Suspension V's Our roads !!!

[puggy]

Was driving home last night after dropping a mate off at the hossy when i heard
a bang !!! shite i thought the other front spring has gone . Got home and thought
fook it will have a look today . Took it my local garage got it over the pit and
result was , both drop links gone in fact one has popped off completely at one
end , both track rod ends !! offside top engine mount , gearbox engine mount
though it is looking as if the spring is ok

[plod]

[robb]

bloody hell what a downer pity we cant claim off the councils who are supposed to repair our roads theres one road near us that feeds a massive business park from the m66 its an old road and a deathtrap, due to local uproar they are closing it and totally resurfacing it

[highlander]

pity we cant claim off the councils who are supposed to repair our roads

http://www.potholes.co.uk/claims/how_to_claim

[swiss]

That's frickin' sweet. You really need a 4x4 to get around Southampton's "roads".

[DiscoPol]

Pussies!!

Dont even get me started, you dont know how lucky you are,you think its bad over there well you havent seen anything, you live in bloody luxury you wouldn't know a bad road if it bit you,you are all bloody pansies with your tarmac and white paint, you see a hole and complain about it, here there is not a single piece of tarmac over 2 metres in length that isn't peppered with holes of well over 6 inches deep, and thats if the road has tarmac in the first place let alone the things they class as roads without ant tarmac topping or reasonable level surface, you want to try just after winter thats when its at its worst you can see where the winter has eaten away all the patches from last summers repairs...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................




Apologies rant over, hope you get it sorted Puggy mate

[puggy]

Oh dear polski looks like you may be soon having the same problems

[DiscoPol]

Oh dear polski looks like you may be soon having the same problems

Sadly i think so too Puggy

its only the state of the roads over here that have forced my hand into selling off the 406 and purchasing something a bit more suitable, lets just hope it lasts the next two months till i make my next return visit to the UK and have a chance to pick up something for the right kind of money


just a thought but did your drop rods sound or feel like they needed doing before it all went bang Puggy?


When you get it done Puggy do let us know the outcome both financially and physically please mate, Im always curious/nosey about these things

[puggy]

Had a very slight knock about 2/3 weeks ago and when i looked there
was a little play in the offside drop link , everything else seemed fine ,
any suggestions on where the best place to source parts would be welcome

[mjb]

any suggestions on where the best place to source parts would be welcome

I use eurocarparts, off the A500 by Asda. They tend to have most stuff in stock, and can get other stuff next day.

If you need parts delivering, give me a shout

[puggy]

Cheers Matt on the heads up for eurocarparts , just phoned them they
have everything in stock and at bloody good prices !! cheers for the offer
of delivery but mate is just going to run me there now . Shall defo be using
these again

[Welly]

UK Roads = ruined.

I'd get claiming puggy

[puggy]

Yes i should welly, i believe there are a couple of sites where you can
check if bad pot holes etc have been reported and when and if not been
fixed in the time given you can claim , well there are a couple of bad one's
near to where i live so going to look into it !!

[turbolag]

I live in the boonies and the roads are terrible.

I'm tempted to by a Discovery to waft across the devastation, but then we get a**e f****d for tax instead. We can't win.

[Welly]

I might have to seriously consider something squishy and wafty next time if our roads don't improve. I literally wince at the smash I get if I happen to miss dodging a pot hole. In fact I'd say my excellent 'looking ahead' at the roads has reduced somewhat to looking 'just up ahead' for holes

One thing I've started doing is keeping half an eye on the guy in front's rear sussy - if I see that wheel thump up/down I get ready to dodge