well im a bigger idiot for letting my girl drive my car today
to get some parts we ordered for her car im fixing tonight.i was so close to letting her drive the s4
but i said what the hell its friday im in a good mood.
she just called me at work and told me she hit a curb pulling into
parking spot.she saids its real bad
i of course havent seen the wheel but its the front right rim.
im so pissed off
who pulls into a spot, i always back in.like i said its my fault. i should of left work earlier so i could of picked up the parts
i will post some pixs later and see what im gonna do to get it repaired asap.she said shes gonna fix it or get a new wheel for me.
i laughed one wheel cost more that her integra

well im 30 minutes away from either crying or going to jail

 

damn

 

Least your wheels fit lol.Hope it work out.Maybe not as bad as she says it his.

 

Oh man
I knew where this story was going

thats too bad
thats why my girl has yet to drive my 8

 

It's no mistake my last seven cars have been MTX's and my wife only will drive an automatic. God forbid I should ever break my left leg...

 

I don't mind my g/f driving my car... yet another reason I went automatic. Accidents happen.. :P

Luckily some touch up paint works wonders.

 

wtf na send me the pix

mikeb i never let her drive it before
and she never asked too its just her car was in my garage
with the rotors,calipers etc on the ground.

ned m she never even dreamed of driving the fd before.she was some what scared of getting behind the wheel of it.wonder why?

well after seeing the wheel i felt hurt. i couldnt imagine it ever being damaged.but stuff happens
im gonna go tommorow and see how much they want at repair shop im gonna get the whole lip taken off,snaded down and re-cromed..my boy has his maido wheels and my b.f dronnel wheel there for 3 weeks.ouch
so it looks like my stock wheels are going back on this week.
back to stock.

 

Hello again idiot. j/k. Couldn't resist a second time.

 

In Southside Birmingham, AL, they have these massive stone curbs. I was "parallel" parking (quotes because there was only a car behind me), backing in, and I got a little too close. I have about a scratch on the wheel the size of a thumb print, as well as various nicks around the 1/2 of the outside, on my front passengers side. I was a little pissed, but I got over it. Most people won't notice unless I mention it.

The problem is that my wheels get dirty from break / road dust. With the scratch being very rough, dirt gets in the cracks and it becomes more noticeable. I decided I'd take some fine grit sand paper and try to smooth it out. That worked okay. The metal on the wheels is really really soft, and the coating over them is even worse.

It makes me wonder if some nice "rallye style" wheels would stand up to a little more abuse. I kinda like how white wheels look. If anyone has any suggestions, I'd like to hear them, as a google search for "white wheels rims" doesn't do much.

But, hey. At least it is on the passengers side, so I don't have to see it much more than once a week when I wash my car.

 

Hey, this is a new idiot. I (the original idiot) have stayed safely away from curbs since my first incident.

Funny though, my girlfriend has been asking when she gets to drive my new 8. I told her she could, but I will be in the car with her. And just to avoid curbs, I will start and end her drive in a parking lot.

Also, I think that if I macked the wheels twice in a one week period, that I would not fess up to that on an RX8 enthusiasts board.

 

Well in that case, hello new idiot! :D

 

woman driver .