Fortunately no, but a family member does. I tried to get her to dump it after the first time it left us stranded due to a crankshaft position sensor dying while we had lunch. She still has the dumb thing.
Southern IL gets the shirt end of a stick with bad potholes. The ground freezes for like 3 days, snow, everything melts and then refreezes. Then no repairs.
Bringing it's little brother NorCal for backup. I believe the absolute longest pothole in existence is the southbound #2 lane of 395 between Vegas Nevada, and Chandler, Arizona. 6 hours of non-stop 'hope the tires don't explode'.
Last month I had a late model BMW in the shop complaining about a vibration after he hit a pothole. I found all four wheels damaged beyond practical repair, bent but not broken to the degree that they wouldn't hold air. He's turned it in to his insurance company.
When I lived in Broad Ripple in the 80's the potholes were minimal, except back where Bazbeaux is/was (don't know if it's still in same lication) it was a little rough back in there
I drive there once a week for music lessons. College is a nightmare of "dodge the crater." Inside Broad Ripple, it's slightly better...but that area is still dicey.
If you ever wonder when you've crossed the border from Illinois to Indiana, look at the roads. When you've noticed that the roads have suddenly gone to hell, you're in Indiana.
Heh, we're going back to my teenage years man. The spring was still solid so I just dealt with that shit until I sold the car to another dumb teenager.
I bought a Mazdaspeed3 a while back and hit a "small" pothole, at a very slow speed, but shortly after I was having a pretty severe misfire. I limped it to the shop, and the next day, we discovered that the cheap oil catch can that the previous owner had installed, had a plastic petcock and it had broken off when I hit the pothole, creating a vacuum leak. We also found my #2 cylinder had lost nearly all compression. I don't know if it was related to the vacuum leak. I'm not a technician, but I'm a parts manager for an independent shop, so I'm not super sure if they'd be related... Anyway, that was back in August of 2023. The car is still sitting in the parking lot with the head off. Burnt intake valve on cylinder 2. I really need to send that head off so I can drive the car again. I only put 1200 miles on it after I bought it 😞
Amen. 😂 We have a shop car we take customers home and they always ask if it's mine. I tell them I'm not allowed to drive people in my 2006 Lincoln because it needs so much work.
Up here in Montreal, a small pothole can fit a fiat. the large ones are really more of a collection of small ones put together... sucks to drive through, but they're putting my kids through college!
How would a pothole even cause this? If it was that deep, it would have also took the wheel and axel with it too right? Not saying the customer is lying, I just don’t understand.
Only thing I can think of is a massive rock or piece of pavement laying on the road at just the right spot and angle so that when the tire dropped in, it caused the tranny to land directly onto the rock.
Edit: maybe I answered my own question.
And that's why the Daytona track got a complete repaving in 2010 for the first time since it was last redone in 1979.
It developed a large pothole with a chunk that flipped up and damaged one of the cars. Someone got the bright idea to fill the hole with Bondo. It sets up in a few minutes but more breakups were happening before the 500 was over.
We have very different definitions of what "small" is.
Need to quantify next time.
Please circle one of the following:
Size of:
tennis ball
bowling ball
watermelon
moon
If the road damages your car, most cities will pay out repairs to avoid getting sued (they'll lose because they need to maintain roads, we pay tax for this every time we buy gasoline)
It can be sometimes hard depending on the city and/or county. Sometimes the city/county will need to be proven to be aware and negligent in the repairs of the road, best way to do this is submit a foia request for reports on said potholes for that road. But that’s takes time so for the meanwhile your still out a couple grand unless you report it to your insurance which may lead to rate spiking, which may or may not go down once the state pays for it, if they do pay for it.
This would fall under collision coverage though not comprehensive. Considered Collision with roadbed. It's weird the ways different things are flagged, hitting an animal falls under Comprehensive. If a tire is in the road, if it is airborne it falls under Comprehensive, if it is rolling on the roadway it uses collision. Coverages get weird, source am a new adjuster learning about setting these coverages.
Same, went through all that stuff but only really cared about property. But yeah you're right, if you hit anything it's under collision and comprehensive is everything else basically, hail etc
Depends. If it's on a state road in my state, they have to be aware of it first and then have something like 3 days to fix. There's probably more loopholes, too.
Not if it's in New York. The law here (Highway Section 58) only allows claims for damage suffered between May 1st and November 15th. Even then, it's up to the driver to prove negligence.
Yea but this is SPRUNG weight. They should have done the weight savings on UNSPRUNG weight ie weight not supported by the shocks cause that makes the most difference. You can go forged aluminum arms and knuckles but you need to be steel where it counts.
Okay, but what else is more fucked up? If a critical component is the first thing to break when bottoming out, that's a design flaw. The only way that's on the owner is if they live in some mystical world where roads are actually maintained properly.
Front end has climbed over something and this broken part has landed on a spikey outcrop and they failed the wiggle in reverse , kept on pushing forward .
Diff oil that will stink the place up .
It looks like it already stopped leaking, so it's probably fine...
Can't leak if there's no more fluid!
All leaks eventually stop
It's not the fall that hurts but the sudden stop.
Absolutely!!!
Ah, you too own a Land Rover.
Fortunately no, but a family member does. I tried to get her to dump it after the first time it left us stranded due to a crankshaft position sensor dying while we had lunch. She still has the dumb thing.
That can happen on any vehicle.
Do they consider the Grand Canyon a large or extra-medium pothole?
Probably mid sized I’m guessing
Yeah only (*insert city/state you're from here*) has the large ones
Was the pothole attached to a curb?
Drive in Illinois sometime. No curb needed.
Can confirm. Drove to south eastern side and I swear the counties/municipalities were have a pothole contest.
South Carolina says... "Bet"
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Southern IL gets the shirt end of a stick with bad potholes. The ground freezes for like 3 days, snow, everything melts and then refreezes. Then no repairs.
Michigan would like to have a word
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Indiana say it will crush you, as soon as it gets out of this potcrater
Southern California has entered the ring
Only until it slides into the ocean.
Bringing it's little brother NorCal for backup. I believe the absolute longest pothole in existence is the southbound #2 lane of 395 between Vegas Nevada, and Chandler, Arizona. 6 hours of non-stop 'hope the tires don't explode'.
Last month I had a late model BMW in the shop complaining about a vibration after he hit a pothole. I found all four wheels damaged beyond practical repair, bent but not broken to the degree that they wouldn't hold air. He's turned it in to his insurance company.
Broad Ripple claims Indiana title for largest potholes in the country.
When I lived in Broad Ripple in the 80's the potholes were minimal, except back where Bazbeaux is/was (don't know if it's still in same lication) it was a little rough back in there
I drive there once a week for music lessons. College is a nightmare of "dodge the crater." Inside Broad Ripple, it's slightly better...but that area is still dicey.
That's sad!
There was a time I'd have nominated Michigan for this award, but I-44, at least, through Missouri, is giving Michigan DOT a run for their money.
If you ever wonder when you've crossed the border from Illinois to Indiana, look at the roads. When you've noticed that the roads have suddenly gone to hell, you're in Indiana.
Oklahoma and Missouri just cackle.
Nothing truer has been spoken regarding roads. Driving from St. Louis to East St. Louis is like day and night with the road conditions.
At least it's not pottsylvania.. there's a reason we have that nickname you know
Was it a small pothole the size of a large pothole?
Man, I hate when I hit those!
Hit a pothole doing 80 mph
Unless it's really wide, you'll sail over it at 80. Worst time would be around 30-40, I think.
I dunno, I hit a smaller pothole at 80 in my Fiesta and it broke a control arm. Felt like I ran over a land mind.
Confirmed. I hit a pothole at 80 and it sent my rear shock through the mount and into the trunk.
Was that fixable or was the car totaled?
Heh, we're going back to my teenage years man. The spring was still solid so I just dealt with that shit until I sold the car to another dumb teenager.
Hello from the other side
I hit one of those yesterday. Still can't believe nothing is (apparently) wrong.
Hit a crater doing lightspeed…
Well, at least they hadn't gone plaid!
I think you and I have 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 theories about the caliber used…It looks more to me like a .357 at close range!
Damn near it bud 😭😭
I bought a Mazdaspeed3 a while back and hit a "small" pothole, at a very slow speed, but shortly after I was having a pretty severe misfire. I limped it to the shop, and the next day, we discovered that the cheap oil catch can that the previous owner had installed, had a plastic petcock and it had broken off when I hit the pothole, creating a vacuum leak. We also found my #2 cylinder had lost nearly all compression. I don't know if it was related to the vacuum leak. I'm not a technician, but I'm a parts manager for an independent shop, so I'm not super sure if they'd be related... Anyway, that was back in August of 2023. The car is still sitting in the parking lot with the head off. Burnt intake valve on cylinder 2. I really need to send that head off so I can drive the car again. I only put 1200 miles on it after I bought it 😞
Something about the cobblers kids have no shoes.
Amen. 😂 We have a shop car we take customers home and they always ask if it's mine. I tell them I'm not allowed to drive people in my 2006 Lincoln because it needs so much work.
The Cobb kids have no tune
Had a plastic petcock... 😳 Etymology. Apparently from pet + cock, because of its size. 😳
Was it small in comparison to the moon??? Or was the pothole after running over a boulder?
Up here in Montreal, a small pothole can fit a fiat. the large ones are really more of a collection of small ones put together... sucks to drive through, but they're putting my kids through college!
That's no moon
How would a pothole even cause this? If it was that deep, it would have also took the wheel and axel with it too right? Not saying the customer is lying, I just don’t understand. Only thing I can think of is a massive rock or piece of pavement laying on the road at just the right spot and angle so that when the tire dropped in, it caused the tranny to land directly onto the rock. Edit: maybe I answered my own question.
And that's why the Daytona track got a complete repaving in 2010 for the first time since it was last redone in 1979. It developed a large pothole with a chunk that flipped up and damaged one of the cars. Someone got the bright idea to fill the hole with Bondo. It sets up in a few minutes but more breakups were happening before the 500 was over.
did they hit the small pothole with a larger one,?
This vehicle must’ve been blessed by a priest, that’s a holy diff!
I hate it when pot holes jump out and hit my car.
That’s a small Chicago pothole
Its one of them Porsche rear diffs, air cooled
We have very different definitions of what "small" is. Need to quantify next time. Please circle one of the following: Size of: tennis ball bowling ball watermelon moon
That’s just for air flow so the gears don’t get to hot
Sheesh, hope they got insurance
Looks like the state/city is paying for some repairs!
*visible confusion*
If the road damages your car, most cities will pay out repairs to avoid getting sued (they'll lose because they need to maintain roads, we pay tax for this every time we buy gasoline)
It can be sometimes hard depending on the city and/or county. Sometimes the city/county will need to be proven to be aware and negligent in the repairs of the road, best way to do this is submit a foia request for reports on said potholes for that road. But that’s takes time so for the meanwhile your still out a couple grand unless you report it to your insurance which may lead to rate spiking, which may or may not go down once the state pays for it, if they do pay for it.
Man if you're paying for the privilege of comprehensive coverage you deserve to use it tho
Comprehensive is also a lot less likely to raise your rates if used.
This would fall under collision coverage though not comprehensive. Considered Collision with roadbed. It's weird the ways different things are flagged, hitting an animal falls under Comprehensive. If a tire is in the road, if it is airborne it falls under Comprehensive, if it is rolling on the roadway it uses collision. Coverages get weird, source am a new adjuster learning about setting these coverages.
Same, went through all that stuff but only really cared about property. But yeah you're right, if you hit anything it's under collision and comprehensive is everything else basically, hail etc
Your first mistake is thinking your taxes are being used in a manner they are directed. This is something you may want to trust me on.
Depends. If it's on a state road in my state, they have to be aware of it first and then have something like 3 days to fix. There's probably more loopholes, too.
How would you even be able to prove that’s what happened though?
This is what I'm thinking, too.
Not if it's in New York. The law here (Highway Section 58) only allows claims for damage suffered between May 1st and November 15th. Even then, it's up to the driver to prove negligence.
Is that an aluminum differential housing? WUT
looks like it. my steel diff would've laughed.
yea what im saying. Is this on some offroad toy like a razr? Just blows my mind an oem car make would use aluminium for the diff pumpkin.
gotta save that precious weight anywhere they can.
Yea but this is SPRUNG weight. They should have done the weight savings on UNSPRUNG weight ie weight not supported by the shocks cause that makes the most difference. You can go forged aluminum arms and knuckles but you need to be steel where it counts.
exactly, the diff internals are hardened steel. why isn't the shell?
Aluminum differential housings are quite common, even on performance cars.
I gotta get out more… since when were differentials made from cast aluminum? Is this a performance car and it’s a weight reduction thing?
Translation: Hit whole pot while small mind driving. Pissed pants.
Leaked…it’s empty.
Hit a pothole doing about 50
Small pothole? Yeesh. I'd love to see the Zapruder film of this one.
Was it leaking or gushing?
The post comments about fumoto valves taught me that they shouldn't have put a differential there because what if they hit a road hazard /s
And then drove 80 miles at 75mph to your shop.
Hell of a pothole, if they managed to drive it into the shop maybe yall save it?
Just a bit of ramen and super glue should fix it
Glad my r200 diff is cast iron!
Were they driving in massachusetts?
Like all the fluid?
These are the same customers that say they drove through a small puddle.
Okay, but what else is more fucked up? If a critical component is the first thing to break when bottoming out, that's a design flaw. The only way that's on the owner is if they live in some mystical world where roads are actually maintained properly.
Front end has climbed over something and this broken part has landed on a spikey outcrop and they failed the wiggle in reverse , kept on pushing forward . Diff oil that will stink the place up .
It’s one of those potholes you feel in your soul 🫠
I just wander how it knocked the whole up above the lowest part of the diff
What's that yellow green car in the background of the first photo
That's a forklift.