Anyone claimed against Pothole damage?

Soldato
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I had an MOT and have a cracked alloy. I recently had a puncture on the same wheel a day after smacking a very large pothole which I think tore the sidewall, I didn't think anything of it at the time because they were super low anyway and needed to be replaced.
I can name about 5 large potholes on my general commute and there is one right at the end of my road (which I obviously avoid) however sometimes you can't when there's a car on the other side of the road so you cannot swerve around it.

Can I prove they cracked my wheel no, but it didn't happen driving over nice soft roads or pillows, no.

Is it ridiculous to think I should try and claim the one at the end of my road did it, because one of them definitely did.
Do I have a hope in hell? Is it even possible.
 
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Fair enough. Had a feeling it would be difficult. Sounds not worth the hassle. The roads around here are ridiculous.. Potholes through the tarmac layers to the mortar layer, like 4 or 5 inches deep and in the dark you often forget they're there or don't time it right to get on the other side.

They've resurfaced completely adequate roads and then just ignored the awful ones because they're not high usage. I do wonder why they just don't chuck a bag of quickset in there, anything is better than nothing.
 
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