Should women be allowed to drive cars with alloys?

[TeaVR]

Just had the pleasure of sitting in the passenger seat whilst my Mrs neatly introduced my car to a length of kerb. Very much like dragging a fork under pressure over a plate!

Quick poll - is your partner alloy friendly?

[Wheelrepairit]

Yes, should be made law.Women and alloys, a match made in heaven

Pays my mortgage, lol

[Negative Creep]

I can't really comment as I've manages to knock my fair share of wheels

[Baffled Spoon]

Although technically, women should be more prone to wheel kerbing as they haven't got as good spatial awarness due to physiological and functional brain differences, I don't think the problem is only with them. Any person who sees a car as just a tool for getting from a to b seems to not care too much and seems to take less care over such matters.

[StevenB]

Have to say that management had a smart car with alloys for 5 years 24,000 miles not one mark on the wheels .................

[Nicholas Blair]

No, 2 weeks old and kerbed already

and I know it wasn't me.

[TeaVR]

Nicholas Blair said:

No, 2 weeks old and kerbed already

and I know it wasn't me.

EXACTLY! I already had a mark on one wheel - and I knew I hadn't done it as well! At least this time she can't deny it!

[Shaw Tarse]

TeaVR said:

Nicholas Blair said:

No, 2 weeks old and kerbed already

and I know it wasn't me.

EXACTLY! I already had a mark on one wheel - and I knew I hadn't done it as well! At least this time she can't deny it!

She owes you "favours"

[Timberwolf]

I do find it slightly bizarre that people who don't really care about cars, certainly not enough to be any more than "approximate" with their parking, have readily embraced alloy wheels, low-profile tyres, painted bumpers and the gradual thinning and eventual deletion of plastic door planks.

Form over function, eh?

[Santa Claws]

That's weird - I didn't think alloy wheel kerbing was an issue on the Range Rover or BMW X5/Audi Q7 etc...

[henrycrun]

I blame the fule who invented power steering

[Hooli]

StevenB said:

Have to say that management had a smart car with alloys for 5 years 24,000 miles not one mark on the wheels .................

yeah but in those you fall down the drain before you hit the kerb

[Nicholas Blair]

Shaw Tarse said:

TeaVR said:

Nicholas Blair said:

No, 2 weeks old and kerbed already

and I know it wasn't me.

EXACTLY! I already had a mark on one wheel - and I knew I hadn't done it as well! At least this time she can't deny it!

She owes you "favours"

Yup, get off her backside and get it fixed.

[TeaVR]

henrycrun said:

I blame the fule who invented power steering

She wasn't parking, just wasn't looking where she was going - almost took out a hooded chav in the process - would have been worth the damage if she had.

[RWA28]

Every time I swap my company car (every 6 months) I end up having to fork out for at least 1 wheel to be repaired. I'm in shock sometimes when we for some reason cut across corners instead of going around them, drives me mad. That's why when she asks if she can drive my Tuscan it's the same answer. NEVER.

[mogul]

How else is a woman going to judge how close they are to a kerb

An expensive car wheel and a woman - machines in perfect 'dis-harmony'

Edited by mogul on Monday 24th March 22:05

[dxb335d]

Some women car drive mate. Alot of others cant, best not to tar them all with the same stty brush!


Carlos

[mogul]

dxb335d said:

best not to tar them all with the same stty brush!

Carlos

Why not?

It's only a bit of light-hearted banter

[Wacky Racer]

Mrs WR is picking up this very car on Wednesday, so she had better drive carefully or else!!...

[mogul]

Wacky Racer said:

Mrs WR is picking up this very car on Wednesday, so she had better drive carefully or else!!...

That is a great looking car, congrats

Oh, BTW the wheels are screaming to be kerbed day one

Edited by mogul on Monday 24th March 22:05