It is worth doing if it's a more expensive repair - my father went over a pot hole and destroyed front and rear alloys and tyres. About £900 in repair, but got all of it back from the council. Though it took a while if I remember correctly...
Fantastic - I'll look more seriously into then.
I'm in the minority but if there is somewhere local I'd at least see how much it would be to have it repaired.
No guarantee that a used one from eBay isn't going to have issues that you later discover (e.g. invisible cracks, or needs huge amount of weights to balance)
From what I'm hearing you might as well use the cost of repair to contribute buying a new one, or one that's taken from a salvaged car / broken for parts.
Should be repairable.
But my question
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How did you manage to hit a pothole so big to cause that? Too busy on your phone?
It wasn't a phone. It wasn't anything. I was driving down a country road, going around a bend, and suddenly a pot hole appeared. There's nothing sinister about it as you're implying.
The council didn’t ask me anything about insurance when I claimed (successfully). It’s worth putting in a claim after you’ve assessed the full extent of the damage and had it sorted; it’s not your fault the roads are in such poor condition.
This is good to hear - which council was it?
Not sure where the link between insurance and the council comes from. The process can take a while but they are both entirely independent.
I've read online some councils are asking if claimants have notified their insurers of damage. Technically it is damage, and technically if I am trying to recover losses I should notify my insurance company.
