Mark the Potholes

ska///235i · 03-16-2010, 03:53 PM

Ahahahahah...check this out
looks pretty bad

http://www.boston.com/news/local/mas...13009_pothole/

jpsum · 03-16-2010, 04:02 PM

damn! I still don't know how you can run 18s on your car and not get any blow outs!

I'm driving with 17s in NYC and it's freaking killing me.

TripEEE · 03-16-2010, 04:04 PM

Love to see that our excise taxes are really going to fixing these roads!

kcgman · 03-16-2010, 04:07 PM

Hit a pot hole dead on the other night. Never saw it. I hit it so hard my fillings were vibrating for the rest of the trip. I kept looking at the dash to see a tire warning. However, the 17's were fine. No rim damage either.

During daylight hours I took a look at the same spot I'd hit the previous night. The pothole wasn't just one pothole. It was two small potholes and one big pothole all in the same spot!

It was this sort of thing that keeps me on 17s.

ibeclueless · 03-16-2010, 04:09 PM

cool site, so many pot holes!

ska///235i · 03-16-2010, 04:18 PM

I think your 17s are running on Bridgestones, they're in a class action lawsuit....hurry and get your money back and throw those bridgestones away

I have a set of oem 16s with contis rft for winter and a set of oem 18s with Mich ps2 rft for summer

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Originally Posted by jpsum

damn! I still don't know how you can run 18s on your car and not get any blow outs!

I'm driving with 17s in NYC and it's freaking killing me.

Derek Zoolander · 03-16-2010, 04:51 PM

Bahahaha, that's awesome.
I understand they're not always avoidable, but you're definitely more aware of road conditions when you're lowered!

jpsum · 03-16-2010, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by ska325xi

I think your 17s are running on Bridgestones, they're in a class action lawsuit....hurry and get your money back and throw those bridgestones away

I have a set of oem 16s with contis rft for winter and a set of oem 18s with Mich ps2 rft for summer

I got the class action lawsuit notice in the mail, but I have ContiProContact SSR. I guess they were just sending it to all owners.

The 16s are great for potholes.

jopa489 · 03-16-2010, 10:05 PM

Doesn't Boston (maybe MA?) have an iPhone app for reporting potholes? I remember seeing it on the local news a while back. Lets you snap a pic, tag the location with GPS, and send it off. Wonder if anyone actually pays attention and fixes them.

ska///235i · 03-16-2010, 11:45 PM

loving the 16s...ahahaha

dude...what are you doing in NYC

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Originally Posted by jpsum

I got the class action lawsuit notice in the mail, but I have ContiProContact SSR. I guess they were just sending it to all owners.

The 16s are great for potholes.

virtualbong · 03-17-2010, 10:43 AM

The potholes this year seem to be worse than ever. I see multiple ones in one area which makes it tough to completely avoid hitting them. Dangerous stuff...makes me wonder why they cannot perfect filling up potholes so that they do not get ripped open again...

LuisBoston · 03-17-2010, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by 456ntripz

Love to see that our excise taxes are really going to fixing these roads!

Why don't you report them directly to your local town? Last year when I lived in Somerville I sent every pothole I encountered to the city and within 36 hours it was filled.

Now I'm in Boston. They have an iPhone app to report infrastructure problems. I haven't seen any huge potholes just yet.

jpsum · 03-17-2010, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by ska325xi

loving the 16s...ahahaha

dude...what are you doing in NYC

Working at JFK, but this week is my last week here!

Going back to the office on Monday.

BLKJK · 03-17-2010, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by virtualbong

The potholes this year seem to be worse than ever. I see multiple ones in one area which makes it tough to completely avoid hitting them. Dangerous stuff...makes me wonder why they cannot perfect filling up potholes so that they do not get ripped open again...

Creates more work!

ska///235i · 03-17-2010, 04:56 PM

i agree..worst i ever seen

Quote:

Originally Posted by virtualbong

The potholes this year seem to be worse than ever. I see multiple ones in one area which makes it tough to completely avoid hitting them. Dangerous stuff...makes me wonder why they cannot perfect filling up potholes so that they do not get ripped open again...

jdhomsey · 03-22-2010, 09:53 PM

hit a pothole about a week ago and got the flat tire warning...filled it up only to have it go low again. Had it checked out at a local tire shop and come to find out i have a cracked rim

...i was surprised i didnt pop a 17 with all the potholes i hit, but i guess i didnt avoid all the damage. looks like im making a trip to rimpro sometime early tomorrow morning to drop it off

jopa489 · 03-22-2010, 10:00 PM

Good luck, Rimpro should fix it up. My buddy has a slow leak (down about 5lbs per week) after hitting a pothole last month and I suspect the same thing. Sucks this time of year.

ibeclueless · 03-22-2010, 10:08 PM

there are way too many potholes this year, got to drive much more carefully

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jpsum Major 300 Rep 1,088 Posts Drives: 2010 TSX Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: New Haven area iTrader: (4)	damn! I still don't know how you can run 18s on your car and not get any blow outs! I'm driving with 17s in NYC and it's freaking killing me.
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kcgman Burning the midnight oil 30 Rep 479 Posts Drives: 2009 335d Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: At the state line iTrader: (0)	Hit a pot hole dead on the other night. Never saw it. I hit it so hard my fillings were vibrating for the rest of the trip. I kept looking at the dash to see a tire warning. However, the 17's were fine. No rim damage either. During daylight hours I took a look at the same spot I'd hit the previous night. The pothole wasn't just one pothole. It was two small potholes and one big pothole all in the same spot! It was this sort of thing that keeps me on 17s.
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Derek Zoolander Banned 102 Rep 1,873 Posts Drives: 09 E90 M-Sport Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Nashua, NH iTrader: (0)	Bahahaha, that's awesome. I understand they're not always avoidable, but you're definitely more aware of road conditions when you're lowered!
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jopa489 Major General 127 Rep 6,594 Posts Drives: Anything with Wheels Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: USA iTrader: (9)	Doesn't Boston (maybe MA?) have an iPhone app for reporting potholes? I remember seeing it on the local news a while back. Lets you snap a pic, tag the location with GPS, and send it off. Wonder if anyone actually pays attention and fixes them. __________________ X7 LCI // Incoming C7 ZR1 ZTK // Sebring + TRX // Hydro + Raptor Gen1 Roush // Tuxedo
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jdhomsey Registered 0 Rep 4 Posts Drives: 2006 330xi Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Newton, NH iTrader: (0)	hit a pothole about a week ago and got the flat tire warning...filled it up only to have it go low again. Had it checked out at a local tire shop and come to find out i have a cracked rim ...i was surprised i didnt pop a 17 with all the potholes i hit, but i guess i didnt avoid all the damage. looks like im making a trip to rimpro sometime early tomorrow morning to drop it off
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jopa489 Major General 127 Rep 6,594 Posts Drives: Anything with Wheels Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: USA iTrader: (9)	Good luck, Rimpro should fix it up. My buddy has a slow leak (down about 5lbs per week) after hitting a pothole last month and I suspect the same thing. Sucks this time of year. __________________ X7 LCI // Incoming C7 ZR1 ZTK // Sebring + TRX // Hydro + Raptor Gen1 Roush // Tuxedo
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ibeclueless What 143 Rep 9,325 Posts Drives: E92 328xi Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Quincy, MA iTrader: (1)	there are way too many potholes this year, got to drive much more carefully __________________ E92 328xi Space Gray Aero Lip \| M3 Side Skirts \| CF Performance Spoiler \| ACS Roof \| Gloss Black Grilles \| LUX H8 Angels \| BMW Performance Exhaust My E92 Photos
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