not happy !

mcd840 · 7th March 2016, 19:50

I treated my 75 to valet on sat, wash, polish etc...was looking lovely, come home from work today to find both ends of my street closed because they had decided to rip up the road surface, my car was parked in the drive, covered in lovely black tar dust and tar spots, the first thing I thought to do was rinse it which was stupid as I should have taken photos first although the paintwork is still rather gritty and you can still see the tar spots, what im more peed of at is the fact that we got no letters or notice that this was even getting done ! if I had knew this the car could have been out the way and this would never have happened, am I over reacting or should I be taking this further ?

trikey · 7th March 2016, 19:53

You are not over reacting at all, get a price for a full detail to put the damage right and approach the council.

Hantsdave · 8th March 2016, 00:58

It is well worth complaining to the council, just depends which council is responsible for highways in your area.
I think your local council is Clackmannanshire Council - email [email protected]

They will obviously wriggle but if they didn't put any warning notices up they are on thin ice. They must undertake all such works with 'Due care'.

David.

mcd840 · 8th March 2016, 05:24

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Originally Posted by Hantsdave

It is well worth complaining to the council, just depends which council is responsible for highways in your area.
I think your local council is Clackmannanshire Council - email [email protected]

They will obviously wriggle but if they didn't put any warning notices up they are on thin ice. They must undertake all such works with 'Due care'.

David.

I'm going to call them this morning when I get a chance. If there happy to pay to have the car re-polished that's fine and I will leave it at that. I'm in no way angry at the roadworkers or contractors, there only doing a job, my problem is with whatever incompetent person / department sitting behind a desk who made the decision. Prevention is better than cure and this could have been prevented.

Astraeus · 8th March 2016, 05:59

This is so annoying! Same thing happened to me when parked outside work a couple of weeks ago. Took hours to get it all off. Due to digging, re filling then putting down new tar on a day when it was very wet and windy.

My car was covered down one side. And... I mean covered. Got most of it off now but some residual spots keep appearing. Spotted (pardon the pun) another one on driver's window last night.

Good luck with fighting the council. Not an easy task!

I am still furious!

Chris

Kennyeth · 8th March 2016, 06:23

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Originally Posted by mcd840

I treated my 75 to valet on sat, wash, polish etc...was looking lovely, come home from work today to find both ends of my street closed because they had decided to rip up the road surface, my car was parked in the drive, covered in lovely black tar dust and tar spots, the first thing I thought to do was rinse it which was stupid as I should have taken photos first although the paintwork is still rather gritty and you can still see the tar spots, what im more peed of at is the fact that we got no letters or notice that this was even getting done ! if I had knew this the car could have been out the way and this would never have happened, am I over reacting or should I be taking this further ?

Take it further.
18 years ago I was in a town whereby the road went under a fly-over, with lights right under it. At the time they were doing maintenance and at the stage of spraying the steelwork with some heavy grey primer, I saw a cloud of what I learned later was paint spray and not dust.
Two days later it rained and switching on the wipers I was unable to see out, on closer inspection I saw that the screen and paintwork were covered in sandpaper like coating, it dawned on me then that the dust cloud was over-spray.
Long story short, it took six months and eventually got £650 from the contractors, never did fix it, had three cars at that time.
So go for it, you have nothing to loose.
Ken.

mcd840 · 9th March 2016, 05:52

Phoned the council yesterday and eventually got a phone call back in the afternoon from the roads officer, it seems a few of the neighbours had been on the phone to him, not because of mess on cars, simply because they never bothered to tell anyone the street was getting closed, my street was a last minute choice to get done as they had money left over from re-surfacing nearby streets and they thought they were doing good by giving us a new road. I wasn't giving him a hard time I just explained why I'm annoyed and how this could have been prevented and what action I expect them to take in correcting it. His reply was so you just want your car cleaned? then he mentioned that tar remover will do the trick. My reply was no, the car will get professionaly re-done as it were on Saturday and Clackmannanshire Council will pay for it. As you can imagine there's a process I need to go through for this.

bubs · 9th March 2016, 14:50

At least your road has been resurfaced

Every year the road near my house has the same spots open up with large craters and they just put a mound of tarmac in it until that breaks up, then repeat.

steve-45 · 9th March 2016, 16:24

So they have just re-surfaced your road ..... that means they will dig it up next week .....

mcd840 · 9th March 2016, 18:37

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Originally Posted by steve-45

So they have just re-surfaced your road ..... that means they will dig it up next week .....

Aye no doubt, does look alot better mind you. Unlike my 75, that's a NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD- mess

7th March 2016, 19:50	#1
mcd840 Gets stuck in Nissan NV300 Tekna 170 auto Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: alloa Posts: 667 Thanks: 22 Thanked 69 Times in 61 Posts	not happy ! I treated my 75 to valet on sat, wash, polish etc...was looking lovely, come home from work today to find both ends of my street closed because they had decided to rip up the road surface, my car was parked in the drive, covered in lovely black tar dust and tar spots, the first thing I thought to do was rinse it which was stupid as I should have taken photos first although the paintwork is still rather gritty and you can still see the tar spots, what im more peed of at is the fact that we got no letters or notice that this was even getting done ! if I had knew this the car could have been out the way and this would never have happened, am I over reacting or should I be taking this further ?

7th March 2016, 19:53	#2
trikey Premium Trader Rover 75 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 33,766 Thanks: 8,837 Thanked 14,831 Times in 8,030 Posts	You are not over reacting at all, get a price for a full detail to put the damage right and approach the council. __________________ Lest we forget..

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Hantsdave Loves to post 2004 CDTi SE TOURER Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Hereford Posts: 427 Thanks: 110 Thanked 67 Times in 38 Posts	It is well worth complaining to the council, just depends which council is responsible for highways in your area. I think your local council is Clackmannanshire Council - email [email protected] They will obviously wriggle but if they didn't put any warning notices up they are on thin ice. They must undertake all such works with 'Due care'. David. __________________ Previously owned..Austin Mini Countryman, Austin 1100 VDP, Princess 2200HL (x2), Ambassador VDP, TR7, Triumph Stag, Rover 820, Rover 216 GSi, Rover 420D, Rover 600 Si, Rover 600 GSi, Montego GSi, Rover 216 cabriolet, Jaguar XJ6 Gold, Rover 75 1.8, Rover 75 Tourer CDTi (x3), Rover 75 CDT x 2, Rover 75 Connie V6, Rover 45. Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0 x 2, Jeep Chrokee KK Plus a few other foreign ones I'm too embarrassed to mention..

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Astraeus Regional Secretary North Scotland MG ZS Exclusive 1.0T Auto 2022 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Tayport Posts: 5,754 Thanks: 1,676 Thanked 1,855 Times in 1,058 Posts	Maddening This is so annoying! Same thing happened to me when parked outside work a couple of weeks ago. Took hours to get it all off. Due to digging, re filling then putting down new tar on a day when it was very wet and windy. My car was covered down one side. And... I mean covered. Got most of it off now but some residual spots keep appearing. Spotted (pardon the pun) another one on driver's window last night. Good luck with fighting the council. Not an easy task! I am still furious! Chris

9th March 2016, 05:52	#7
mcd840 Gets stuck in Nissan NV300 Tekna 170 auto Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: alloa Posts: 667 Thanks: 22 Thanked 69 Times in 61 Posts	Phoned the council yesterday and eventually got a phone call back in the afternoon from the roads officer, it seems a few of the neighbours had been on the phone to him, not because of mess on cars, simply because they never bothered to tell anyone the street was getting closed, my street was a last minute choice to get done as they had money left over from re-surfacing nearby streets and they thought they were doing good by giving us a new road. I wasn't giving him a hard time I just explained why I'm annoyed and how this could have been prevented and what action I expect them to take in correcting it. His reply was so you just want your car cleaned? then he mentioned that tar remover will do the trick. My reply was no, the car will get professionaly re-done as it were on Saturday and Clackmannanshire Council will pay for it. As you can imagine there's a process I need to go through for this.

9th March 2016, 14:50	#8
bubs Posted a thing or two ROVER 75 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Canvey Island, Essex Posts: 1,651 Thanks: 43 Thanked 163 Times in 134 Posts	At least your road has been resurfaced Every year the road near my house has the same spots open up with large craters and they just put a mound of tarmac in it until that breaks up, then repeat.

9th March 2016, 16:24	#9
steve-45 This is my second home Rover 75 Saloon CDTi Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Belvedere Posts: 4,076 Thanks: 108 Thanked 1,089 Times in 774 Posts	So they have just re-surfaced your road ..... that means they will dig it up next week .....