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Kerb your enthusiasm and let the car do the parking

SKODA reveals cost of kerb damage to alloy wheels

Mark Moran
29 October 2021
Features such as Park Assist could reduce the  risk of damaging cars
Features such as Park Assist could reduce the risk of damaging cars
Based on an average repair price for a single alloy wheel of £67.50
Based on an average repair price for a single alloy wheel of £67.50

 

More than a third of UK motorists could be driving cars with damaged alloy wheels, with over half of these caused by hitting a kerb, research from ŠKODA UK has shown.

The problem, which is often caused when parallel parking, accounts for more than 13 million damaged alloy wheels in the UK, the single biggest cause of alloy wheel damage.

Based on an average repair price for a single alloy wheel of £67.50, the total collective expense for UK motorists would come to more than...

+75% more

 

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