claims court route.. RRS gone
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How the hell can they say that they arn't at fault They are responsible for maintaining our roads and keeping them safe.

Might be worth looking here for advice

http://potholes.co.uk/

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there are some set guidelines I think, depth of pothole etc - have heard of several people claiming successfully so don't give up  ============
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