Warning to owners of lowered 5s !!!!
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Warning to owners of lowered 5s !!!!
If you are traveling south on Great South Road, just before Sylvia Park Road there are several man-hole covers sitting proud of the road surface that have already destroyed a couple of sumps (not mine). The road is being resurfaced and these covers have been left above the surface. There is a bit of warning but nothing that really indicates the severity of the risk.
Be careful through that section of Gt South Road!
Be careful through that section of Gt South Road!
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Used to be a really nasty bit on Gillies Ave, through the traffic lights at the intersection with Alpers Ave where the badminton or table tennis club driveway comes to the road. Used to have to dodge the crap road seal sticking a good bit above the rest of the road surface.
Hopefully they sort this out like they did with Gillies, but a bit faster
Hopefully they sort this out like they did with Gillies, but a bit faster
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Unfortunately son's girlfriend had the sump ripped open on her car but the good news is that is being sorted at no cost to her. Took a bit of negotiation but the relevant people came to the party.
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I'm genuinely surprised, there was a similar issue over in the states. Guy with a low Mk5 Golf had his sump ripped out, they told him to get f'd his car was too low and caused it.Euen wrote:Unfortunately son's girlfriend had the sump ripped open on her car but the good news is that is being sorted at no cost to her. Took a bit of negotiation but the relevant people came to the party.
Good to hear anyway.
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road work crews arent allowed to leave any bump/obstruction greater than 40mm which is the thickness of a standard lay of hotmix. most new roads use a double 40mm lay so thats 80mm max. the 80mm max MUST be ramped to prevent damage. anything like a manhole cant be left protruding more than 40-50mm. anything more and you can do them for the damage
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