In Which We Put Our Car in a Pothole
Posted on April 18, 2009 by Her and tagged automobile
We hit a pothole, and the pothole hit our wallets. This morning we were cruising down Lakeshore Drive when we struck a nefarious pothole. It wasn't that wide, maybe only a foot or so, but it was also about a foot deep. We hit it while going about 40 mph. That instant I saw our hubcap go careening off in the distance. When we stopped to check the damage, we saw that there were two deep gouges in the rubber tire plus a huge dent in the rim. After I stopped stomping around the parking lot cursing, we changed the tire. Tonight Him dropped the car off at our mechanic to have it repaired. We're guessing the bill we be around $500. Damn you, Chicago pot holes!!! (okay, so maybe I spent the whole day stomping around cursing).
I did find this nice blog post by The Expired Meter that explains how we can go about trying to get the city of Chicago to pay for half the repair bill (in 4-6 months, blarg!).
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Sarah | Apr 20, 2009
I agree with J. My parents were driving behind a grater and it kicked up a huge rock and smushed the windshield. They called the county and the county paid for the repairs.
Angarreq | Apr 20, 2009
Sorry to hear about this. At least it didn't cause you to rearend or sideswipe someone!
How horrible! Sorry. Where abouts on LSD is this pothole? My family lives in Chicago and I'd like to warn them. Thanks!
The Almost Millionaire | May 6, 2009
Sorry to hear about the pothole! That sucks. Good luck getting CHI to foot the bill :)
Chris @ BuildMyBudget | May 20, 2009
I had the exact same thing happen to me! I have alloy rims and the pothole actually took an entire chunk out of the rim. It was awful! Luckily I found a replacement rim from a discount reseller. I wound up saving a couple hundred bucks going through them.
Anonymous | May 26, 2009
they will pay for it! but it does take a long time. one of our clients(Chicago Djs) were actually on there way to dj our christmas party back in winter of 07 and they hit a pot hole on the way. they called us and told us they would be late because the tire blew out because of it...come to think of it. It was on jackson where it happened.
But anyways they got reimbursed back in August of 08!
I wish the best of luck to you and dealing with the city of chicago.
J. | Apr 19, 2009
Check with the state too. Maybe they pay also. I know my state does.
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