Silly Car Park!

Post by **DaiRees** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 9:53 pm

I wonder how many people have dropped their wheels into this gutter and landed the front bumper on the curb with a nasty thud. Judging by the marks on the curbstones I'd say the answer is "lots"

Idiotic car park design!!

So if you go to Ikea in Cardiff be careful!

mjb · Post by **mjb** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 5:12 am

Wow

That is monumentally bad design! Wonder if the trend continues inside... ;)

STALLED · Post by **STALLED** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 6:14 am

Thats shite - I'd like to meet the dude who designed that and give him a big slap accross the face!

mjb · Post by **mjb** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:37 am

Nice wheels btw... but I do wonder about the numpties that design ones like that. Must add a good few minutes to the time you're stuck on the hard shoulder in the pouring rain, or in th worst case wishing you'd left the allen key in the glovebox instead of sticking it on the mantelpiece ;)

Actually that reminds me, I still haven't found myself a decent spider wrench. I have right trouble getting my locking nuts off, but the guys in Kwik Fit make it look damn easy with a spider, probably because it keeps the leverage balanced and straight. Any idea where I can get one from? All I've seen so far is a baby one in Halfrauds that wouldn't even give enough torque to take a pedal bike wheel off...

Post by **DaiRees** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:14 am

There's no allen key (never thought I'd say that in a thread that mentions Ikea

), the centre cap just pulls out.

As far as spider wrenches go I had one for a couple of quid from Hyper Value or some such sh*t hole, and bent it within 5 mins

. I then got one of those extending wheelmaster wrenches from B&Q, that's brilliant! Haven't had a problem with the locking bolts yet with it.

mjb · Post by **mjb** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:34 am

DaiRees wrote: I then got one of those extending wheelmaster wrenches from B&Q, that's brilliant! Haven't had a problem with the locking bolts yet with it.

Did you have a problem with them before? I'm wondering if it's just cos my key is a bit bent

I generally use a nice big torque wrench on a short extension, and put a LOT of pressure on the end by the nut just to stop it from twisting the key off the nut. Even then it can take an age to get the stupid things off. I actually did it once on the side of the M6 with the Peugeot wrench... took about 30 minutes to do though!

I'm seriously considering taking a hammer and chisel to the alloys to make them undesirable and just using non-locking nuts

neildavies · Post by **neildavies** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 12:16 pm

I bought an extendable one in Wilko's for about a fiver, makes the job pss easy. And fits in the boot nicely (although since I've bought mine, it hasn't left my garage)

Post by **DaiRees** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 12:21 pm

mjb wrote: Did you have a problem with them before? I'm wondering if it's just cos my key is a bit bent

No never had a problem with them.

My extendable wheel wrench lives in the zook, me thinks it'll get more use there.....

jameslxdt · Post by **jameslxdt** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 7:10 pm

i got caught with one of these in my diesel 406, and i ended up pulling the front bumper off, thankfully i wasnt far from work and managed to bodge it all back together

neildavies · Post by **neildavies** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:03 pm

I'm glad you've told me about this, as the coupe bumpers are know for being flimsy and easy to crack. I doj't think I'd have got it as far as you did Dai.

Then again, I don't go to Ikea anywhere near as much as you. Have you thought about just taking the contents of your wardrobes and sticking your clothes in Ikea, you'd be sorted then. Only problem will be you might get fed up with the amount of visitors you get.

Post by **DaiRees** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:37 pm

neildavies wrote:Then again, I don't go to Ikea anywhere near as much as you. Have you thought about just taking the contents of your wardrobes and sticking your clothes in Ikea, you'd be sorted then. Only problem will be you might get fed up with the amount of visitors you get.

I've got an "Ikea Family" card now....