Dont let the missus drive your car!

[suityou01]

Actually I'm too intelligent to worry about material stuff over a real person.
And especially not some alloys. What a complete knob you are.

HTH you fookwit, but I doubt it.

Again, pretty good post.

[MarillionFan]

Remember real men drive convertibles, drink bitter,belittle their wives and beat their children are you a real man???

Sorry. Got the wrong. I meant Northerner :-)

[suityou01]

Remember real men drive convertibles, drink bitter,belittle their wives and beat their children are you a real man???

Sorry. Got the wrong. I meant Northerner :-)

<northerngutterspeak>
I go down t'pub,
I drink 10 pints,
N get completely plastered.
I fook off 'home,
N beat the wife,
Coz I'm a northern bastid
</northerngutterspeak>

[gingerjedi]

Some neanderthal at ATS Euromaster would have knackered them anyway the first time you needed new tyres.

You can spend a lot of time and money on things that ultimately don't mater, I just bought a 7 year old Mazda 6 with low mileage and pre-kerbed alloys. I expect a good 5 or 6 years of trouble and worry free motoring out of this baby.

[JonSmile]

As a highly paid contractor, surely you just need to get out the spare car and not worry about the few quid for new alloys - you could just sell it and buy a new clean one.

And I expect it was a business trip anyway, so you can charge the mileage to company expenses.

[PAH]

I reckon refurbs is going to be about 100 per wheel. If new alloys required think Im looking at 500 each corner. Ouch!

Still cheaper than a decent hooker, which may be the only hanky panky you're getting after being such an over-protective knob.

If you're so worried about your car don't let anyone else drive it.

[Sysman]

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!)

I know what that is, for I did it myself the first time I drove an auto. Your left leg is trained to to hit the clutch as you come to a final halt. Ooops! Brake pedal in the way.

Nearly put my father through the windscreen that time. His fault because he refused to wear a seat belt (this was before wearing one became a legal requirement).

I'll have to get the tracking checked as a precaution too.

Do it pronto. After hitting a pothole once a brand new tyre ended up with half the tread gone within a few days.

[Sysman]

Some neanderthal at ATS Euromaster would have knackered them anyway the first time you needed new tyres.

Sadly too true.

You can spend a lot of time and money on things that ultimately don't mater, I just bought a 7 year old Mazda 6 with low mileage and pre-kerbed alloys. I expect a good 5 or 6 years of trouble and worry free motoring out of this baby.

There's an idea for bargain motoring... Select a car with

• pre-kerbed alloys
• pre-vandalised aerial (coat hangers rule!)
• pre-keyed down the side

[AtW]

Now that your wife knows how really valuable the car is to you (more than her evidently), she'll make sure not to forget it and sooner or later you'll live to regret every bad word you told to her.

God save you if she ever comes across this forum.

[TimberWolf]

Even though I drive bangers, I look after the tyres and of course the wheels. Often you see people mounting a kerb, e.g. to negotiate a car taking up too much space on the right, but I don't follow them. I don't drive up kerbs, at least not at acute (glancing) angles.