"Storz" (storzbach)
02/11/2014 at 08:29 • Filed to: None
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"Storz" (storzbach)
02/11/2014 at 08:29 • Filed to: None | 4
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Who can't stand it when people refer to wheels, as rims?
This is a wheel
This is a rim
CalzoneGolem
> Storz
02/11/2014 at 08:31 |
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Nope, but it useless to fight it.
offroadkarter
> Storz
02/11/2014 at 08:32 |
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its street talk yo, just like saying any car on 22" wheels or bigger is a donk when it really isnt but who cares
Goshen, formerly Darkcode
> Storz
02/11/2014 at 08:35 |
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Isn't that called a lip?
I thought a wheel had to include the tyre. Guess I'm possibly wrong.
jariten1781
> Storz
02/11/2014 at 08:36 |
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I rolled my eyes and corrected people for years... But at this point it's so ubiquitous that you come off as a pretentious ass if you call someone out on it... Embrace the stupid
Sethersm
> Storz
02/11/2014 at 08:36 |
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Had a discussion/disagreement with my ex about this...
In my opinion, a "rim" is a part of a wheel, just as a hub and a spoke is a part of a wheel. I don't know what to call the assembly of a wheel and a tire. She insisted that a "rim" is the entire top picture and it is a "wheel" when the tire is added.
Clown Shoe Pilot
> Goshen, formerly Darkcode
02/11/2014 at 08:38 |
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nope, the wheel is the metal bit, and the tire is the rubber bit. you only need both if you want to go for a drive
also, the illustration for a rim was a bicycle rim. to make a wheel, add spokes and a hub to the rim.
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Storz
> Sethersm
02/11/2014 at 08:38 |
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Nope
A wheel is the top picture. When a tire is mounted, in my mind, its a tire and wheel.
PRBot II
> Storz
02/11/2014 at 08:38 |
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And a lot of people around here say rims too. This doesn't bode well for the future.
At least they don't say "rimz". After that, it's dubz. Then all hope for humanity is lost.
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Clown Shoe Pilot
> Storz
02/11/2014 at 08:39 |
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RIMZ, y0
Tekamul
> Storz
02/11/2014 at 08:39 |
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Everything that isn't the wheel center (the spokes or mags) are rim.
JustARegularReader
> Storz
02/11/2014 at 08:43 |
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It's depend in where on earth side you are. Don't expect it gonna be the same for all. IE : America, UK, Australia had differences even thought they all use English language. :D
*wheel for me , made from wood?
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Storz
> Tekamul
02/11/2014 at 08:43 |
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Right
There are multi-piece wheels, that contain a part called a rim (and a hub etc). But the whole package together is a wheel
DocWalt
> Storz
02/11/2014 at 08:44 |
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I hate it too, but I hate other stupid sayings more. A car's engine is not a motor. Breaks are not brakes...
McMike
> Storz
02/11/2014 at 08:50 |
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Yeah, but an annoying as it is, it's not worth fighting.
Just like when someone calls every hi-riser a DONK. Technically not true, but it's so commonly used that I'm starting to accept it.
It's one of those arguments that just makes you look like an asshole if you correct someone.
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Storz
> DocWalt
02/11/2014 at 08:52 |
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A clip is not a magazine
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Tekamul
> Storz
02/11/2014 at 09:03 |
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That diagram shows a three part wheel, but the sections are still named as shown. If you hit a pothole, you bend the rim. If you slide into a curb, you chip a wheel center, whether it's one piece or not.
Deven
> Tekamul
02/11/2014 at 09:12 |
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Yeah but I think he is referring to the people that are like "Damn, look at those (insert ludicrous size here) rims, dawg!!" And if that's the case I completely agree with them.
EL_ULY
> Storz
02/11/2014 at 09:15 |
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Wheels
RIMZ
MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
> Storz
02/11/2014 at 09:24 |
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My biggest problem in the scenario is when people call the whole package a tire.
The main two pictures do not have a tire in them.
RazoE
> Storz
02/11/2014 at 09:55 |
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*Richard Hammond's voice*
I call it me alloy!
The Compromiser
> Storz
02/11/2014 at 10:03 |
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I am SOOO confused now??
briannutter1
> Clown Shoe Pilot
02/11/2014 at 10:21 |
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Ryyymzzz
Takuro Spirit
> Storz
02/11/2014 at 10:24 |
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Had a customer ask for rims once.
I asked him for his VIN: Had had steel wheels.
So I asked him if he was looking for a replacement "wheel".
He says "I gots wheels, I want RIMS!"
Oh. Alloy WHEELS. Gotcha.
edlovessabarth
> Storz
02/11/2014 at 11:27 |
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This always annoys me greatly
BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast.
> Storz
02/11/2014 at 12:16 |
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I know the difference, and I don't usually use "rims" as a slang term for automotive wheels.
but I don't have the energy to waste on getting angry about that stuff... if I can tell what someone is referring to... I get the point, and then speak or write in a more precise manner myself.
I am trying to get to the point where I don't waste mental energy on getting angry about calling cars with more than 2 side doors as coupes.
TwoFortified
> Storz
02/11/2014 at 19:48 |
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Hate to break it to you, but commonplace usage seems to be changing the definition, as is wont to happen in the English language. "Rims" now seems to reference all the metal bits, and "Tires" are the rubber things on the metal bits.
*shrug*, doesn't really bother me.
broncosteve
> Storz
02/12/2014 at 00:14 |
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Good post, but not the best rimjob I've seen...