Correct product for temporary (ongoing) drive fix

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Hi all,

We have a section of drive that keeps breaking away, the first time I used Wickes rapid setting cement. This lasted about 8 months, the second repair half that, and so on.
Yep keeping the car off for two weeks still, no it barely lasts a month.
is there a better product, procedure I have followed, remove all old cement sweep/ hoover until clear then start with the Wickes stuff.

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Old repair

A relative says I need to dig deeper down, I agree, however, I am almost certain that the reason there is this patch area is from when they changed the gas pipes from street to the house to plastic (we lived 3 streets away and the whole area was done, our old house had this patch as well, ironically we were the only one in the whole street who required their drive digging up)
Long run we need a new drive, but you know, after the kitchen, the 14 meter fence that is falling down etc. So I need a better temporary fix, even if its every six months or so.

Apologies spoiler tags for the images are not playing ball

Thanks all
 
You won't be able to just put a few cm of cement straight onto soil and then drive a car over it.

You'll need to dig down and compact some MOT base then lay proper concrete over that.
 
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Guys. I've never thought of either of those ideas!
I've just been single minded must fix must fix.

Thanks for the ideas! Will have a think
 
What about a couple of bags of cold lay tarmac?
Might be the winner. The pics aren't great due to lack of depth perception.but toward the front (that's not even in the photos)
There's maybe half a centimetre, I didnt have the tap measure. But it looked like gravel or continuing the slabs would not work for that section

Hmmm cold lay tarmac...
 
Depth of the concrete is the issue, for vehicle rolling over it you will need 4-6 inches of solid concrete to provide enough support for a car to drive over it.
 
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