Bang!

[Christiaan]

Hit a pothole yesterday on the motorway.
Amazingly it’s still holding 39psi.

[innercry666]

Ouch! Impressive it didn't crack the rim either. However, have you managed to check the inside edge of the rim to see if there it is deformed there as well?

[Christiaan]

Wheel is already off the car and my winter set are on.

No sign of damage to the inside at all, which I was surprised by.

[Tadass910]

If I were you I would brought car to a dealer for full inspection of all other cars components as they can be also deformed, I remember when i hit a hidden pot hole on a road (it was covered with water so I couldn’t see) with my 335i after i got damaged both rims passengers side front and rear right, also there were some damages under a car for other components

[dannyuk]

May be hard but try and get a pic of the pot hole you can claim the costs back.

[Christiaan]

If I were you I would brought car to a dealer for full inspection of all other cars components as they can be also deformed, I remember when i hit a hidden pot hole on a road (it was covered with water so I couldn’t see) with my 335i after i got damaged both rims passengers side front and rear right, also there were some damages under a car for other components

I gave it a good visual check when it was up in the air last night as I was changing the wheels over and there was nothing visually out of place.
Also the car was driving fine... not even any noticeable vibration on the steering, which surprised me.

I did pop in to my Audi dealer on the way home at 5:30 and they were completley disinterested.... "everyone has gone home Sir".... even though I counted 5 techs in the workshop area.
I managed eventually to get them to take some photos of the wheel to pass on to the techs/bodyshop so they could contact me today.... Heard nothing! Well done Audi

[Christiaan]

May be hard but try and get a pic of the pot hole you can claim the costs back.

Saldy I don't fancy hanging out in the outside lane of the M4 to get a picture.
I have however been in touch with Highways England and given them a description of the location, along with pictures of the damage.
They wanted to know the time I was there, reg etc, so I'm sure they will be looking at cameras to check that I was actually there.

Will have to see whaty they say, but if you dont ask, you dont get.

[dannyuk]

May be hard but try and get a pic of the pot hole you can claim the costs back.

Saldy I don't fancy hanging out in the outside lane of the M4 to get a picture.
I have however been in touch with Highways England and given them a description of the location, along with pictures of the damage.
They wanted to know the time I was there, reg etc, so I'm sure they will be looking at cameras to check that I was actually there.

Will have to see whaty they say, but if you dont ask, you dont get.

I pretty sure they use a 3rd party so you might get contact from a company like Aviva etc they are the ones who will try their best not to pay out

[PieterZ]

Ouch!

[DaytonaMatt]

May be hard but try and get a pic of the pot hole you can claim the costs back.

Saldy I don't fancy hanging out in the outside lane of the M4 to get a picture.
I have however been in touch with Highways England and given them a description of the location, along with pictures of the damage.
They wanted to know the time I was there, reg etc, so I'm sure they will be looking at cameras to check that I was actually there.

Will have to see whaty they say, but if you dont ask, you dont get.

Wasn’t by junction 6 was it? Outside lane by a bridge? I hit the exact same one on Thursday afternoon. Straight on the phone to highways England to firstly let them know but also get a reference should there be any damage

[Christiaan]

Wasn’t by junction 6 was it? Outside lane by a bridge? I hit the exact same one on Thursday afternoon. Straight on the phone to highways England to firstly let them know but also get a reference should there be any damage

Yep, thats the one!

[Tadass910]

If I were you I would brought car to a dealer for full inspection of all other cars components as they can be also deformed, I remember when i hit a hidden pot hole on a road (it was covered with water so I couldn’t see) with my 335i after i got damaged both rims passengers side front and rear right, also there were some damages under a car for other components

I gave it a good visual check when it was up in the air last night as I was changing the wheels over and there was nothing visually out of place.
Also the car was driving fine... not even any noticeable vibration on the steering, which surprised me.

I did pop in to my Audi dealer on the way home at 5:30 and they were completley disinterested.... "everyone has gone home Sir".... even though I counted 5 techs in the workshop area.
I managed eventually to get them to take some photos of the wheel to pass on to the techs/bodyshop so they could contact me today.... Heard nothing! Well done Audi

Seems that in uk island you have defected Audi dealers

[DaytonaMatt]

Definitely call highways England and get the reference number and send them the bill... that’s the 2nd I’ve seen the exact same one in 4 months

[Christiaan]

Definitely call highways England and get the reference number and send them the bill... that’s the 2nd I’ve seen the exact same one in 4 months

Spoke with Highways England and told them what happened and where. Also I have a refernece number from them and have forwarded photos of my wheel.
Interesting to hear that someone else has alrerady reported that hole!

[DaytonaMatt]

It was nearly big enough to swallow slough... nearly...