As seen in the picture, this guy drove Toyo Proxies semi-slicks on genuine Enkei wheels. He didn't regret it. He was trying to beat his best lap time at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca when something went wrong, and he crashed at mph.
That's serious speed! Luckily for the driver, it all ended up well with only that much damage! We don't want to discount luck playing a part, but nevertheless, good job, Enkei! Cheap wheels vs. Every car guy in the world has been in this discussion! It goes over and over forever, and no conclusion can be made. Yes, for sure, OEM or genuine aftermarket wheels are the better solution, but are they worth the money?
The answer depends on the budget, the car's purpose, and many, many more. The Internet is full of pictures of broken BBS replicas. This is a horrible one! Half of the wheel is gone, and the other part of this scrap metal just lays under the car! The brake rotor and the caliper are also damaged. Yes, as we saw, even a genuine wheel can fall apart but not quite like this, and is it likely to do so?
If you do track days often, be sure to avoid replica wheels. But if that's not your cup of tea and you use your car just to get from A to B with regular traffic, a set of replica wheels can serve you well.
Or maybe not? Yet another genuine vs. Good thing, it was only the metal that was broken! Buying even a cheap, basic model from a certified brand can save you a lot of trouble. There are a lot of exceptions, of course, but fixing a bent wheel is better than repairing a broken car.
Rim failure, as seen in the picture, can lead to a whole list of things to change: tires, brake rotors, pads, calipers, side skirts, the bumper, and maybe even more! And just imagine what the consequences may be if there's another car on the road!
It isn't worth it at all. Bad tires can also lead to wheel damage. They're all parts of the same system. A failed component will affect the whole package, so be sure to monitor tire pressure! Driving with a flat tire can bend the wheel, and in some situations, crack it. Here we see a very bad case of falling into a pothole with under-inflated tires. The damage isn't only radial but also axial. Is it possible to repair? Do we want to drive on these wheels?
Surely, no! Maybe if there was only 1 crack, yes. However, if a wheel in good condition can crack like that, what will happen with the fixed one? Always check your tires and avoid using very old ones.
Rubber structure changes over time, leading to reduced grip. Popular opinions say a tire's life is up to 5 years or 15, miles. What can cause that? A very big stone? A curb? It's like some kind of crazy samurai just chopped the wheel with his sword!
These aren't some fake cheap wheels; they're proper racing lightweight BBSs! The driver must've hit something very sharp while stepping on the brake pedal to achieve this. Racing is a dangerous sport, and rally maybe takes the crown among all race series! Rally drivers must be very brave, and some of them pay such a high price after an accident like this! The driver who owns this wheel wasn't leading the race after the accident. The good part is that the car looks whole and OK.
A new set of tires and some suspension adjustments, and he's ready to go again! Some of these rally incidents end up really messy with a lot of damage to both the car and the driver. Driving around the neighborhood seems easy and relaxing, but sometimes, it can be very stressful. This guy was cruising and minding his own business when he hit something. But why so much of a damage? Bent, broken wheel—and all this from a never-seen obstacle?
For his own good, the insurance company covered the damage as part of the contract. Some companies don't cover tire and wheel damage; others charge you extra, so be aware! Check exactly what's covered by your insurance company and seek the best offer available. There are a lot of companies; some favor experienced drivers, and others are more flexible with their policies.
Sometimes, we don't read our insurance policies carefully and fail to ask for better terms. We should! Just ask this guy next time! Sometimes, the car is just right with a new, shiny, sporty set of genuine wheels, big brake rotors, and good pads. It looks sexy, it looks fast, and it drives sweet. But what's that vibration in the steering wheel? To get the perfect driving experience from your car, all you need is a good setup.
That automatically excludes bent rims and worn-out tires, as they can make the car unstable through acceleration and braking. Check them out on a regular basis! This car rides on OZ's Superleggeras painted in gold. It looks so dope, we can almost hear the roar of the engine echoing through the mountain. If only someone fixed this giant ugly thing on the wheel Accidents happen all the time to all kinds of drivers.
New ones, experienced ones, and even professional racers aren't safe from crashes on the road. However, in most cases, the damage is cosmetic, maybe involving some suspension parts or the radiator. His car took damage at the front, at the back, and on the wheels of his SRT Dodge.
Maybe it was just a bad accident. Maybe there were some cracks before the accident. Maybe something else. We never can tell, but at least the driver and the passengers are fine!
Sports cars are always more vulnerable to damage. Repairs are expensive! Tires—gone, wheel—gone. Too bad because we dig this beautifully polished metal lip! Many Porsche enthusiasts will say that it just ain't right. However, forged monolith lightweight rims are something every car enthusiast should at least appreciate. According to Champion Motorsport, "Each RS97 starts out as a single piece of aluminum, heat treated to T6 standards, and then forged using an 8,pound press.
The result of this process is a wheel that has an overall yield strength of 40, pounds per square inch, making it one of the strongest wheels available today. But hey—it could've been worse! Ferrari LaFerrari—one of the fastest cars in the world! The one on the picture was in a major accident.
Too bad because they've only made of them. The accident took place in Budapest, Hungary in city traffic. However, during its earnings announcement, in which it said it will reduce its workforce by 5, people, Shaw Wu of Sterne Agee reminded investors this layoff will cost the company a significant amount of money.
How much money it costs the company remains to be seen. Whenever talks of acquisitions come up so do the usual suspects. However, I continue to be a huge supporter of the idea that. It make too much sense for it not to happen. The companies have common enemies in Apple and Google. Besides, Microsoft, mired in smartphone disappointments of its own, has not been able to leverage its partnership with another struggling device maker,.
I've said this previously -- with a RIM acquisition, Microsoft would only need to invest another few hundreds of dollars per user towards RIM's existing larger subscriber base and offer replacement phones based on the Windows Mobile operating system. This has the potential to quadruple its Windows smartphone user base and instantly make it a power among the ranks of Apple and Google. Mostly it's for the same synergistic reasons as would be presented to Microsoft.
By virtue of their strong enterprise and corporate presence, both firms would be able to couple their existing offerings such as networking and servers with RIM's yet significant enterprise footprint with its BlackBerry email service as well as its new Mobil Fusion service.
It is remarkable when one considers that Apple sells over one million iPads per week while it expects to sell approximately 30 million iPhones for quarter. So, as much as I enjoy playing matchmaker with other people's money, it's hard to see that any such deal will materialize -- at least not yet.
In other words, they see the trend. The fact of the matter is, these companies whether or not they are interested smell blood. RIM is wounded and the end is inevitable.
They know this. So it still leaves the question of what will come first, an acquisition or bankruptcy?
0コメント