Blew out a shock on a nice big pothole on 90 between Rockford and Elgin. WTF is with the road crews not fixing crap like that. I guess they are too busy dealing with their stupid Governor

kthnxbyethatsall

 

At least you didn't have to deal with the roads in Chicago...last week when some snow came, "Richie Rich" (Mayor Daley) would only allow snow plows to plow streets if over 2 inches of snow had accumulated.

Blago's not stupid, he just didn't know how to commit corruption the right way....he should take notes from Richie Rich.

 

Oh i had to deal with DT Chicago last week and this week. That state is a joke.

 

probably just typical wear left over from a snow/ice storm. We've had our fair share of nice chunks of road missing.

 

they will fix the potholes in the summer like they did last year. i had to drive a few block around my house just do i dont hit potholes.

kris u had over 100k on your struts, right? wasnt it about time for then to go?

kris u still in chicago? we are having a go karting meet in a few hours at melrose park grand prix

 

..I think Kris was on aftermarket shocks, that's why hes probably venting! Sorry to hear about your incident Kris.. welcome to what we have to go through yearly! >_< And even when they do fix it, all they do is throw in the road material, fill it and flatten it.. lols, not much rly fixing it as they just re-open back to huge potholes again.

 

i read in his track day that he was on aftermarket ones with over/around 150k on them.

 

Its a new set of holes that werent there last weekend.
Yea probably. Same as last year. 90 was horrible last year. there were sections that would eat up semi tires.
Yea they were going to be replaced this winter some time, no i have to do it sooner. They still rode good though till this.
No, im in Elgin now. Im going to be heading home shortly.

Ive been putting up with it for years with all my travel to Il. It would be nice if they would fix the roads properly.

 

Just think of it as an excuse to get your Bilsteins!

 

^^^^Hell yeah, perfect reason!

 

this belongs in off topic


IBTL

 

Ha man your not the only one out here roads are so screwed and we have dumb arnold as governor and all he keeps talking about is the budget well if u stop building green buildings and other dumb stuff maybe we wouldnt be so short of money!

THats nothing there was this pothole coming off the freeway and everyone hit it there was no way to get around ppl called and it took them 2 weeks to come and fix it!

 

Yo contact the city and see if they can compensate you because I blew a tire on a pothole on 88 and they covered the cost. Just check out this link i dug up:
http://www.dot.state.il.us/claims/claimsinformation.asp

And here is the article i found that in: http://cbs2chicago.com/local/pothole....2.649693.html

 

^ Oh wow, didn't even know that, good info!

 

Gotta love roads in IL, they're all torn to shit, and when they do decide to fix them they take 6 years for minor reconstruction (just look at the mess known as 88)

 

yah 88 is f@!ked

 

damn man i feel ur pain...i drove down there this weekend to Chicago for a family function and i was bouncing and dodging potholes like bullets...u would figure all that damn paytoll money they be raping you for they would FIX it correctly and not a temporary patch or some shit...

 

One would think they would fix things but it takes them so damn long to do any thing its not even funny. You should have seen the area of 90 between the WI/IL border and the first tollbooth area. Last year there were such big holes that it would take out semi tires. There were some between the lanes that were (and im not joking) a good 8 inches deep and 10" wide.. It took them 3 full weeks to fill those. You can see the area they finally repaired properly this year by the couple mile long foot and a half wide patch between teh 2 lanes.

 

I know someone that had a bent rim fixed by the City. File a claim!

 

I think i may try

 

Ref: http://www.clublexus.com/forums/chic...le-damage.html

 

sommabish. Hope you get it worked out Kris. I had a friend bend his wheel and filed a claim to the county.

 

Don't blame the whole state for the road problems- I don't think it's like that everywhere in IL. As far as the governor is concerned, stupid is right on.

 

lol believe me they're shitty

 

ive been on a lot of their roads and every one of them have been shitty, hell even the new roadway by rockford drives like its a few years old in places.

 

They aren't that bad in the southern part- my

 

ya the southern parts have deer parts laying all over the roads. i've seen it everywhere on 57.

 

Sounds like WI. Pot holes AND deer parts. Though our pot holes arent nearly as bad as the IL pot holes.

 

What do you need to plow an inch of snow for? Come to Minnesota theres always atleast 3 inches of snow on the ground

 

You guys have great roads down there. We drove down from Canada, down N.Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, IL, Michigan, NY, Maine, Mass, New Hamp and a few more states and back and we loved the road. If you want crappy infrastructure, come to Canada where I live. The pot hole filled roads rarely get fixed properly in summer. Sometimes I prefer winter as snow and ice fills the gap on the road temporarily to make them a bit smoother. The weather warmed up to -10F today without windchill factor. Canada, eh?

 

Fack I thought it was cold here! -12F WITH windchill

 

-25 with windchill in MN

 

It was -10 without wind chill this am when i went out in shorts and a t-shirt to start the car to warm it up

 

^ Crazy white people!

 

...yea man u will never catch my mexican ass out there in that kinda weather in shorts and a t-shirt...

 

Nor I

 

You must have 90 wt. blood....

 

0w20 synthetic.. Flows thru the veins better

 

Lost two rims and two tires on that section last year in my wifes Saab 9-5 Aero. Didn't blow the tires but when I got home one rim was cracked and the other bent. Both tires had huge bulges in them.

 

I had a severely bent front drivers side rim and f'd up tire, along with a slightly bent drivers side rear rim last year from downtown Chicago.