Who is liable?

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Any thoughts:

I called into the Texaco garage in Cirencester on the A417 (junction with Gloucester Street)

On leaving I grounded and scuffed the underside of the front panel.

When I got home I looked it up on Streetview and clearly there is a big dip caused by the joining of the exit from the garage forecourt and the street. The road shows evidence of repairs at this point so one assumes that this is not the first instance of damage here.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gupzfqr2aegx6rw/2015-03-...

Are the council liable for my damage?

Is the garage liable?

Or is it "tough" and down to me?

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Cockey said:

I know councils shell out for new wheels and tyres when damaged by potholes, so perhaps it will be similar in this case?

How much damage has been done?

Not too much damage and not visible from above. The underside of the front is scarred and scuffed. Enough to be annoyed but not a disaster either.

Impasse said:

Bloke with working eyes and a functioning steering wheel damages car by driving over uneven ground and wants to blame someone else. Interesting.

So is it normal to expect the roads you drive over to cause these problems, let alone in the dark and not much lighting?

If I was off the beaten track then the damage could reasonably have been anticipated (and I have a Land Rover for that and use on those kind of routes). As it was I was exiting a petrol station I had accessed off an "A" road. Personally I expect roads to be "fit for purpose" and having found this particular problem it remains something I am annoyed by. It is not a case of steering around a pothole as the road had no apparent damage and nothing to miss. Neither was it a case of taking it to a place where one would expect or could see a bumpy road surface and then moaning. The extreme camber of the road has created a situation whereby one could not exit the garage forecourt successfully without grounding the car.

Anyone near to Cirencester needing fuel - you have been warned.