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Old Jun 7, 2009 | 01:18 PM
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Hit pothole and bent two rims

Last night getting onto the freeway in SF frickn' hit a pothole. Checked this morning and my rim was bent and tire damaged. So I had to put the stocks back on......while taking of the rear wheel I noticed it was bent as well.....@#$%*&!! Has anyone filed a claim against a city with success?
 
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Old Jun 8, 2009 | 09:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Rossii
Last night getting onto the freeway in SF frickn' hit a pothole. Checked this morning and my rim was bent and tire damaged. So I had to put the stocks back on......while taking of the rear wheel I noticed it was bent as well.....@#$%*&!! Has anyone filed a claim against a city with success?
I am curious to know if you acquired any mushrooming because of this incident. If the rims were damaged I would guess your strut mounts have mushroomed also (?)
 
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Old Jun 8, 2009 | 09:35 AM
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my sister-pot hole on o'shannasy -two bent wheels, killed one tire. took pics of pot hole and damage to car filled claim, they payed off about 3 months later. hope this helps !
 
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Old Jun 9, 2009 | 08:23 PM
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Was looking at the strut towers and I think I have mushrooming will probably get the MM plates to correct the issue.

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What city did it happen in? Thanks for the response.
 
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Old Feb 25, 2010 | 04:21 PM
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can this kind of pay back from the city still happen in today's sad economic times? especially in california?

i bent one of my wheels on a LA freeway 2 weeks ago, so if this claim filing process works, I would want to file one.
 
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