How To Make Baby Jesus Cry.

[Flintstone]

(Apologies for the poor pics but night, pocket camera, in a hurry etc...)


What's this I spied in the car park as I left work last night? Oooh, interesting.






Hang on though...



Every wheel was the same.





Now I'm no detailing freak but that's just nasty.

[kambites]

Maybe he's the ultimate rarity amongst modern sports-car drivers and he bought it to drive rather than to look at.

[NailedOn]

Is the owner preparing to plaster his boot, or maybe keep chickens in there?

[Pork]

London, per chance?

While its not excuse, I've knackered up many an alloy on kerbs in London. They seem to have a soft spot for uneven kerbs, some of which really do make a mess of the wheels. Its all repairable though.

[Accelebrate]

Just don't drive into the things. I'm all for using a car rather than looking at it but kerbing an alloy whilst parking is just sloppy and easily avoided.

[LMC]

Almost every time I've parked my car, the kerb stays pretty much where it is, it doesn't jump out and take a bite out of your wheels.

Disgraceful disregard. Sure its probably his or her property but still....

[Petrolhead_Rich]

kambites said:

Maybe he's the ultimate rarity amongst modern sports-car drivers and he bought it to drive rather than to look at.

Drive it into every kerbstone they can find?

Also, I think we have to consider it may not be a "he", but rather a "she"! /sexist stereotyping

[kambites]

I don't really see the problem? It doesn't affect the way the car drivers and the owner presumably doesn't care what the wheels look like.

I don't think I've ever curbed a wheel, but if I did I certainly wouldn't bother getting it "fixed" just to make the wheels look pretty again. Cars are for driving.

[gareth.e]

while curbing is rather nasty to look at... Atleast hes using it

[Adam_W]

err.. wow a kerbed alloy.. so even people with money have trouble parking

[Jesus TF Christ]

LMC said:

Almost every time I've parked my car, the kerb stays pretty much where it is, it doesn't jump out and take a bite out of your wheels.

Yeah, it's the bollards you need to look out for.

I saw a Gallardo at Brands once (was told it belonged to the Friends Reunited chap who was driving that as he'd pranged his Murci) and it did upset me to think that each of his four kerbed wheels was still worth more than my car.

[mybrainhurts]

Curb...Kerb

You know who you are...

[kambites]

mybrainhurts said:

Curb...Kerb

You know who you are...

Oops.

[Petrolhead_Rich]

kambites said:

I don't really see the problem? It doesn't affect the way the car drivers and the owner presumably doesn't care what the wheels look like.

I don't think I've ever curbed a wheel, but if I did I certainly wouldn't bother getting it "fixed" just to make the wheels look pretty again. Cars are for driving.

Have you thought how the force of the wheel hitting the kerb and trying to push the entire car sideways via the wheel affects other parts including, but not limited to:

Wheel Bolts
Wheel Hub
Wheel Bearing
Bottom Ball Joint
Wishbone
Wishbone bolts
Rubber Bushes
Chassis Rail
Damper
Tyre
Chassis Rail

Just a thought for you, but I wouldn't want to replace any of those on a Lamborghini, or drive with any of those weakened!

But if your happy then feel free to continue to smash your wheels and tyres into kerbs, just keep away from me when those parts fail and you land on your roof....

[kambites]

Petrolhead_Rich said:

But if your happy then feel free to continue to smash your wheels and tyres into kerbs, just keep away from me when those parts fail and you land on your roof....

I've never kerbed a car in my life.

And anyway, that damage looks like it's from scraping along a kerb, not sliding sideways into it. The lateral loading in that case will be no higher than you'd get under cornering.

[Flintstone]

Clearly for those here with enough money or lack of mechanical sympathy it's not a problem. I just couldn't do that anything, even my scabby old Golf.

Hey ho.

[balls-out]

Petrolhead_Rich said:

Have you thought how the force of the wheel hitting the kerb and trying to push the entire car sideways via the wheel affects other parts including, but not limited to:

Wheel Bolts
Wheel Hub
Wheel Bearing
Bottom Ball Joint
Wishbone
Wishbone bolts
Rubber Bushes
Chassis Rail
Damper
Tyre
Chassis Rail

Just a thought for you, but I wouldn't want to replace any of those on a Lamborghini, or drive with any of those weakened!

But if your happy then feel free to continue to smash your wheels and tyres into kerbs, just keep away from me when those parts fail and you land on your roof....

Oh come on - he touched the curb whilst parking. I can't really see major chassis rail deformation from that!
An aloy wheel isn't very strong, compaired to most of the parts you mention. The wheel would break/bend/fracture if he had hit it hard.

Anyway I suspect its easily done when driving something 14ft wide with s*d all visiblity.
Supercars are glorious, but not really very useful like that.

Edited by balls-out on Wednesday 23 March 13:43

[Petrolhead_Rich]

kambites said:

I've never kerbed a car in my life.

And anyway, that damage looks like it's from scraping along a kerb, not sliding sideways into it. The lateral loading in that case will be no higher than you'd get under cornering.

Fair enough, I was perhaps a little OTT to suggest you were happy doing it, non the less cornering is a constant force and is mostly down, also it isn't against a solid object so the tyres can slip if your pushing too hard, and the friction of a tyre is much less than the molecules of steel, a kerbstone planted 8" into the ground may however be a little stronger than a bolt, and given that it appears to have been done repeatedly worries me! Also it will be a shock loading when it first makes contact, not to mention the possibility of damaging the sidewall of the tyre with the force being concentrated on one small part of the tyre!


OP - why did you check his wheels/tyres, are you BiB and wanted to give him a ticket for bald tyres???

[Flintstone]

Petrolhead_Rich said:

OP - why did you check his wheels/tyres, are you BiB and wanted to give him a ticket for bald tyres???

No, he wasn't around. I'd have given him a serious looking at for being so cavalier though. Like this... <glares, wonky eyed>.

That'll show 'im.

[BliarOut]

Petrolhead_Rich said:

kambites said:

I don't really see the problem? It doesn't affect the way the car drivers and the owner presumably doesn't care what the wheels look like.

I don't think I've ever curbed a wheel, but if I did I certainly wouldn't bother getting it "fixed" just to make the wheels look pretty again. Cars are for driving.

Have you thought how the force of the wheel hitting the kerb and trying to push the entire car sideways via the wheel affects other parts including, but not limited to:

Wheel Bolts
Wheel Hub
Wheel Bearing
Bottom Ball Joint
Wishbone
Wishbone bolts
Rubber Bushes
Chassis Rail
Damper
Tyre
Chassis Rail

Just a thought for you, but I wouldn't want to replace any of those on a Lamborghini, or drive with any of those weakened!

But if your happy then feel free to continue to smash your wheels and tyres into kerbs, just keep away from me when those parts fail and you land on your roof....

You don't work in engineering, do you...