A429 South between Kemble & Crudwell

by alka-seltzer

09 Mar 2010

This piece of road has been in a state for months now. The bad weather has obviously taken its toll and blown out previous repairs to the road.

Some repairs have been attempted on a couple of patches, but this is pathetic - the tarmac is blowing out and is very uneven.

I have been avoiding this quite carefully as I have already had to have one wheel refurbished, another replaced (was beyond repair) and had alignment done due to hitting a pothole in January, but can't prove where it happened.

Last Friday night (05/03/10) I came round the corner and managed to avoid the first cluster of potholes, but then crashed into the singular large hole that has the remains of some repairs that has broken up and left a 1.5" - 2.0" vertical face...

I knew what had happened instantly as the steering wheel was wobbling and going slowly through the village I could feel the steering being notchy, which is exactly how it was when I discovered the first buckled wheel.

The car now vibrates badly at motorway speeds...

The wheel has been checked by the company that refurbished my other wheeel and it can't be repaired as it has flat spots on both inner and outer faces, and is bent when looking at it straight on.

Luckily I have taken a video clip of this to use as evidence, along with pictures of the road.

It's really annoying as I keep the car in good condition - the wheels and tyres are all immaculate, nitrogen filled and sealed with rather expensive detailing products so that they don't get wrecked by brake dust.

So now the expense and hassle of buying the new wheel, getting the tyre swapped over (if it's OK) and then taking it back to a specific garage to get the tyre reinflated with notrogen, then sealing it again before fitting it - and that's when I can get the time to do it.