Beware the pothole on the A285 from Petworth

[Jeremy]

Dropped pin

https://maps.app.goo.gl/cRA3pbLRnsxAMYB38?g_st=ic

Riding through West Sussex up the hill just past Duncton Hill Viewpoint on my way to Goodwood, I nearly bought it today. The pothole is on a left hand bend and it was a miracle I wasn’t thrown from the bike. I was doing 60mph and leaning well over when my front wheel crashed into it. Minor chip to the wheel and a scary moment. It is marked on Waze so please do be careful as it’s a particularly bad one.

Jeremy

 

[DJ123]

There are some roads in a terrible state around that area with large pot holes on corners, or large subsidence at the edge of the road surface.

 

[Steve398]

You have my sympathy, I managed to miss it when I went through that way yesterday but commented in very strong terms about it to my pillion riding wife. If you’ve damaged your wheel then complain to Chichester Council.

PS - It’s not a pothole, it’s a bloody crater!

 

[Santa-2512]

You need to report it! -

Then it should get a marking round it.... once marked i believe they have 2 weeks to fix,

if they dont after that .... you can claim like buggery !!!

If you dont report it , they dont get the clocks starting !

 

[Jeremy]

Someone from the West Sussex’s emergency team will be there to assess and make a fix before 12pm today.

 

[Wapping]

Just back from an excellent track day at Goodwood, courtesy of Lloyd’s Motor Club. The roads all around the circuit and beyond are a disgrace.

 

[Santa-2512]

Just back from an excellent track day at Goodwood, courtesy of Lloyd’s Motor Club. The roads all around the circuit and beyond are a disgrace.

We heard you, you antisocial what not

 

[ChasMill]

The road from Fishbourne to Goodwood has an enormous crater on it. Nearly fell in to it on my way to the circuit This morning.

 

[Santa-2512]

The road from Fishbourne to Goodwood has an enormous crater on it. Nearly fell in to it on my way to the circuit This morning.

Tell me about it, most of the roundabouts in the area, have very deep potholes right on the exit line that bikes take,

do any of the councils care .....

 

[Wapping]

We heard you, you antisocial what not

The curious thing is that, when new, the car - which is completely standard - only just crept through the static 105db noise test and (along with another GT4) was black flagged for excessive noise, by triggering the three on track monitors. The perfectly polite staff at Goodwood, told me that they had had lots of GT4’s failing tests and on-track triggers. There was at the time, a lot on assorted forums, where other GT4 owners had been reporting the same problem, here in the UK, on the continent and in America. It was odd that Porsche were turning out a standard production sports car, that was failing a pretty much every global 105 db limit.

Now, nearly seven years later, it was measured at 98 db at 5,500 RPM on the static test. As it was again a ‘105 db day’ it was well within the limit. It triggered no warnings all day. None of the other GT4’s triggered the monitors either. The car - and others - has got quieter.