CNC Paul
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In for repair at our local bodyshop, this is all that is left from the front wheel after a lady driver had a few bevvies.... the rest of the molten alloy is sprayed up the side of the car.
Lady Driver
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Mike.C
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Astra or Corsa?
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Mike
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Mike
pren
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WTF??!! :shock:
What happened?
What happened?
CNC Paul
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Mike.C":uuft8ir9 said:
Astra
pren":uuft8ir9 said:
She decided to drink and drive, hit the kerb and got a puncture, kept on going and shredded the tyre, then continued to drive wearing the wheel down till she was stopped by the police......thank God
pren
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Flippin heck! I had no idea alloys would do that. Bonkers.
Alf
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Well, I dunno, but perhaps "Drunk Driver", "Idiot Drunk Driver" or "Flippin' Danger to the Rest of Humanity" might have been more accurate thread titles...
Alf":ce40r7ct said:
Equally accurate i would suggest.
More accurate would have been "Drunk Woman Driver", "Idiot drunk woman driver" or "Woman Who is a Flippin danger to the Rest of Humanity"
You could argue that the fact that she is a woman affected her ability to consume alcohol.
Why do some people want to "de-genderise" everything? Vive la difference!
Alf
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Okay, look at it another way, Stuart - if it had said "Black Driver", would you have been comfortable with that? Would it have been relevant? Nope. Yeah, if some silly tart had done this while putting on her lippy, I fear you'd have a case for some lady driver bashing. But everyone is equally capable of getting royally bladdered, and both genders have their fair share of complete morons. And after a while, it starts to annoy me - because I like to think the best of my woodworking acquaintances, and the reoccurrence of this sort of thing makes that quite difficult. But I don't want to turn this into a big debate, followed shortly by mod intervention and inevitable locking; mild protest has been made. I'll let it go and wait for the "Male woodworker makes a complete Horlicks of a simple job and cuts off his fingers owing to failing to read the instructions" thread. :wink:
As for the alloys, d'you think anyone even thought to test them to this sort of level of destruction? Or would the manufacturers naturally assume that you'd probably stop after the first hundred yards... :-k
As for the alloys, d'you think anyone even thought to test them to this sort of level of destruction? Or would the manufacturers naturally assume that you'd probably stop after the first hundred yards... :-k
CNC Paul
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Well, it seems you can please some of the people some of the time,
but you can't please all of the people all of the time.
but you can't please all of the people all of the time.
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Regardless of the idiot car driver's gender what car was it? That 'hub' is / was very small to start with. There are only 4 holes that are spaced around a thumb's width apart.
John
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Mike.C
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JWLeaper":2iqepe7k said:
John, if you look closely you will see that it's a 5 1/2"X14" GM (Vauxhall) wheel off a Astra. The 4 stud version of their alloy's have a PCD (Pitch Circle Diameter) of 100mm, so although it looks really small in the photo, it is about average size.
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Thanks Mike, so that's what all those numbers mean.
Such is my knowledge (and interest) in cars I wouldn't know an Astra from a (pick any other model you wish) if you parked it on my foot but I am impressed that said little car could drive along melting wheel, grinding other gubbins from under car and undoubtedly gouging grove in road for so long.
What sentence did the gender unspecific driver earn?
john
Such is my knowledge (and interest) in cars I wouldn't know an Astra from a (pick any other model you wish) if you parked it on my foot but I am impressed that said little car could drive along melting wheel, grinding other gubbins from under car and undoubtedly gouging grove in road for so long.
What sentence did the gender unspecific driver earn?
john
Mike.C
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JWLeaper":259dcoda said:
Hi John, cars were my misspent youth :wink:
The 5 1/2" J is how wide the wheel is, and the 14" is how high. As for the 100 PCD, if you were to draw a circle right through the centre of each stud (hole) it would be 100mm. Hope that helps.
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Mike
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OMG
This will probably get me a warning.
Alf - absolute bollox, it was a women driver, its a perfectly good description.
Saying black driver is completely different as you are commenting on their race not their gender, as regardless of your colour or creed you still have a gender.
for all you know the women driver in question could well have been black.
It makes me soooooo mad the bleeding PC brigade!!!!
This will probably get me a warning.
Alf - absolute bollox, it was a women driver, its a perfectly good description.
Saying black driver is completely different as you are commenting on their race not their gender, as regardless of your colour or creed you still have a gender.
for all you know the women driver in question could well have been black.
It makes me soooooo mad the bleeding PC brigade!!!!
Chems
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With the current tone probably shouldn't post these:
See how far we've come, lady driver is a positively PC description!
See how far we've come, lady driver is a positively PC description!
Mike.C
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mark270981":1z52ra0h said:
I think rather then being PC, Alf is supporting her gender. You did know that she is a female didn't you Mark
and that all she is saying is that 'A Drunk Driver' would have been a better title.Cheers
Mike
Whilst fully appreciating your view Mike I would have posted much the same as the OP, not because I'm a misogynist but because, in general, I tend to associate drunk driving with men, unfortunately.
Roy.
Roy.
