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Brand new alloys damaged after 3 weeks!!!

by Lex_P

09 Mar 2011

Hi,
Me and my friend had decided to go to the cinema, and was pretty late on at night. I ahd to pick him up from Penistone which is pretty bad for potholes as it is with roads that look asthough they hvent been re-surfaced in a decade!
As we were in penistone i didnt want to make my way back to the motorway so we took a short cut ONE country lane (Silkstone Lane, Silkstone). the weather conditions were pretty dry but at this time it had dropped dark and the country lane has no lighting, i proceeded to take the lane as it comes, with afew hair pin bends meaning i had to drive at lower speeds than country lanes accept. Then all of a sudden in the driving tracks of a left hand corner an almighty bang hit the car and shhok the wheel, i slowed to a crawl to and looked to see if i had hit something in the road but no sign! Carrying on driving as the wheel didnt seemed buckled and couldnt see what the damage was at the time i thought nothing of it, until we had pulled into the cinema carpark. Low and behold, between the spokes of my 3week old brand new alloy wheels was a great big massive buckle which i was very very suprised haddnt flattened the tyre. guttering doesnt even begin to comprehend ho appauled at some of our uk roads today, even after i pay my dews to the council of £220 for road tax just to drive my car that a horse and cart would have issues with!!!!
Thanks to potholes.co.uk for the information provided, helped me alot in my complaint although not herd anything back as yet!!

stories title
Brand new alloys damaged after 3 weeks!!!Brand new alloys damaged after 3 weeks!!!Brand new alloys damaged after 3 weeks!!!Brand new alloys damaged after 3 weeks!!!
Pothole location
Silkstone Ln, Cawthorne, Barnsley S75 4, UK
Status
Unfilled
 
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