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by Joske Vermeule, September 1
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Salty Sea Dog Member of the Inner Circle
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Should go back to gravel dirt tracks With ever increasing potholes, the roads are gradually returning to those Bruce! 
Graham (G4FUJ)
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Should go back to gravel dirt tracks like we have here in the mountains traffic goes slower and the county sends the grader every so often to smooth out the dirt, you get used to the dust. It works well, in RSA provided you got your speed right, normally around 60 you cruised off the top of the inevitable corrugations prior to a grading. I taught my wife on them in our Holden Monaro GTS so she can and does drive anything back home - she had a shot at a Bedford TK Water Bowser on dirt roads and loved it but she is very different and thrives on challenge.
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1999 Indigo Blue +8
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They were great fun in Kenya in the dry season that is.
When we came back to Europe we went to Kefalonia for a holiday.
With the kids in a hire car we went everywhere along some what we though of as good dirt roads. When talked to others they said most people wouldn't risk that. Oooops!
JohnV6
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In past times our Morgan carried my good lady and I over some less than smooth roads, which was all part of the sense of adventure... Good old Mog... (-: ![[Linked Image]](https://www.tm-img.com/images/2022/09/01/The-dusty-road-to-Ronda.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://www.tm-img.com/images/2022/09/01/Preserving-paintwork-NOT-a-priority.jpg) P.S. I am no stranger to pothole repair living along a single track road..
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A blind man (or woman) with no arms could fix the potholes better than the approved council contractors for my area! The potholes are back in weeks on many occasions and the contractors couldn't give a monkey's about their work.
After 50 years in the building trade, I know what should be done to fix the potholes, but the contractors just bodge them up and bugger off. I bet their insurance would find a way of not paying if I damaged my car because of their bad work as well, so what is the point of using insurance as an excuse for stopping people fixing them themselves?
Just my two pence worth. It's because they know they will be called back to fix it again, If they did it properly they would go bust in a year.
Keith
2013 narrow bodied + 4 Ruby.
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