New set of alloys! £££

[Nastypsychoboy]

Travelling home the other day i managed to find a rather vicious pothole which ripped out the side of my £175 Bridgestones (with 3 months of use! boooo) and cracked my front left alloy. After being resuscitated from the shock of hearing that my local Audi want £550 for a replacement! I decided that an after market set of alloys is long overdue.

I really like the look of the Breyton race CS alloys, multispoke with lip, but think they are made just for BMWs, does anyone know if i can get them to fit on the RS? (with spacers maybe), or can anyone recommend a decent make or set of similar alloys.

Cheers

[Hiltoa]

Breytons are only BM fitment, however H&R do (pricey) adaptors: http://www.europerformance.co.uk/pages/ ... category=1

HTH

[no_RS]

Suggest you send the bill for sorting the damage out to the council or whoever is responsible for repairing the particular bit of road, you should be able to claim.

[Nastypsychoboy]

Thanks for the replys, i'll look into H&R cheers Hiltoa.

Hahahahahahahaahahaha yeah i wish it was that simple no_RS, i'd imagine the council are about as hard to get money out of as an Audi dealership, and blood out of a stone is easier than that! Already in the process of starting a claim but the councils view is if they weren't aware of the problem they have no liability, which is bull because they should be regularly checking the roads to ensure they are safe to drive on, thought that what was my expensive road tax was for! If someone else reported the problem then they are at fault for not repairing it sooner, but i still think they are liable because it surely cant be the job of the general public to call the council up in order to get them to do their job properly!!!!

Don't get me started.......

[Virdee Autos]

Let me know if you need the H&R adapters

[no_RS]

A small claims court action will focus their attention. I believe there is an FAQ on the www.honestjohn.co.uk site about this sort of thing. The roads where I live are pretty bad, can't drive in a straight line but I like my wheels and tyres in one piece and pointing where I want them..

[gareth215]

Thanks for the replys, i'll look into H&R cheers Hiltoa.

Hahahahahahahaahahaha yeah i wish it was that simple no_RS, i'd imagine the council are about as hard to get money out of as an Audi dealership, and blood out of a stone is easier than that! Already in the process of starting a claim but the councils view is if they weren't aware of the problem they have no liability, which is bull because they should be regularly checking the roads to ensure they are safe to drive on, thought that what was my expensive road tax was for! If someone else reported the problem then they are at fault for not repairing it sooner, but i still think they are liable because it surely cant be the job of the general public to call the council up in order to get them to do their job properly!!!!

Don't get me started.......

At last a question I can answer unlike most of the technical RS4 type questions! The local Authority has a duty under section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 to "maintain the highway".

But they have a defence under section 58 of the Act which allows them to escape liability if they can show they have taken reasonable steps to maintain the high way in a reasonable condition. Proving this usually centres around the council having a system of inspection which is normally yearly or 6 monthly (the busier the road the more frequent the inspection should be). If the council can show that the pot hole arose after their most recent inspection and before the next inspection was due then they have a defence.

However it is worth noting if you damaged your wheel in a pothole marked with yellow paint this means the council have highlighted it for a repair but not bothered to do it yet so it is much harder for them to reject the claim.

Also if you can prove the council's inspection system is flawed i.e. you have a witness that can say the pot hole was there for a long time and that the council must have missed it in their last inspection then again you can prevent the council from relaying on the section 58 defence.

[Nige_RS4]

Thanks Gareth, that's handy to know (regardless of the type of car you drive).

The potholes in my area were bad before the bad weather (in Jan 09), now the roads seem to be deteriorating day by day.

[no_RS]

Worth making a pot hole sticky?

[gareth215]

Worth making a pot hole sticky?

I am quite happy to expand on any legal issues that people may have as far as liability for the highway goes, if it helps? Or maybe any other car related legal matters I am sure there are a few more lawyers who would be happy to contribute.

[lengster1]

Its good to know we have a little bit of legal assistance on board.

[Nastypsychoboy]

Thanks for the posts Gareth, enlightenment is always appreciated, guess i'll just have to look out for the ones marked with paint and tell the council it did the damage to my vehicle. Nice