Glad I was NOT driving my Porsche
04-13-2009, 12:17 AM
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Nasty damage there, but that's what the other car is for. Better the wagon than the 911.
Whoa...where do you live in Houston? Sure Austin has some fairly smooth freeways/highways, but the city seems to have been mired in road construction ever since I left in '93. 
I'm a native Houstonian, and my Porsches (past and present) have never seen a pothole on the greater SW side.
I can sympathize. I recently moved from Austin to Houston and I'm about ready to sell my Porsche and buy a Honda Fit out of frustration over the roads here. My car has aged more and developed more rattles and squeaks in the past two months of central Houston driving than it did in all my track time and two years of driving in Austin. It's really demoralizing.
I'm a native Houstonian, and my Porsches (past and present) have never seen a pothole on the greater SW side.
04-13-2009, 01:22 AM
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I live in Montrose and commute to Greenway Plaza each day on Richmond. It's just a few miles but the roads are total crap. Westheimer, Alabama, Richmond, they're all in really awful shape. I can't cross Kirby at any speed without scraping.
04-13-2009, 05:31 PM
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Is the lack of roll-over protection on the Mustang convertible a contributing factor?
04-13-2009, 10:24 PM
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Dave - we were on Rt 114 in Danvers right by (ironically) Ira Porsche. There's a railroad overpass just before the McDonalds as you head west. The crater - I mean pothole - was right by that railroad bridge, far right lane. That's what I get for driving keeping right and not passing people at that moment.
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04-14-2009, 05:02 AM
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Quit the opposite in NoVa. Sometimes I feel they waste money (my taxes!) on new roads and bridges. I swear the goal of the county is to get rid of all the red lights as they put bridges on every crossroads.
Every 3 years they have the asphalt redone and they constantly repair the roads. If there is a pothole, the next day it's gone.
It is a pleasure to drive a nice car here.
Every 3 years they have the asphalt redone and they constantly repair the roads. If there is a pothole, the next day it's gone.
It is a pleasure to drive a nice car here.
04-14-2009, 05:07 AM
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Quit the opposite in NoVa. Sometimes I feel they waste money (my taxes!) on new roads and bridges. I swear the goal of the county is to get rid of all the red lights as they put bridges on every crossroads.
Every 3 years they have the asphalt redone and they constantly repair the roads. If there is a pothole, the next day it's gone.
It is a pleasure to drive a nice car here.
Every 3 years they have the asphalt redone and they constantly repair the roads. If there is a pothole, the next day it's gone.
It is a pleasure to drive a nice car here.
