Pothole Hell

They suck in Michigan too. The good news is I have a lot of sidewall on my Jeep.
 
I wish recycled glass wasn’t used in asphalt mix
 
JDGolden said:
They suck in Michigan too. The good news is I have a lot of sidewall on my Jeep.
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SE MI here.....yup, it's kinda fun on my motorcycle, I have the whole lane to myself, so If I'm paying attention, i can usually avoid them....it's kind of like a video game
 
DetailKitty said:
Those of us that live in the northeast have to deal with destroyed roads this time of year until our local municipals get on the repairs.
My area is a mess right now... can’t go out without dodging huge potholes.
The husband had to have a rim repaired the other day... bent the crap outta it trying to just get to the post office :mad:

How are the rest of you all fairing?
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Hey Mo!! I hope you and Dave are doing well, other than bending rims in the atrocious PA potholes!! I miss you guys!! I keep the air pressure lower this time of year to provide a little more protection for the tire itself. Luckily I haven't had to replace or repair any rims, knock on wood. I've shut down the garage up there and am back to doing mobile detailing work this year!! Please say hi to Dave for me!! Hopefully we'll be able to get together again sometime now that they're getting the Covid19 immunizations underway.
 
Pot holes around me haven't been terrible (MN). Definitely had worse years.

I just picked up one of my summer wheels from getting unbended. :D

My Golf R has 19's with rubber bands for tires.
3 of 4 rims had bends, but the guy said to not bother with 2 of them and just fix the 1.
We'll see how they feel this weekend when I install them. (fingers crossed).

On a side note, the winter set I picked up last year also had 3 bent rims. That time I had 2 of the 3 repaired.
Not sure if I got another bend, but they definitely have more wobble now than when they were installed.
I'll deal with that in the fall.
 
tuscarora dave said:
Hey Mo!! I hope you and Dave are doing well, other than bending rims in the atrocious PA potholes!! I miss you guys!! I keep the air pressure lower this time of year to provide a little more protection for the tire itself. Luckily I haven't had to replace or repair any rims, knock on wood. I've shut down the garage up there and am back to doing mobile detailing work this year!! Please say hi to Dave for me!! Hopefully we'll be able to get together again sometime now that they're getting the Covid19 immunizations underway.
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Off thread to Dave..have you heard that Biden's Major is biting 15% of the white house staff. This is after having behavioral classes.:wowwow:
 
JDGolden said:
They suck in Michigan too. The good news is I have a lot of sidewall on my Jeep.
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Yeah, I was going to say I don’t think it’s limited to the NE US. I think Michigan has some of the worst roads in the nation and as others have pointed out “fix the damn roads” isn’t happening.

I live in extreme SW Michigan and drive to the UP (upper peninsula for non-michiganders) a few times a year to snowmobile and it’s amazing how much better the roads are from about the middle of the state and North. The roads mid state and south are absolute crap. I can always tell when we’re getting close to home because my teeth start chattering from the stutter bumps. :laughing::laughing:
 
PaulMys said:
Same here in NY Monica. And NJ is no picnic either. Driving into NJ through NYC and back will cost at least $30 in tolls.:
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Agree on that, Paul. Not to mention the traffic density. The FDR/Harlem River Drive is especially atrocious: narrow, windy, pothole ridden and plagued with the guys in their ricer boy cars who think they are on their own race track and add to that the distracted drivers and accidents are all too common. Ive been lucky and have yet to bend a rim or get a flat from the potholes, but I am also super-cautious.
 
Rsurfer said:
Off thread to Dave..have you heard that Biden's Major is biting 15% of the white house staff. This is after having behavioral classes.:wowwow:
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I've had a few behavioral classes and I still bite too!!
 
Desertnate said:
I'm not in New England, but I've noticed our micro-Ice Age in February really did a number on the roads.

The normal winter freeze/thaw cycle always leads to some problems on streets, but lately I'm seeing holes opening up on our highways which can make things rather exciting when you try to dodge them and avoid all the other traffic. You also get stuck with the "no-win" situations too. We visited some friends in KC two weeks ago and when exiting the highway, the lane for the exit ramp was bordered by a seam in the asphalt. The freeze/thaw had completely destroyed that seam the ENTIRE length of the exit ramp! Getting off the highway became a, "brace for impact" scenario in my car. You just take a line that hopefully gets you across the holes in the shortest distance you can safely cross the canyon that formed between the lanes.
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Ugh, sounds horrible. There's a section of road by me like this... you have to crawl through it because there is no avoiding a hole.
 
Things seem worse this year. Went down 422 yesterday from 100 to Costco and amazed at the size and depth of some of the craters. I agree with a prior post that have to remember to occasionally check on traffic ahead since so focused on pothole avoidance. You know roads are bad when there is a facebook page, stickers and t-shirts for a crappy road.
 
The potholes are SLOWLY starting to get filled in... but not fast enough in my opinion.
Still a lot out there I have to remember on roads I drive on frequently.
 
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