Pothole season

[Techniques]

So this happened...

Hit a massive pothole on Spadina heading towards lakeshore. Didn’t have a chance to avoid it as I was changing lanes (checking blind spot) and it was (dark) 11:30pm. Luckily the tire didn’t blow but saw two other people pulled over with flats.

I put in a claim to the City, but wondering if anyone has any tips or suggestion?

 

[Funkmobile]

Dang...how fast were you going?

 

[Techniques]

Dang...how fast were you going?

Maybe between 50 and 60. The pothole was pretty much a crater.

 

[5_+JqckQttqck]

Maybe between 50 and 60. The pothole was pretty much a crater.

that's a bummer - it is that time of year. Hope the city pays for the repair / new rim!

 

[ben1628]

How do u do that? You probably have pictures and everything to prove that that hole causes the damage, right?

More importantly, time of day

 

[5_+JqckQttqck]

Have you given up your privacy to google ? It could help in this case.

 

[Funkmobile]

I know city of Vancouver doesn't require "proof" that you ran over a pothole, rather you can report the pothole via the app and file a claim right after. The damage to the wheel/tire usually speaks for itself. As for what you can claim, some people get only reimbursed for 1 wheel/tire while others got reimbursed for 4 tires.

 

[okeefe73]

I hit that same pothole on Friday night! It is definitely a deep one.

 

[Techniques]

Yeah It was late and busy on Spadina so I couldn’t stop, but immediately noticed it wasn’t a blowout thankfully. But as soon as I got up to speed I started to feel a vibration I knew something was wrong. Have a paid public parking ticket that could prove I was in the area at least. I can also give the city a screenshot of my navigation history to show that I was there on that day. F-in potholes.

 

[Techniques]

I hit that same pothole on Friday night! It is definitely a deep one.

Hope you didn’t get any damage. But interesting Friday to Sunday the city didn’t do anything to fill it. Wow.

 

[5_+JqckQttqck]

Hope you didn’t get any damage. But interesting Friday to Sunday the city didn’t do anything to fill it. Wow.

Long weekend, city staff gets the rest of the week off

 

[Techniques]

Have you given up your privacy to google ? It could help in this case.

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What app is that? Scary but tempting lol

 

[ben1628]

you can also save the Tesla's dashcam to a USB as evidence too.

 

[5_+JqckQttqck]

What app is that? Scary but tempting lol

Google Maps - If you have any kind of google account... it's under timelines in the maps app.

Open maps (android phone), click on the triple bar menu drop down (kinda like the Model 3 symbol), and look for a zigzag icon called "Your timeline". Enjoy big Google tracking you 24/7

 

[Munch]

The day EAP and FSD can avoid potholes is the day I will purchase them. Half the attention required to drive in the GTA is spent on pothole detection.

 

[Ken A]

same thing happened to me cost me $435 just for a new tire because it was leaking. I put the claim through the city still waiting on if it is approved

 

[Ken A]

here is a picture

 

[5_+JqckQttqck]

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here is a picture

Patchable for a spare tire ?

 

[Techniques]

same thing happened to me cost me $435 just for a new tire because it was leaking. I put the claim through the city still waiting on if it is approved

Where did it happen for you? $435? is that the cost of the OEM tire?

 

[Techniques]

Here are pics of the damaged rim. Managed to get the rim shipped within 2 days, and by the power of grayskull I was able to find a replacement WinterContact SI at a local Canadian tire...1 of 4 left.

Called Continental and they had none in stock, so only stock was whatever is available locally. What an ordeal. Now have to wait apparently 90 days for the city to reimburse me.