Clipping rear alloys on curb
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My new company car is a 530e having previously owned a Polo. My issue is that I keep clipping the rear alloys on the curb and curbing the alloys as I cannot gauge when the rear wheel is passed the curb. It is also an issue when navigating tight, twisty McDonald's drive-thru's lol.
Can anyone give me any tips on how to avoid this?
Can anyone give me any tips on how to avoid this?
Obviously everyone will say "learn to drive", but it's easily done if going from a short to a long wheelbase car. Definitely found this when I had a Volvo limo!
What I find helps is set your drivers and passenger mirrors a tad lower than you would normally, so you can more clearly gauge where the wheel is (you don't necessarily need to see the wheel touching the ground but a better idea of proximity). Then as a behaviour, always drive "past" a corner further, and then apply more lock to turn in later
What I find helps is set your drivers and passenger mirrors a tad lower than you would normally, so you can more clearly gauge where the wheel is (you don't necessarily need to see the wheel touching the ground but a better idea of proximity). Then as a behaviour, always drive "past" a corner further, and then apply more lock to turn in later
av185 said:
Spec a Beemer with an auto adjusting nearside mirror to view the kerb activated when reverse is selected.
Or, on standard mirrors, leave the selector switch to the left, then just press down. Or, set the left mirror a little lower, then lean up and forward to view.When pulling out left from a side street, place the car further to the right, and drive further forward before turning the wheel left. That sounds obvious, but I guess you have moved to not just a bigger car, but also one with a longer wheelbase/length ratio, and track to body width ratio.
av185 said:
2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
av185 said:
Spec a Beemer with an auto adjusting nearside mirror to view the kerb activated when reverse is selected.
I guess OP is going forwards av185 said:
2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
av185 said:
Spec a Beemer with an auto adjusting nearside mirror to view the kerb activated when reverse is selected.
I guess OP is going forwards 2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
Osinjak said:
Kerb.
What about the extra apostrophe in Drive Thrus? I'd argue that "Drive Thru's" is one such circumstance, and that "Drive Thrus" looks weird.
Here, the primary crime against grammatical decency was committed by Macdonald's in unnecessarily abbreviating the word "through". Perhaps it fits better on the signs.
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