****'s sake!
Lovely day in the north west so decided to get the 3 series convertible out and go for a drive.
Decided the missus should drive and get use to the automatic. Set the sat nav up for our destination about 45 minutes away, put the top down and away we go.
First junction on the estate she jumps on the brake and nearly sends me through the windscreen! 'What the hell are you doing?' I says. 'Oh sorry!' says Mrs BB. (Should have stopped her there and then!)
So, off we continue at a sedate pace, no probs, there's no hurry. Im sat in the passenger seat trying not to be overprotective of my baby (I love topless motoring, I really do!) and offer words of comfort and advice 'its an auto so all you have to do is point it and put one foot on the accelerator or brake' kind of thing.
A few twisty roads and we're a bit near the gutter but no worries as these roads dont have kerbs.
Gets to within 800 meters of our destination and there's a bend ahead on the crest of a small hillock with the only kerbs around for miles sat there.
Looking at the line she's taking I can see we'd be getting a bit close to them and Im thinking of saying 'mind the kerbs' when 5 seconds later 'bang' the front near side wheel smacks the kerb followed by another 'bang' as the ******* back wheel hits the kerb!
'What the f*** are you doing?' I say to Mrs BB who pulls over and stops. 'What've I done? she asks
'F***ing hell, you're supposed to have a driving license. All you have to do is point the f***ing thing and you hit the only kerb stones for miles around not once but f***ing twice!'
Gets out of the car and sure enough, the 19 inch alloys are kerbed to f*** and the car has less than 4000 miles on it from new!
I walk off in a right strop for half an hour to try and cool down. Then I've got to get back in and drive home with Mrs BB blubbering away.
Had a good look at the alloys once we got home and they are well f***ed. I'll have to get the tracking checked as a precaution too.
Going to make enquiries on Monday to see if they can be refurbed or whether they are write offs (dont look to be but you never know.)
I reckon refurbs is going to be about 100 per wheel. If new alloys required think Im looking at 500 each corner. Ouch!
I should have known better.
Lovely day in the north west so decided to get the 3 series convertible out and go for a drive.
Decided the missus should drive and get use to the automatic. Set the sat nav up for our destination about 45 minutes away, put the top down and away we go.
First junction on the estate she jumps on the brake and nearly sends me through the windscreen! 'What the hell are you doing?' I says. 'Oh sorry!' says Mrs BB. (Should have stopped her there and then!)
So, off we continue at a sedate pace, no probs, there's no hurry. Im sat in the passenger seat trying not to be overprotective of my baby (I love topless motoring, I really do!) and offer words of comfort and advice 'its an auto so all you have to do is point it and put one foot on the accelerator or brake' kind of thing.
A few twisty roads and we're a bit near the gutter but no worries as these roads dont have kerbs.
Gets to within 800 meters of our destination and there's a bend ahead on the crest of a small hillock with the only kerbs around for miles sat there.
Looking at the line she's taking I can see we'd be getting a bit close to them and Im thinking of saying 'mind the kerbs' when 5 seconds later 'bang' the front near side wheel smacks the kerb followed by another 'bang' as the ******* back wheel hits the kerb!
'What the f*** are you doing?' I say to Mrs BB who pulls over and stops. 'What've I done? she asks
'F***ing hell, you're supposed to have a driving license. All you have to do is point the f***ing thing and you hit the only kerb stones for miles around not once but f***ing twice!'
Gets out of the car and sure enough, the 19 inch alloys are kerbed to f*** and the car has less than 4000 miles on it from new!
I walk off in a right strop for half an hour to try and cool down. Then I've got to get back in and drive home with Mrs BB blubbering away.
Had a good look at the alloys once we got home and they are well f***ed. I'll have to get the tracking checked as a precaution too.
Going to make enquiries on Monday to see if they can be refurbed or whether they are write offs (dont look to be but you never know.)
I reckon refurbs is going to be about 100 per wheel. If new alloys required think Im looking at 500 each corner. Ouch!
I should have known better.
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