3rd ones a big one!

[Crazyfool]

Well it might well be the forth or even the fifth time the wife has hit a kerb, but this one is definitely a biggy!

 

[JohnnyAMG]

Ouch. Is it cracked?

 

[st13phil]

Well, as the saying goes, "If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well."

I feel your pain...

 

[TheFoX]

Well it might well be the forth or even the fifth time the wife has hit a kerb, but this one is definitely a biggy!

I'd have been concerned after the first time.

Your best bet would be to pay for her to take driving lessons with a driving instructor rather than use your Merc.

 

[T5R+]

Within 3 months of marriage, knew for it to last, that "SWMBO" would have to have 60% profile tyres, steel wheels with trims.

OP - the only remedy is separate cars and try not to notice.

 

[st13phil]

Your best bet would be to pay for her to take driving lessons with a driving instructor rather than use your Merc.

So how do you find the single life?

 

[Tim203]

OP - the only remedy is separate cars and try not to notice.

Perfect remedy, this also stops the 'well I didnt do it' you get when sharing.

Mrs. 203 ruins (I mean drives) our Benz mostly while I have my beloved old 406. Should be vice-versa as the Pug is beyond its worry about years!

 

[Crazyfool]

Perfect remedy, this also stops the 'well I didnt do it' you get when sharing. Mrs. 203 ruins (I mean drives) our Benz mostly while I have my beloved old 406. Should be vice-versa as the Pug is beyond its worry about years!

We're the same. She does most of the school runs so my main runaround is the convertible.

 

[Crazyfool]

Ouch. Is it cracked?

no it's just one heck of a dink!

 

[Adrian5405]

Ealier in the week we were out in the Merc with me driving on one of the very few occasions im allowed and I managed to clip the kerb,, blimey she bent my bloody ear hole about it, went on and on until we got home.

When we got home I checked for any tyre damage but it was fine, upon closed inspection I noticed THREE of the wheels have had close relations with kerbs,

Oh how I enjoyed the next 5 minutes

 

[Grovsie31]

Just don't clean the wheels for another 6 months and you wont be able to tell.

 

[David404]

You could try the tack "these things happen, don't worry, no big deal but it looks horrid could you get the car into a wheel specialist and have it fixed please". Inconvenience to better half and bill to pay...

 

[Piff]

When SWMBO did serious kerbing to previous car I made her live with it, despite her requests for a refurb, until just before it was due to be returned at the end of the lease.
Had the current one for about a year now and no damage yet!

 

[Crazyfool]

Apparently she lost control on a bend!


She said maybe we should swap the car for an old banger

 

[wivenhoe]

When SWMBO did serious kerbing to previous car I made her live with it, despite her requests for a refurb, until just before it was due to be returned at the end of the lease.
Had the current one for about a year now and no damage yet!

I had these fitted when I had the winter tyres put on. They look a little 'blingy' but do prevent minor scrapes. Crap name - Alloygators

https://www.alloygator.com