Goddamn ?£$@@~#!! potholes on the road!!

[Hell_Labs]

They weren't even making the car yet at the time he named the company, so calling BS on that one.

 

[d0pefish]

I've had a few close calls with potholes, some of the roads around Bristol are pretty shonky.

I drive a Toyota MR2 turbo, which is pretty low to the ground, so a deepish one could end up ugly.

What does help though is that I have some pretty damn wide, silly wheels Some holes I can just drive over as the wheels are too wide to fit down

On the motorbike it's not as much as a problem as I can nimbly weave around them, but if one catches you by surprise and you're going pretty fast, it can be scary. Real scary.

I miss riding my bike already, been a looong and painful wait since the accident at the start of July Wasn't a pothole that got me, it was a van passenger's door opening on me right as I went past - in stationary traffic, on a dual carriageway. Cost me the end of a finger. Mirrors are there for a reason, people.

 

[MZ3540]

@Hell_Labs,

It's totally true... I heard it on the internet
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBvbsPNBIyk

I will admit, you are right, JT founded Commodore in 1954, Opel released the car in 1967...
Jack may have been confused (he is a very old man) and actually referring to the unrelated Hudson Commodore. A car that would have been a common sight in the early ' 50s.

 

[HonestFlames]

Low profile tyres and nice alloys don't mix well with potholes. There's absolutely no mercy at all. The tyre can't buffer the impact and the alloys (especially if they are nice, wide ones) are terribly weak on the inside edge.

Watched an explanation of this on the telly last night

 

[d0pefish]

Yeah, you're absolutely right. To be honest, the wheels I have aren't staying on the car much longer. They came with it when I bought it, and I want to find some original Toyota ones to put back on (which are less wide, but are strong and allow for plenty of tire).

These ones are the sort of ones you can probably imagine, cheap eBay jobbies that are probably made of chocolate. The paint/lacquer on them hasn't lasted just one winter so they look a bit shabby, too.

They never got balanced when they were put on (the previous owner was a complete tw*t, I've spent most of my time reversing his "mods" that ended up making the car look/perform crap) so at motorway speeds I've got a lovely steering wheel wobble. The steering wheel nearly fell off the other day because the numpty hadn't tightened the f*cking boss up properly. oh:

 

[HonestFlames]

I'll stick to my bicycle

Potholes are easy to dodge.

 

[Hell_Labs]

@ Arnljot

This is what I drive.....a Peugeot 1007 1.6 Sport. I just wish the doors went "Ssshh" when they open......

BTW, they were prevented from calling it the "One Double-Oh Seven", it had to be called the "One Thousand Seven"...

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