Went for a little jaunt today in the GTI
been a while since its moved but decided to make the most of the dry weather before it changes again so went thru the A689/B6285 which is a nice driving road, relatively well surfaced etc.
i decided to come home thru Blanchland/derwent reservoir which used to be a nice road but over the past few years has become horrendous as its just not maintained properly. it national speed limit but over the years anything more than 30mph is torture.
My GTI is pretty damn good with the help of bilsteins - the damping and body control are superb but this road just takes the piss even out of a comfortable car/well dampened.
the thing is you can back off for poor road surfaces etc but even in the good surfaced areas a massive hump, bump or hole in the road would bite you in the arse. literally invisible even when pottering along due to the amount of chip pings etc.
the worst are the close together bumps - when the car has reacted to one bump you have no travel left in the strut and when you hit the 2nd bump you've got nothing left except bump stops.
you just don't have a chance on the roads these days. they're a frigging nightmare and a waste of our road tax.
how can the councils/government think its acceptable to let roads go to rat sh!t then pretend they're maintaining them by pouring tons of chippings down?
the last 3 times I've driven my car I've had to do a U turn in the road and divert due to not wanting to drive thru tons of freshly poured chippings and tar.
and i wonder why i don't really enjoy driving anymore....
