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    NYT Freakonomics Blog Hates American... Asphalt

    Volkswagen Golf Swallowed By Ukrainian Pothole

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    Image of domino domino
    06/15/09

    In reply to NYT Freakonomics Blog Hates American... Asphalt
    detroit area potholes have caused me to use up more than my $3000 wheel warranty limit in under a year and a half. and i still have two damaged tires. the end.
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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    06/15/09

    In reply to NYT Freakonomics Blog Hates American... Asphalt
    You know your city is OLD when underneath the potholes in the asphalt, there is a BRICK ROAD
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/15/09

    In reply to NYT Freakonomics Blog Hates American... Asphalt
    We've done urban areas, sure. But in terms of rural highways, it's hard to beat Route 32 from Athol, Massachusetts to the Richmond, New Hampshire line (the NH side isn't bad). At least last year, when half the road was washed out and nobody seemed to care. I'd head down there again if it didn't mean having to go to Athol.
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    Image of BRAWNDO_POWERED BRAWNDO_POWERED
    06/15/09

    @Ambiguously Fuzzy Plushroom: Did the town's founding fathers have a thing against people with lisps?
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/15/09

    @BRAWNDO_POWERED: I think they mutht'ff.


    It's not that far from "Rathole" either.

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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    06/15/09

    In reply to NYT Freakonomics Blog Hates American... Asphalt
    Apparently, this Potholcapocalypse was caused by Bill Clinton's affair, which led to the two autobiographies being published, which led to

    1)People rushing to buy them books

    2)The authors buying fat SUVs which exerted more force on the road

    3)Road maintenance people slacking off work, reading those books

    4)People being "inspired" by Clinton

    5)Political rallies against Clinton


    This then also led to the nuclear program in North Korea, who were afraid Clinton was going to steal their women, which Kim wasn't going to make easy. Combined with GW Bush's little door trouble in China, led to Iraq becoming concerned that the USA would attack them due to an Iraqi making the lock. Thus they sent out fake intelligence warnings that they had WMDs.


    As a result of that, the USA waged war in Iraq, much to the dismay of Chrysler, GM, and Ford, who, due to the high price of oil caused by the war, couldn't afford better plastics, and were no match for VW etc who actually hedged oil and plastics beforehand as they didn't pay as much to execs as the others, and eventually became bankrupt.


    /Freakonomics, my BS version.

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    Image of 2Wheelsor4: The Moto-Stig 2Wheelsor4: The Moto-Stig
    06/15/09

    In reply to NYT Freakonomics Blog Hates American... Asphalt
    Streets of New Orleans, post Katrina, they had potholes that people were ramping and catching air off of.
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    Image of benrobNU benrobNU
    06/15/09

    @2Wheelsor4: Ze Ümlaüt in Motörhead:


    I was down there for work and I did some serious aveo launching.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/15/09

    @benrobNU: Please tell me you have a video of this.
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    Image of Xelmon Xelmon
    04/16/09

    In reply to Volkswagen Golf Swallowed By Ukrainian Pothole
    Awww man... Blows!
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    Image of the good dr zero the good dr zero
    04/01/09

    In reply to Volkswagen Golf Swallowed By Ukrainian Pothole
    Surely there has to be a Kennedy joke in here somewhere, but I'm too bummed by my inability to reply to folk to bother working it out for myself.
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    04/01/09

    In reply to Volkswagen Golf Swallowed By Ukrainian Pothole
    In Ukraine, pothole hits you!
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    Image of sos10 sos10
    04/01/09

    In reply to Volkswagen Golf Swallowed By Ukrainian Pothole
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    04/01/09

    In reply to Volkswagen Golf Swallowed By Ukrainian Pothole
    Quick, hit the Golf with the big hammer! Good. There's one popping out of that hole over there! Great. You've made it to level two. They're going to start popping up faster.
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    Image of FЯeeMan FЯeeMan
    04/01/09

    @engineerd lusts after Diddle's Fiesta: nice...
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    04/01/09

    In reply to Volkswagen Golf Swallowed By Ukrainian Pothole
    Re-verify our range to target... one ping only
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    Image of averyrm averyrm
    04/01/09

    In reply to Volkswagen Golf Swallowed By Ukrainian Pothole
    If only they carried a shamwow instead of that chamois
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    Image of Armand Armand
    04/01/09

    @averyrm: A Singer Chamois?



    That's not gonna absorb a damn thing. It's even smaller than a Golf.
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    Image of Bentoboxx, My Tank is full of it Bentoboxx, My Tank is full of it
    04/01/09

    In reply to Volkswagen Golf Swallowed By Ukrainian Pothole
    Tonight on Top Gear Ukraine, our Captain Slow, Капітане Нетямущий tries to build an amphibious VW Golf, We finally get to put the Dacia Sandero on out track, and Vladmir Putin is our star in out reasonably priced Volga!
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    04/01/09

    In reply to Volkswagen Golf Swallowed By Ukrainian Pothole
    And to think, just a week ago, Ray was complaining about the potholes in Detroit.
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    Image of BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ
    04/01/09

    @Graverobber: Whiner, that Wart guy.
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    Image of Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
    04/01/09

    In reply to Volkswagen Golf Swallowed By Ukrainian Pothole
    Is this that game where you drive directly at a giant hole and hope it swerves first? Chicken Kiev?
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    Image of Leeeeena the Jalopchick Leeeeena the Jalopchick
    04/01/09

    @Ash78: *golf clap*


    Well played!

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