Vulnerability to Parking Lot Damage?
07-13-01, 12:26 PM
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Why is this?????
It is amazing that no matter how far away I park I come out and someone is parked next to me. My SC400 is very unforgiving when hit with the door of another car. I am so careful with her. I will not park at the mall and other places like that. Makes me so mad that people care so little about there pieces of you know what cars so they dent our beautiful babies without giving it a second thought. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
07-13-01, 01:13 PM
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Originally posted by DIESELMAN63
My back bumper looked like its been in a cat fight
. All these people don't know how to park so they hit my bumper 
My back bumper looked like its been in a cat fight
. All these people don't know how to park so they hit my bumper
But small, tight parking spots make for wrinkled bumpers.
07-13-01, 01:26 PM
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Whilst on the subject (sort of), I'd suggest not letting the little woman drive too often. My experience has been that the passenger side alloys all too frequently used as "curb feelers", disturbing both alignment and wheel rim appearance to an unacceptable (to me) degree.
07-13-01, 01:56 PM
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Originally posted by mooretorque
Whilst on the subject (sort of), I'd suggest not letting the little woman drive too often. My experience has been that the passenger side alloys all too frequently used as "curb feelers", disturbing both alignment and wheel rim appearance to an unacceptable (to me) degree.
Whilst on the subject (sort of), I'd suggest not letting the little woman drive too often. My experience has been that the passenger side alloys all too frequently used as "curb feelers", disturbing both alignment and wheel rim appearance to an unacceptable (to me) degree.
I wonder if JC Whitney still sells curb feelers. Sounds like your better half could use a pair of real ones (hmm, not quite sure how that sounds :eek:... uh, I mean real curb feelers).
Could be the hot Lexus mod for the 21st century.
07-13-01, 02:01 PM
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Originally posted by mooretorque
Whilst on the subject (sort of), I'd suggest not letting the little woman drive too often. My experience has been that the passenger side alloys all too frequently used as "curb feelers", disturbing both alignment and wheel rim appearance to an unacceptable (to me) degree.
Whilst on the subject (sort of), I'd suggest not letting the little woman drive too often. My experience has been that the passenger side alloys all too frequently used as "curb feelers", disturbing both alignment and wheel rim appearance to an unacceptable (to me) degree.
I wonder if JC Whitney still sells curb feelers. Sounds like your better half could use a pair of real ones (hmm, not quite sure how that sounds :eek:... uh, I mean real curb feelers).
Could be the hot Lexus mod for the 21st century.
07-13-01, 02:09 PM
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Originally posted by mooretorque
Whilst on the subject (sort of), I'd suggest not letting the little woman drive too often. My experience has been that the passenger side alloys all too frequently used as "curb feelers", disturbing both alignment and wheel rim appearance to an unacceptable (to me) degree.
Whilst on the subject (sort of), I'd suggest not letting the little woman drive too often. My experience has been that the passenger side alloys all too frequently used as "curb feelers", disturbing both alignment and wheel rim appearance to an unacceptable (to me) degree.
I wonder if JC Whitney still sells curb feelers. Sounds like your better half could use a pair of real ones (hmm, not quite sure how that sounds :eek:... uh, I mean real curb feelers).
Could be the hot Lexus mod for the 21st century.
07-13-01, 03:24 PM
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Checking on grounding straps too........actually, she hasn't modified the 17s on my GS, but if she doesn't stop grinding the right side rims on the RX, one of these days her whole right side will be flat:eek: :eek:
07-13-01, 08:07 PM
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Charonne, I humbly beg your pardon. I knew that you'd be around somewhere but did not have the time, at the time, to fashion an exemption. Neither chauvinist or misogynist, I am not only aware but pleased (and even jealous) that there are many women who can a) drive rings around me and b) surpass me in caring for their cherished vehicle.
But.........I dated the girl who put water in the crankcase and oil in the radiator of her Datsun 2000, way back when (trying to help); dated any number of women who professed to "know where the key goes and when it won't run, to call the dealer to come get it". Stereotypes do arise for a reason, that being that they are not altogether inaccurate. And my wife is the one who has done the rimrubbing (unintentionally, of course, but the road to that particular hell is paved with "accidents".
BTW, what did you do about your rim??:eek:
But.........I dated the girl who put water in the crankcase and oil in the radiator of her Datsun 2000, way back when (trying to help); dated any number of women who professed to "know where the key goes and when it won't run, to call the dealer to come get it". Stereotypes do arise for a reason, that being that they are not altogether inaccurate. And my wife is the one who has done the rimrubbing (unintentionally, of course, but the road to that particular hell is paved with "accidents".
BTW, what did you do about your rim??:eek:
07-13-01, 08:46 PM
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Originally posted by mooretorque
Whilst on the subject (sort of), I'd suggest not letting the little woman drive too often. My experience has been that the passenger side alloys all too frequently used as "curb feelers", disturbing both alignment and wheel rim appearance to an unacceptable (to me) degree.
Whilst on the subject (sort of), I'd suggest not letting the little woman drive too often. My experience has been that the passenger side alloys all too frequently used as "curb feelers", disturbing both alignment and wheel rim appearance to an unacceptable (to me) degree.
07-15-01, 05:06 PM
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Originally posted by mooretorque
BTW, what did you do about your rim??:eek:
BTW, what did you do about your rim??:eek:
Actually, I didn't do anything. We were planning on
getting new rims anyway, but that was kind of put on the back burner when I got the 540i.
I don't usually do stupid things to my cars. My mess-ups are few and far between. In fact I take real good care of them, and that is probably why hubby gives me such nice ones!!
C.
07-15-01, 06:18 PM
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Charonne, glad to see you back......haven't read too much from you lately. Guess you've been too busy doing back-to-back comparisons between the 430 and 540i. Conclusions????
And, before I go, thank you for graciously accepting my apology. I'd be happy to buy you and your mate a drink (necessary this time of year in this part of the world) should ya'll come this way sometime.
And, before I go, thank you for graciously accepting my apology. I'd be happy to buy you and your mate a drink (necessary this time of year in this part of the world) should ya'll come this way sometime.
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