davcohen
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Registered: 1st Nov 03
Location: North London
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About 2 weeks ago my sister went into a pot hole and completely bust the rim, she reported the pothole to the council and damage to the car but what happens now are we supposed to buy a new rim?
The car is a corsa c cdti sri so it has the 5 stud sri rims which have been painted white so can i fix all the damage (e.g. will now need an alignment) then just send them a bill?
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Demo
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Registered: 27th Sep 01
Location: south wales Drives: astra sri ecoflex
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does she have proof of date along with the pothole. ie a photo of that days paper next to the pothole
normally theyre crafty fucks and they go fill it in and deny all knowledge of it once you have reported it
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Spanishfly
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Registered: 2nd Jul 08
Location: London
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www.potholes.co.uk
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
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Ive hada claim going on since the end of Jan for one in Bucks. They are trying their best to wriggle out
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jameswalshe1990
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Registered: 7th May 09
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they sent me claim forms threw the post, the bastards wont pay me out due to no receipts even tho i have picture evidence. oh and its a very long winded process
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davcohen
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Registered: 1st Nov 03
Location: North London
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quote:
Originally posted by Demo
does she have proof of date along with the pothole. ie a photo of that days paper next to the pothole
normally theyre crafty fucks and they go fill it in and deny all knowledge of it once you have reported it
Im not even in the country at the moment but i tried to get her to follow the guide on potholes.co.uk but she only took some photo's the place the pot hole is makes it dangerous to mess about with placing things in the road lol
I just didnt know whether I should get the car repaired then claim, but ill be back home in the next few days so i think i will pop down to my local council and ask to speak to someone face to face seeming as its only 1-2 miles from my house
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AndyCorsaSport
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Registered: 12th Feb 06
Location: Horsforth, West Yorkshire
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Dont need pics of a newspaper next to it 
I just took a few pics of the hole, damage to wheel etc, filled in claims form, along with the pics, took about 9/10months i think, i sent them a estimate for about £700 needed new wheel, tyre, and alignment, but were team dynamics wheels so couldnt buy seperate, so the quote was for 4, and then the alignment.
They devided the cost of the wheels by 4, and paid me that for 1 wheel. Got just short of £200, cost me £60 to get done
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davcohen
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Registered: 1st Nov 03
Location: North London
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Just called up to find out I need to get quotes for everything/ get all the work done then submit all the quotes/ reciepts to my local council which gets the ball rolling
Was wondering whether I could claim for damage to my ePAS as its got the usual C problem of randomly dying in the middle of a turn which is F-annoying
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
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quote:
Originally posted by AndyCorsaSport
Dont need pics of a newspaper next to it
I just took a few pics of the hole, damage to wheel etc, filled in claims form, along with the pics, took about 9/10months i think, i sent them a estimate for about £700 needed new wheel, tyre, and alignment, but were team dynamics wheels so couldnt buy seperate, so the quote was for 4, and then the alignment.
They devided the cost of the wheels by 4, and paid me that for 1 wheel. Got just short of £200, cost me £60 to get done
result - rip off your council....
Wait - your taxes pay them
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adiohead
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Registered: 28th Sep 01
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how i beat Bucks council:
http://www.potholes.co.uk/stories/view/194/Beat_the_Council/page:3/type:Success_story
[Edited on 18-03-2010 by adiohead]
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
Location: St. Helens
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I have an annoying as fuck pot hole at the end of our road, I might say Ive damaged a wheel and see how quick they fill it in 
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davcohen
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Registered: 1st Nov 03
Location: North London
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This was the state of the wheel after an unavoidable pothole :banghead:
Just looked at the wheel today and noticed the whole rim is deformed
There is another road about 2 miles away which is in amazingly bad shape, im going to get pictures just to show how much of a joke that road is
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