i was up early this morning to take my Escos over to Bluesprint for a cambelt change and general going over, 10mins in to my journey i hit a massive water filled pot-hole, it made a hell'ova bang!! 2mins later i was at the side of the road with front and rear passenger-side punctures.

unable to drive the car i had to get my mate out in his ford recovery truck to pick me up ( he's had it respayed imperial blue) i got him to drop the motor off at Bluesprint as they said they would sort the punctures out for me.

i got a call from Joe@Bluesprint later on to say that i would need 2 new tyres and my wheels may need some minor repair

needless to say i was immediately on the phone to the local highways agency to report the hole and damage to my car, i was told the hole had already been reported earlier in the day and that i needed to write a letter and include pics to pursue a claim, all of which i have now done and will be eagerly awaiting a reply.

anyone else had something similar happen to them?

if so how did you get on with making a claim?

here's the pics i took:

 

f.... me thats a big hole..filled with rain water u aint gonna see that when ur doing 60 mph first thing in the morning

 

That's nasty fella.

 

the roads make me sick.

how they expect cars to drive on fucked roads is mad! After digging up the roads they leave a shit job of it too, cant they smooth it over? the fooking retards.

hope you fleece the scum council for all you can.

 

Blimey thats a big one! There was a huge pot hole in a road near me, they filled it with gravel

No more than 2 day later it was back into a huge hole again

 

did you take a photo of the depth?ie a pic with sumone holding a ruler or measuring tape in it?

 

My mate done a tyre and buckled his alloy on his BMW. He took pictures etc and complained but it never got anywhere. Good luck with it though. A biker would have no chance, its a joke.

 

wheres Dojj ?.Seriously though it pisses me right off the amount of road tax we all have to pay and I bet only a third of it goes to the upkeep of the highways Its a load of shit !.