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Oct 21, 2017 15:33:14 GMT
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Not particularly retro, but pertains to cars and car meets: I saw this story the other day, and whilst no doubt the driver was probably being an idiot, I was a bit baffled about how wheel spins can rip up a road? What was it made of? And how can it cost £50k to fix it? www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-41686558Anybody know more about it?
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Last Edit: Oct 21, 2017 15:33:46 GMT by Adambt
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Oct 21, 2017 15:38:39 GMT
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Recentley resurfaced so pretty easy for constant torque to do it . We have wagons delivering to my workplace and the tarmac goes wear they spin the trailer on its own axis .
You must have a bit of road near you wear its worn on the inside of a corner ? We have one near us coming off a roundabout and the inside is patch upon patch due to the acceleration on one spot .
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Oct 21, 2017 15:58:41 GMT
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Plenty of worn out roads around here! I guess I just think of it happening over a long period of time, rather than after a few burnouts, otherwise most racetracks would be resurfacing after every meet! But I suppose the recently resurfaced bit is a factor in why this did so much damage. But £50k? Ouch!
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If at first you don't succeed........ ....Don't try skydiving!
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Oct 21, 2017 19:39:25 GMT
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Sorry, but that might say something about the quality of the job than the hoonster's antics. Was the surfacing a proper asphalt job, or the usual crappy surface dressing which wrecks cars with tar spots, chipped paint and chipped windscreens?
NYCC are quite happy to surface dress many highways, and I dare say quick to deny it's their fault when their [shoddy] work causes so much damage to cars.
Thanks to surface dressing by Northants County Council, both of our cars have had chipped windscreens this year. When I complained, I got fobbed off.
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skinnylew
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Oct 21, 2017 20:19:41 GMT
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Burn outs yes, wheelspins not normally however being freshly laid it is feasible, depends on the type of asphalt tarmac used. If its quite a large stone then it's entirely possible to dislodge the surface. I reckon though it was laid badly, either no tack coat, cold gear or it was raining. I've had failures before but mainly when there is hgv turning activity or buses dropping diesel. Or it's absolutely peed down and it was laid wet and cold. (we knew it was screwed but road had to reopen. Redid it a week later)
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stealthstylz
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Oct 21, 2017 20:49:30 GMT
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Car did burnouts till the tyres burst then continued on the rims.
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Oct 21, 2017 20:54:28 GMT
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If you are going to do something,do it to the best of your ability 😂
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Oct 21, 2017 20:56:02 GMT
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If you are going to do something,do it to the best of your ability 😂 My cousins over there are into all that... the dirty bogans .
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Oct 21, 2017 21:04:48 GMT
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^^ I really don't see the point,but impressive in a Neanderthal kinda way 😂😂
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Oct 22, 2017 14:09:47 GMT
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Car did burnouts till the tyres burst then continued on the rims. Guess that explains it, £50k still sounds a hefty bill.
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If at first you don't succeed........ ....Don't try skydiving!
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Wilk
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Oct 22, 2017 14:17:05 GMT
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It's not like the press for a good story to get in the way of the truth.... or by leaving out half the facts as they do
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If it can be fixed with a hammer, then it must be an electrical fault
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Oct 22, 2017 17:44:20 GMT
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You can't compare a public road surface to that of a race track they are very different constructions and not too surprisingly a race is made... wait for it... to be raced on and take the abuse of wheel spinning and hard cornering etc and will cost a lot more than a council tarmac public road.
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Oct 22, 2017 20:30:49 GMT
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^^ I really don't see the point,but impressive in a Neanderthal kinda way 😂😂 It's all just a bit of fun really. Also an important part of teaching the children to drive. Need to show them what would happen if they were to inadvertently let the clutch out a bit sharpish with way too many revs on. Little Miss 16 has left parallel trenches in the gravel a few times in my Falcon but she seldom rolls back on a hill start.
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