Got owned by Construction Workers

[Racersky]

Every morning I would take Cottman ave to go to school and I would always see the construction workers fixing the road where the chevy dealership used to be.....at night when I'm coming home from school they would put these metal panels on the ground so the gap strip the dug up would be covered. Tonight it seems they forgot to put the metal panels and my carbon fiber lip went bye bye.

I went out 15 minutes ago to measure this gap on the road so i can take pictures and go to PennDOT tomorrow to complain....it's 58 1/2 inches wide 3 1/2 inches deep.





So awesome how my bumper is being pushed up a little when taking this pic



Side skirt crack



Front

[peteyturbo]

That sucks, but don't think they will pay for any damages to your vehicle especially since you effectively lowered the ground clearence..

[1gmfanatik]

I would think that they would pay since they had not covered back up the location that they were working at. That's a big enough trench, that I would expect someone to have the possibility of blowing out a tire or some sort of suspension damage.

Good luck

[Racersky]

i seen cars go by that aren't and they even bottom out......even a police car

[peteyturbo]

I'm not doubting any of it, but do you honestly think they cut people slack??They will ask what the black thing is hanging off the front of your bumper?? Dosen't hurt to try though

[Racersky]

Dammit....what sucks the most is i have to enter my car into a show in Boston on September 15... Jesus I wish they made a band aid like the honda one that says Stupid Hurts Honda and let it say the same but Scion so i can at least cover it -_-

[CHR!S]

heres a bandaid sticker for you


http://www.grafixpressions.com/random.shtml

[SexyDSM95]

Originally Posted by peteyturbo

I'm not doubting any of it, but do you honestly think they cut people slack??They will ask what the black thing is hanging off the front of your bumper?? Dosen't hurt to try though

Yes, they do. Something VERY similar (almost exact) happened to me. PECO was working on a road digging up gas lines/replacing them whatever. They forgot to put up those metal panels on a two lane road. Meaning ongoing traffic and oncoming. I hit one of their dips going 20mph (could not swerve into the other lane with opposing traffic speeding by) and my front two outer tie rods cracked from bottoming out causing my wheels to go inward and I slid a good 15-20 feet. On top of that, my radiator support became bent causing the entire front frame of car to be misaligned, and cracking my front bumper completely.

I called the police got a written statement from them with pictures, got written statements from local neighbors about how PECO has not repaired the road for months and went on to write PECO a letter to tell them what happened. I sent them pictures, copies of the police report and written statements from the local neighborhood, and the bill to repair my car. They cut me a check within two weeks for all the damage (Over $3k in repairs). The representative for PECO told me over the phone companies and townships have money in the budget for "mistakes" like this. It's cheaper to cut someone a check then to pay a lawyer for court costs on top of verbal slander if people were to go to the public/news stations about their mistake.

If you really want to go after them for there carelessness you really have to be pushy and on top of things.

[Danronian]

That does suck, and good luck fighting it.

I've personally been quite lucky to never have such a problem driving my slammed Hondas from PA to NC to the middle of now-where in PA....I'm just very lucky I suppose.

[doug]

You know what, the same kind of trench was cut out here on 252 in media.. and I hit it the other night and it jarred the **** out of my car, and scared the crap outta me. It didn't do any damage.. but wtf.. they should cover that crap up.

[CHAOS]

just an FYI, you will not get ANYTHING from penndot for this... especially if your car is lowered.

[smg267]

lets see you put something on your car that wasn't stock and now you have less ground clearence and you expect someone to pay you. Good Luck! I should bill penndot for every time my headers scrape.

[Racersky]

oh man.....just went to the car a minute ago and it seems like I might have bents wheels -_- Tires are flat

[pinkarrowsnow]

How fast were you going if your wheels are bent then that really sucks.

[TurboTagTeam]

Originally Posted by CHAOS

just an FYI, you will not get ANYTHING from penndot for this... especially if your car is lowered.

Even with THAT trench??? You could fight the nazis from that trench. That thing is huge. I would defiantly fight it if I were you. What have you got to loose?

[Scapegoat]

thats enough of a drop to dent a rim and/or rip open a tire and cause a blowout

[CHAOS]

i agree that it is bad, but i doubt penndot will pay.

[lancerxoz]

that really sucks, sry to hear. they are doing way to much construction everywhere.. hence why it takes so long to get the littlest ****tttt done!

[GLHWCU]

FIGHT THE MAN! good luck tho