Is this a new record?

[up_north]

Six days old, kerbed alloy.

 

[GRiLLA]

I very much doubt it, there's been 'on the day' kerbing reported here before. I'm surprised some people make it out of the delivery centre.

Was it rear left, that the only one I've done, cutting left turns too tight?

 

[Rich135]

No, I have done an alloy on my Superb the same day I picked it up! Never did it again in 3 years....

 

[Epico]

Six days old, kerbed alloy.

Clearly a must try harder

 

[up_north]

I very much doubt it, there's been 'on the day' kerbing reported here before. I'm surprised some people make it out of the delivery centre.

Was it rear left, that the only one I've done, cutting left turns too tight?

Yep - rear left! Annoyingly I was doing a good deed. Old neighbour with mobility issues asked if I could take him to a medical appointment. Wanted to get as close to the kerb as possible for him!

 

[DrJFoster]

If it was, it's not one I'd be trying to claim personally!

 

[HenryT]

Just the one?

Amateur.

 

[MattJ]

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[Burley]

Did my rear left the day I picked it up. About 1 mile from the SC. Roadworks, concrete fence base sicking out on a left hand bend..

 

[Leejmoff]

Six days old, kerbed alloy.

No I did my the first night in B&Q lol

 

[Dilly]

Did mine in a KFC drive through. They are too damn narrow!

 

[Itidiot]

Inside the collection area .. wife drives over curb.. husband then panics and then leaves handbrake off his ICE car.

(Don't watch all the video - not worth it )

 

[Plagued]

Pah .. I did mine the day I picked it up!. But if it makes you feel better, I was parked up next to this guy the other day, same on the back wheel

 

[debrooker]

Six days old, kerbed alloy.

Not on the Tesla, but my wife lasted 3 hours on her new car. The one thing I said to her was "mind the alloys"

 

[bangtidy]

Within the first 3 or 4 days of getting my M3P, I scraped the rear passenger wheel on a particular corner kerb near where I live.

2 years later, Kwik fit changed my rear tyres and happened to swap the rear wheels as well. Within 2 days of that I scraped the same corner on the same kerb so ended up with both rears scraped. Ho hum.

Since had them both repaired for £200. No doubt that same kerb will get me again at some point!

 

[Doudeau]

With my first M3 I’d kerbed 3 of the alloys within a month (the lines in the reversing camera could be better, couldn’t they!) and so was very pleased with myself for not kerbing the MIC car in it’s first 4 months.

I then did this and wished I’d only kerbed an alloy :

It was obviously in the body shop for many weeks but then came back like new. I took it for a drive and hit a kerb within 10 mins.

I’ve not hit any other kerbs in the last 6 months (that’ll probably be tonight ) but when it next happens I will think “it could be worse”.

 

[Epico]

Picked mine up today with two big scratches on the car. So trip to service centre already booked...more trips to the SC than my M3 had after 3 years

 

[phoenixcat]

Took me 500 miles and a couple of weeks….

I can’t tell the wife as I haven’t let her drive the Tesla yet because she is a serial wheel kerber!

The Gemini wheel covers don’t protect the outer rim of the wheel. I have some black wheel covers coming from AliExpress that cover the whole wheel so hopefully won’t happen again and when they arrive I can cover the damage.