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Old Jan 5, 2010 | 07:39 PM
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Illinois - The State With The Worst Potholes...

So I went there this past week to IL, holy SH$T I have never driven on roads with that many potholes, particularly the Chicago area. There were potholes almost a foot deep in some areas! If I was driving the 7 over there, I think that would of been the death of it....

I don't know how you guys that live over there do it, it's like eventually you will hit one...

Anyone else agree!?
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Old Jan 5, 2010 | 08:35 PM
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to the lounge dude....
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Old Jan 5, 2010 | 10:36 PM
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drive faster you fly over them.
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Old Jan 5, 2010 | 10:43 PM
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ask Risky Devil how they do it. lol
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Old Jan 5, 2010 | 10:47 PM
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lol @ that ****... it's a mystery risky devil keeps well. No one knows how they do it. :P
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Old Jan 6, 2010 | 02:30 AM
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it sucks.
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Old Jan 6, 2010 | 02:44 AM
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seattle's worse.

City with the bumpiest, most pothole-infested roads: Seattle
http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/13/...es-in-america/
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Old Jan 6, 2010 | 02:59 AM
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minnesota has two seasons......winter .....and road construction.....
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Old Jan 6, 2010 | 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Risky Devil
it sucks.
I can't see how you do it, I can image driving into one of those holes with a lowered car and ending up with really bad damage, or at least needing an alignment every week.

Originally Posted by rx7fitz
minnesota has two seasons......winter .....and road construction.....
Hahaha, true, but trust me, there are no roads here that can come close to touching those in Chicago, we are spoiled! Not even the county roads are that bad!!! At least they fix them every year here, it seems like in IL they just build the road once and never touch it again

They went as far as compensating damage by potholes: http://www.dot.state.il.us/claims/claimsinformation.asp

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Remind me to stay away from there, that would be death part 2....
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Old Jan 6, 2010 | 03:00 PM
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They went as far as compensating damage by potholes: http://www.dot.state.il.us/claims/claimsinformation.asp
Lots of states compensate for damages caused by unmaintained roads, the problem is someone has to report it first, which no one will do until it causes damage.
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Old Jan 6, 2010 | 04:38 PM
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you pretty much gotta drive like you are autoxing everywhere
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Old Jan 6, 2010 | 04:58 PM
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Milwaukee, WI is pretty bad too.
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 09:01 AM
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lol @ that ****... it's a mystery risky devil keeps well. No one knows how they do it. :P
Zip ties.
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Old Jan 9, 2010 | 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by rx7fitz
minnesota has two seasons......winter .....and road construction.....
NY has something like that. Traffic and... rush-hour traffic.
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Old Jan 10, 2010 | 05:58 PM
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like that commercial with the 350z and the talking pothole.....nobody cares! lol
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