# BANG....dang pothole

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/bang-dang-pothole/24948>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [January 15, 2009, 4:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bang-dang-pothole/24948 "2009-01-15T04:08:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![CanucksKickAss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CanucksKickAss](https://community.cartalk.com/u/CanucksKickAss)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 4:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bang-dang-pothole/24948/1 "2009-01-15T04:08:02Z")

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What do you think does more damage/strain to your vehicle…while driving at approx 70km/h. Hitting a pothole, or swerving/jerking around it at that speed?

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**Author:** ![Xebadaih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/d07c76/32.png) [@Xebadaih](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Xebadaih)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 5:24am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bang-dang-pothole/24948/2 "2009-01-15T05:24:43Z")

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Potholes present way more potential for damage. Swerving will mostly just wear out your tires.

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**Author:** ![useless123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/848f3c/32.png) [@useless123](https://community.cartalk.com/u/useless123)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 6:26am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bang-dang-pothole/24948/3 "2009-01-15T06:26:05Z")

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Going over pothole applying brakes. Swerving will load up your lower balljoints, tie-rods, tires and shocks. Slowing down best way to go.

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**Author:** ![BustedKnuckles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bustedknuckles/32/25_2.png) [@BustedKnuckles](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BustedKnuckles)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 11:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bang-dang-pothole/24948/4 "2009-01-15T11:16:59Z")

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Hitting the pothole will do more damage.

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**Author:** ![meaneyedcatz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/meaneyedcatz/32/692_2.png) [@meaneyedcatz](https://community.cartalk.com/u/meaneyedcatz)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 2:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bang-dang-pothole/24948/5 "2009-01-16T02:00:01Z")

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We recently had a car in the service dept. that had 4 bent rims and a busted strut from hitting pot holes. I do not know the circumstances but potholes are bad.

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**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 2:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bang-dang-pothole/24948/6 "2009-01-16T02:13:30Z")

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Anything you do to avoid hitting a pothole is better than hitting a pothole.

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**Author:** ![Jaylem11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Jaylem11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jaylem11)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 2:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bang-dang-pothole/24948/7 "2009-01-16T02:13:45Z")

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i think both can. My 97 Plymouth breeze went into a small pothole and i tried jerking around and it did a little more damage than i expected.

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**Author:** ![rocketman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@rocketman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rocketman)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 3:26am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bang-dang-pothole/24948/8 "2009-01-16T03:26:11Z")

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Agreed. Don’t hit the pothole, swerve around it, what wear? Turning the wheel? C’mon. Rocketman