Scuffed a wheel
- Thread starter Housey
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Done the same a few days ago, had the car almost a year and a half never hit a kerb, get them re-spayed then I hit a stupid stuck out bit
I've had it about 6 weeks
It would be less annoying if the majority of car parks didn't have stupid pointless sticky-out bits of kerb and road furniture everywhere. Doesn't help when you're supposed to be concentrating on other cars coming from all angles as well. I hate car parks and I hate badly-designed ones even more.
I've had it about 6 weeks
Service stations are the worse for this, pointlessly tight high kerbs of pointless car damaging furry. I drove my first Z4 a couple of days after I got it into one of these, destroyed a wheel and scratched about 2/3rds of the bottom of one side.
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All my fault to be fair. Birmingham International Station, pulling out from the barrier, couple of cars pulling out the same time, mind on other stuff, turned right and forgot the kerb. Crunch, scuff, 5th of the outer rim scuffed. Nooooooooooooooooo
I got home late last night, but still managed to spend and hour washing the car and another hour drying it and faffing with it in the garage only to scuff the wheel tonight. I could have killed myself with anger. Apologies to anyone in the business park just by the station I used every swear word invented, even invented a few new ones.
I got home late last night, but still managed to spend and hour washing the car and another hour drying it and faffing with it in the garage only to scuff the wheel tonight. I could have killed myself with anger. Apologies to anyone in the business park just by the station I used every swear word invented, even invented a few new ones.
Feel your pain. Many moons ago there was this 1 multi-storey that I kerbed my alloys 3 times. The exit had massively high kerbs, was only just wide enough for a car, and you had no room to line up. So it was turn in and pray. In the end, the only sure way to exit without kerbing was to mount one side to give the other side clearance.
Years ago I got ran off a road by a bus on a fairly narrow country lane - 2nd day of having new wheels, nearside front badly scuffed. It's terrible if you suffer from mild ocd as your eyes are instantly drawn to it even though it's barely noticeable 
Did it in mine on Christmas Eve. Dropping presents off for my friends kids and drove past a parked ambulance. As I did a gust of wind blew the back door wide open and I had to swerve to stop it taking my mirror out and hitting the door. As I did all I heard was an awful noise. The kerbs are old school hewn stone...
I feel your pain, managed to go 3 months in the GTR avoiding every pothole, kerb, slight dent in the road. Then 2 weeks ago, pulled into a carpark and just lapsed in concentration for a moment in remembering the GTR is AWD and has a much larger turning circle than the Z4 and clipped the rear wheel....
Fortunately the guys I use filled it in and repainted it and you cant tell at all anymore.
Fortunately the guys I use filled it in and repainted it and you cant tell at all anymore.
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Just take my approach - get some BMW alloys that corrode after about 6 months and then you don't need to worry as they look crap anyway