Businessman Dave Fishwick has issued a plea to the council after a pothole in Sabden destroyed his tyre.
Dave, whose life story inspired two Netflix films, posted a picture of a shredded and flat tyre and damaged alloy after he hit a huge pothole on Padiham Road.
He said Lancashire County Council (LCC) offered to reimburse him for the tyre.
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The incident happened as Dave was "driving slowly" as he was about to go over a bridge and avoid a lorry.
Dave said: "Today, this happened! I drove into a huge pothole just before the bridge in Sabden and the alloy is now ruined, and the tyre is shredded!
"I was traveling slowly as I was about to go over the bridge, and a lorry was opposite."
According to Dave, Lancashire County Council offered to reimburse him. But Dave declined the money.
He said: "I've now heard from Lancashire County Council about yesterday's pothole disaster and they are kindly offering to reimburse me for the damage.
"Dear Lancashire County Council, please instead use this money to fix the pothole so nobody else suffers the same fate as me and I will cover my own car costs."
The post sparked a lively reaction online.
One person said: "Dave, please use your influence to bring this problem into the spotlight and help the thousands of other motorists who have suffered damage to their cars and financial loss due to inadequate road maintenance."
Another said: "Lancashire is pothole county, you should all know this guys."
"That’s great Dave," said another. "Now everyone else who’s been affected hopefully will be looked after too."
Another said: "Drove past that the other day and thought it looked a little bit deep."
"Saw this monster on Saturday morning," said another. "Looked out for it on the way home... would have destroyed my wheel and tyre if I’d hit it, fortunately it was daylight, at night it would have been undetectable."
A spokesperson for Lancashire County Council said: “We’re sorry for the damage caused to Mr Fishwick’s vehicle and thank him for bringing the issue to our attention.
"We can confirm that the pothole in question has been logged and arrangements are being made for it to be repaired.
"Lancashire’s roads support more than 4.6 million journeys every day, and we repair thousands of defects every month across the county, prioritising those that present the greatest risk.
"Road safety remains a priority, and potholes can be reported quickly and easily via our website.”
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