Fat car share damaged wife's car?
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Is it possible for human weight to wear out the suspension on a car?
Only in order for my wife to secure a parking space at her workplace she has to participate in the car share scheme.
The person she has been nominated to give a lift to is morbidly obese and I have genuinely noticed the car now seems to be permanently lower down on the passenger side, and on tight turns it has started knocking from that side. Along with this is the electric motor for elevating the seat has given up the ghost.
I cannot prove her bulk is the cause of this but until she came on board for the car share scheme it was perfectly OK.
My wife doesn't want to lose her parking space but would she be within her rights to request a normal sized passenger perhaps?
Only in order for my wife to secure a parking space at her workplace she has to participate in the car share scheme.
The person she has been nominated to give a lift to is morbidly obese and I have genuinely noticed the car now seems to be permanently lower down on the passenger side, and on tight turns it has started knocking from that side. Along with this is the electric motor for elevating the seat has given up the ghost.
I cannot prove her bulk is the cause of this but until she came on board for the car share scheme it was perfectly OK.
My wife doesn't want to lose her parking space but would she be within her rights to request a normal sized passenger perhaps?
Or go the other way and turn up every day with a low loader and insist fatty gets on the trailer wearing loads of oversize load signs. Get some escort vehicles with all the orange flashing lights on them.
Shame her into dropping some weight because come the winter it'll be bloody cold sat on the trailer.
Shame her into dropping some weight because come the winter it'll be bloody cold sat on the trailer.
An enormous sow of a woman lives opposite a member of my family. She drives an old Micra which visibly sighs with relief when she heaves her blubber out of it. It then rocks gently and settles with a slight sag on the drivers side.
I feel sorry for it and her husband. She obviously has a sense of humour though (despite being an evil bh who has waged a hate campaign against my aged relative) as she has a playboy bunny on the back of it.
Given that rock solid evidence I'd say it's perfectly possible the bloater has buggered it. Probably wrecked the suspension as well.
I feel sorry for it and her husband. She obviously has a sense of humour though (despite being an evil bh who has waged a hate campaign against my aged relative) as she has a playboy bunny on the back of it.
Given that rock solid evidence I'd say it's perfectly possible the bloater has buggered it. Probably wrecked the suspension as well.
doogz said:
RDJ said:
Is it possible for human weight to wear out the suspension on a car?
Only in order for my wife to secure a parking space at her workplace she has to participate in the car share scheme.
The person she has been nominated to give a lift to is morbidly obese and I have genuinely noticed the car now seems to be permanently lower down on the passenger side, and on tight turns it has started knocking from that side. Along with this is the electric motor for elevating the seat has given up the ghost.
I cannot prove her bulk is the cause of this but until she came on board for the car share scheme it was perfectly OK.
My wife doesn't want to lose her parking space but would she be within her rights to request a normal sized passenger perhaps?
How fat is the person? What sort of weight are we talking about?Only in order for my wife to secure a parking space at her workplace she has to participate in the car share scheme.
The person she has been nominated to give a lift to is morbidly obese and I have genuinely noticed the car now seems to be permanently lower down on the passenger side, and on tight turns it has started knocking from that side. Along with this is the electric motor for elevating the seat has given up the ghost.
I cannot prove her bulk is the cause of this but until she came on board for the car share scheme it was perfectly OK.
My wife doesn't want to lose her parking space but would she be within her rights to request a normal sized passenger perhaps?
Yes it is entirely possible, the more weight you put in the more work the suspension is doing that side.
We have a customer who is rather large, but has a normal sized partner. Their car is very lopsided with and without it's occupants.
Most cars that only carry one normal person regularly will sag slightly on the drivers side eventually, presumably the spring spends more of its time under slightly higher compression and as age takes it's toll it will be shorter at it's normal unladen height that the other side.
I think from memory, some cars even had slightly 'longer' springs on the drivers side to keep them level with just a driver in, discovery 1 is ringing a bell ?
That last point seals it. Company can't force your wife to accept a passenger who can't wear a seatbelt.
Think about it. You get hit side-on on the passenger side and Sumo commuter isn't wearing her seatbelt properly, then she is going to be catapulted sideways out of her seat and is going to hit your wife with the equivalent of twice/three times her already considerable bodyweight. Which could kill your wife.
Think about it. You get hit side-on on the passenger side and Sumo commuter isn't wearing her seatbelt properly, then she is going to be catapulted sideways out of her seat and is going to hit your wife with the equivalent of twice/three times her already considerable bodyweight. Which could kill your wife.
Lost soul said:
RDJ said:
Another concern is our legal standing in the event of an accident as she can't get the seatbelt on fully and just holds it in place.
Jesus , I would say stop giving her lifts now She needs to talk to her managers at work about this
Lost soul said:
RDJ said:
Another concern is our legal standing in the event of an accident as she can't get the seatbelt on fully and just holds it in place.
Jesus , I would say stop giving her lifts now She needs to talk to her managers at work about this
http://www.rospa.com/roadsafety/adviceandinformati...
I thought it was the drivers - interesting.
RDJ said:
Difficult to estimate the weight but she fills most of the passenger side of an Audi A3, and my wife says she has had to increase her braking distances considerably. Another concern is our legal standing in the event of an accident as she can't get the seatbelt on fully and just holds it in place.
Come on, sounds like rubbish to me.Even 4/5 up with luggage under normal driving i have never had to 'considerably increase braking distances'
Unless this women is like 30 stone plus, she must be able to get a seatbelt on if she tried.
RDJ said:
Difficult to estimate the weight but she fills most of the passenger side of an Audi A3, and my wife says she has had to increase her braking distances considerably. Another concern is our legal standing in the event of an accident as she can't get the seatbelt on fully and just holds it in place.
Jesus! I read your OP and thought maybe your wife's car had failing suspension anyway and this just showed it up quicker as I couldn't imagine a fellow fatty causing that much of a problem. Having read that last bit though I'm not so sure Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff