Disasterous First Day

Don't feel so bad. A few years ago I bought a Lincoln for my old man. I took it out for the first test drive on the highway, hit black ice, then the concrete guardrail, costing $15,000 dollars in damage. I towed it back to the dealer at night time and left it in the lot.

Originally Posted by AZDan

Well I picked up my 2002 Boxster S this morning. This is my first Porsche and I was so thrilled. It was a 40 mile drive home on the freeway, which felt great. When I got closer to home and hit the city streets I was amazed at how smooth the tranny is. The engine purs and the car just feels right.

I stopped on the way home to pick up a few things when it happend...

As I made a left hand turn out of the shopping center I I slammed the left rear tire into the curb .

I pulled over immediatly. I was in a state of panic, as you can imagine, but was so relieved that there was no body damage that I didn't even consider the wheel itself. It ripped some paint off the wheel but I decided to drive home and take a closer look.

Right away I could tell something was wrong. I stopped again and the left rear wheel is leaning outward about a 3/8 inch I am so furious at my self right now. The car made it home ok, but anything over 45 is all over the lane.

Should I have this towed or am I ok to drive this at low speed to the shop?

What a way to start...

[AZDan]

Well the flatbed just left. I didn't have a chance to take any pictures of the wheel but it still looks solid. There is a 180 degree arc of paint scraped off the edge but no clearly visable warping (I sure there is though).

It's headed to ******************************** in Tempe, AZ. I spoke to them on the phone and they said they have the machine to retrue the wheel on site. Assuming an allignment is ~$200 what could I be expecting to retrue the wheel and get it repainted?

Also, what other potential suspension damage could have been done?

Man I was really looking forward to some top down driving this weekend

[Perfectlap]

I think I paid $150 to fix a dent and repaint. But that was a small shop with low prices.
Hitting a curb should just be an alignment. I wouldn't freak out about it.

[IowaS]

Reminds me of the first day I brought my new boxster home...I left work early and decided to cruise a bit, went down a street and stopped for a railroad crossing signal and had a POS mini-van lock it's brakes up behind me to stop...thought my first trip may have been the last.....better luck next time...

[blueillusion97]

In the first few days of ownership i got hit and during all that i was forsed to run over a curb that is over a foot tall causing some damage under the car....and on top of that the guy ran away before i even steped out of a car.....i looked more or less like this :troll:

[LoveBunny]

Ouch! Now I don't feel so bad for pulling into a parking lot and hearing a little scrape the first day I got my car. Luckily nothing was damaged, but I swear that parking lot curb didn't look high at all. Glad you decided to tow it and not risk further damage.

Originally Posted by LoveBunny

Ouch! Now I don't feel so bad for pulling into a parking lot and hearing a little scrape the first day I got my car. Luckily nothing was damaged, but I swear that parking lot curb didn't look high at all. Glad you decided to tow it and not risk further damage.

I hate to break it to you LB but I'll bet a fifty spot that if you look far enough under the front bumper cover you have a record of the incident, fortunately, nobody ever looks down there, except a madman like me with irrational love of his vehicle. I know this because it happened on my original cover. The key is to go really slow on those high curbs, then all you have to worry about is being struck in the rear by someone dialing a celly.

[djomlas]

Originally Posted by LoveBunny

Ouch! Now I don't feel so bad for pulling into a parking lot and hearing a little scrape the first day I got my car. Luckily nothing was damaged, but I swear that parking lot curb didn't look high at all. Glad you decided to tow it and not risk further damage.

man, i hear those scrapes on daily bases in my car hahah.


Dan, any news on the repair? hopefully it just an alignment.