Talk Morgan Forums Thread Like Summary - Beware the rogue pothole!

This is the effect on our archaic 1909 suspension system of hitting one of Devon's finest at, perhaps, 15 - 20 mph. We have a series of holes, ruts and craters across one of our busy "B" roads. They are utterly unavoidable (unless you prefer a head-on with traffic in the opposing lane), and have been reported to Devon Highways up to 35 times, by different people, over the last few weeks. Still they go unrepaired. The whole stretch of road is a patchwork of bodged repairs, many of which have rapidly turned into far worse craters, sometimes within days. The Roadster will now have to be trailered to Berrybrook for investigation and repair. Unfortunately it looks as though simply replacing the snapped tie rod may not be enough, as evidenced by the sideways displacement of the two broken sections. Thanks DCC!

Potholes might be repaired more quickly if they didn’t need two visits. It seems to be essential to have one person drive round and paint a yellow line around potholes deemed severe enough to need repair. Then 2-4 weeks later the repair team fix only the holes with yellow paint - even if adjacent holes have now become more severe. It seems to me to be a very wasteful process as it needs two teams and the process automatically creates the need for additional visits.