Cracked oil pan, raised cover in Richmond?

[J.C]

Drove over this raised thing in Richmond on No.4 and Cambie
Started to leak slowly, I don't know what else is damaged
Can I get the city involved?

21/04/2014 object on road - YouTube

UPDATE

Part 1 - YouTube

Part 2 - YouTube

[320icar]

I would say yes call the city. In the video it's hard to tell if it's just road debris, or an actual drain/manhole cover. If its just garbage in the road it's not really the city's fault
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[J.C]

this thing there, but there isn't supposed to be anything sticking up

[Speed2K]

Why not? You have nothing to lose!

[i-vtecyo]

shoud have pulled over to take pics of the object. depending on what the object is and how low your car is from stock height, it probably wont be covered.

[SpeedStars]

Time to raise it up
Know that feel...there's a million pieces of trash laying around in DT and I always hit em...my lip takes all the beating though

Edit: side note. Would loose manhole covers be covered by the city? There was a cover as I was driving near metro and it almost engulfed my entire wheel if I hadn't been driving at speed.

[racerman88]

Always worth a shot. Take notes for the time and exact location

[J.C]

im going back right now with a friend to check it out

[godwin]

Since there is no construction, the city will just tell you to go file it with ICBC. ICBC will say you hit an inanimate object on the road. You might be lucky they will go after City of Richmond, then you won't be at fault and get your deductible back.

[smoothie.]

LOL, sorry man, but I laughed so hard when you went "AWWWWWW"


'Cause I've done it so many times before.

[Soundy]

You slams your suspension, you takes your chances.

[J.C]

updated

[Spidey]

for the city to cover it, you would have to prove it was a city worker that was responsible for leaving that the way it was... it is like blaming canada post for someone throwing a mail box in the middle of the road, and you hitting it. How low is your car anyways?

[mb_]

Holy fuck that's shitty.. good luck man

[E-SPEC]

That would have fucked my car up some how to. I feel for you brother! Hope it gets payed for.

[xXSupa]

Don't know how much help this would be, but here's a video showing that the road was clear exactly an hour before your incident.

Maybe check with the city and see if anyone worked on that cover in the hour period?

4 Road and Cambie - YouTube

[J.C]

thanks man every bit helps!

edit: it's actually a 2hour gap, my timestamp is also 1hr behind

[xXSupa]

Originally Posted by J.C

it's actually a 2hour gap, my timestamp is also 1hr behind

Oh, LOL.

Damn daylight savings, haha

[J.C]

My mind is so full of fuck
Dad just told me:
He drove by 15mins after it happened and he said he saw them fixing it.
He came back the other way 15mins after and it was already covered.
But when I went with a friend a hour later it was flipped upside down in the middle of the road again. WTF??

[spoon.ek9]

my guess? fucking teenagers

[meme405]

Originally Posted by J.C

My mind is so full of fuck
Dad just told me:
He drove by 15mins after it happened and he said he saw them fixing it.
He came back the other way 15mins after and it was already covered.
But when I went with a friend a hour later it was flipped upside down in the middle of the road again. WTF??

If this is true then definitely report it.

Spoiler!

If you want reimbursment you might consider dialing up your suspension just a tad.

Spoiler!

And by a "tad", i mean a TON.

[J.C]

Do red light camera's record?
Curious to know why the cover wasn't on
There's one at the intersection

[!Aznboi128]

red light camera is only a camera and only takes a picture if someone runs the light

[xXSupa]

Red light cameras only records the duration of someone running a red light.

[underscore]

Someone being a dick probably flipped it over, if someone from the city was working on it they wouldn't have placed it back in the hole flipped over and they couldn't have forgotten it like that since it would have to be removed from that hole for them to work.