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Old 12-17-2005 | 01:49 PM
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I'm driving home from Boston after a class. After about 10 minutes as I approached Boston's old Tobin bridge heading for the suburbs, I hit one pothole, I avoide the second, and then there was just one small one after. I figured it was nothing since it was so small, BAM!!!! Flat tire! I got to my shop, slapped on the spare. Boston sucks to drive..
Old 12-17-2005 | 01:51 PM
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sorry holmes......
Old 12-17-2005 | 02:22 PM
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yeah boston potholes are the worst in the east coast. it's pretty bad here in jersey city too.
Old 12-17-2005 | 02:26 PM
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Excuse me but how does a pot hole cause a flat?
Old 12-17-2005 | 02:28 PM
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the same **** happened to me in my BMW. messed the HAMANNS up pretty bad. imagine driving all the way back to Maryland wondering if the two passenger side wheels will hold up. (the tires didnt go flat but a huge chunk of the tire and wheel was missing on both)
Old 12-17-2005 | 02:30 PM
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Excuse me but how does a pot hole cause a flat?
I believe it was because of the tires wear. WHen I checked the tire, it had a small puncture whole near the edge. Awwed me too.
Old 12-17-2005 | 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by juliosuburban
I believe it was because of the tires wear. WHen I checked the tire, it had a small puncture whole near the edge. Awwed me too.
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Old 12-17-2005 | 03:21 PM
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Doesn't matter where you live. Your tax dollars are not so hard at work when it comes to pot holes.
Old 12-17-2005 | 03:21 PM
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We don't have the winters you have in Mass., but we seem to get our fair share of potholes here, too. The problem is they start off small, but it takes the state forever to get around to repairing them. By the time they do get to them the hole is major hazard. Plus the fact that the ones on major traffic routes that they do repair turn back into potholes inside of 3 months. I guess the patches come with a 90 day warranty...day 91, poof!!!

NC gas tax is scheduled to increase the first of the year. However, I doubt we'll see any major improvements in highway maintenance.
Old 12-17-2005 | 08:03 PM
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damn, that sucks
Old 12-17-2005 | 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by davidv
Excuse me but how does a pot hole cause a flat?

Get the tire in question to hit the pot hole at an uneven angle at speed, and it can pinch the tire no prob.... happends to me once a year
Old 12-17-2005 | 09:07 PM
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Man i hate potholes Ran into one the first day i got my Z thank goodness nothing happened Why cant the city just pour Cement mix and wait for it to rain at least LOOK like they are trying
Old 12-17-2005 | 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by cessna
Get the tire in question to hit the pot hole at an uneven angle at speed, and it can pinch the tire no prob.... happends to me once a year
Yep.
Old 12-18-2005 | 12:40 AM
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Originally Posted by davidv
Excuse me but how does a pot hole cause a flat?
If you are going fast enough it can pinch the side wall, cut it and then the tire blows.

Watch out for those loose rail road tracks/spikes. That was a hairy blowout.
Damn thing nearly ripped off the whole wheel.
I wish I had a camera that day!
Old 12-18-2005 | 01:18 AM
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potholes suck... tell your city to take care of them as soon as they see it.. they probably wait til they collect the taxes from you before they fix it
Old 12-18-2005 | 07:59 AM
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LOL. Boston is notorious for potholes. I remember one time, on a local highway, "Revere Beach Parkway", there was a the little potholes, that over time, formed into large deep craters. They were literally over a foot deep. And the city repaired after there were many people with flats calling up town hall angry. They fill it in, and the holes just come back
Old 12-18-2005 | 08:04 AM
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maybe Boston should use cement instead of clay. I know, ice and stuff makes the road crack up.

sorry, about the tires guys. maybe you all could move south?
Old 12-18-2005 | 11:21 AM
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I feel ya brother... Michigan is the same damn way !
Old 12-18-2005 | 11:24 AM
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If any of you were to drive in the province of Quebec.... I`ve driven in Boston, and those potholes are nothing compaired to the creaters in Que.
Old 12-18-2005 | 11:28 AM
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we've got the pothole problems here too, it seems everytime it rains there creates new ones for me to learn on the way to work

in our city, its mostly the manhole covers that play the roll of suspension crashing potholes. The roads have been resurfaced so many time, with the manhole covers remaining at the same level since the 1900s, and every few years they get deeper and deeper

and the Z's front suspension just cant cope, its too hard, hit one of these and it feels like the dash got ripped out with aching sounds of plastic on plastic screeching

im hoping a set of HKS LS+ coilover with a soft setting will solved this problem


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