Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

Yeah visually check them, start with the rears they usually go first. From BMW it is new driveshafts only but I think Euro Car Parts sell the rings separately, if you jack it up and look up with a torch slowly turn the wheel and you should see shiny bits where it has touched and worn the corrosion

And thanks you are welcome :).

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That is just awesome. Long live the very small cars

Panicked phone from distant* elderly widowed neighbour.
Touched (= hit) a kerb with front nearside wheel,
steering went heavy and a loud unusual noise.
She managed to get the car home.

Could I pop round and change the damaged tyre for the spare for her?

[* She lives across Ruislip Municipal golf course from me,
and is the mother of a schoolmate with whom I am in regular contact.
He resides in south west France].

I have some chores to do, but roll up around 5pm,
Tyre is wrecked, but remarkably little (noticeable) damage to wheel.

Spare is full size, but the car is only a '13 reg Fabia so easily manhandled out of the spare rearwell along with the jack and wheel wrench.

Fortunately wheelnuts have not been hammered in, and me standing on wrench loosens them. Jack up car and give the wheel the typical pull on the alloy spokes. It stays stubbornly in place. Try standing on one of the alloy spokes, the wheel still won't budge.

Start wondering what else I can do, when I notice the jack had wandered a bit off vertical as I wound it up. Release the jack by a few revolutions, tyre makes contact with ground, then wheel, then the weight of the car overcomes the corrosion sticktion.

Pop spare on, ensure wheelnuts are 'adequately' done up, by standing on wrench again. Rewarded with a coffee and chocolate biscuits.

Car will be driven, in the morning to local tyre place for replacement tyre.

Don't tell anyone I had no idea had to remove the corrosion stuck wheel until fiddling with the jack did it for me!

Cheers, super helpful, gonna get investigating. Gonna probably buy a foxwell reader too. Can always flog it if I sell the e46!

Any excuse to get a gadget Tbh,

Good deed done for today. Well done!
If you have a decent level of security with the jack or a jackstand you can always give a quick kick to a wheel whilst seated to try and break it free.

Damn. Having thought I had four wheels out of my system. I had a rush of blood to the head and bought something open topped and very, very sporty. Performance is frankly, alarming. ...

No pics? Booooo

Pics or STFU!!

You tease!

We need pics and more info ASAP

Dodge Viper?

Nice! My work colleague time trials his Micra, I think they are fairly popular for this as a low cost way into motorsport.

Evoque cabriolet?

It’s a savage beast....

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125ccs of throbbing power.

Have you been craving the smell of 2 stroke?

110 leaded and Castrol A747. No finer aroma.

ting ting ting ting ting ting ting ting ting ting ting

Going to be ripping up Sunset, beating everyone off the lights.

The temptation is strong but I think that might be go directly to jail territory.
I’ve got to fix the brakes first anyways.

I saw a video the other day I need to find again, it was a guy driving a proper kart on a normal trackday. I think I'd be too worried about a driver not seeing me, but this guy was absolutely ripping.

355 + 348 already this weekend.

#Surreyways #Natch

Fuck yeah

That's kind of you.
Thanks for the seated kick tip.

Saw one of the Mercedes EQCs today - really nice looking inside and out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MytfhzcSF-Y&ab_channel=R%C3%A9miGAILLARD

Dress up as mario, Luigi, or yoshi