Comment on $440 Charge For A Wheel Scuff Raises Questions About Hertz's AI Rental Car Damage Scanner
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 20 hours ago
I’d love to see them prove they genuinely incurred those costs, how do you go about fixing a tyre scuff?
theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 hours ago
Wheel, not tyre. So I presume they curbed an alloy or similar.
Tiger666@lemmy.ca 12 hours ago
A tire can be scuffed just like a rim can be scuffed just like a wheel can be scuffed.
They are all equally valid to be scuffed.
theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 hours ago
I’m not saying it can’t be scuffed, I’m saying that personally I wouldn’t use it in that way because like you say I’m from an island that spells tyre with a y :p
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 19 hours ago
Could be, but that’s a very strange choice of language by the author. You scuff a tyre, you scratch or gouge a rim typically.
theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 hours ago
I mean I disagree. A gouge would be a big chuck taken out, a scratch would be a more surface level line where as a scuff would be a patch of surface level damage. I doubt I would ever use scuff in terms of a tyre either.
That is the wonders of language though, everyone uses it differently :D
Tiger666@lemmy.ca 12 hours ago
Language is wonderful when you know how to use it. Rims are rims, tires are tires and both together are wheels.
I’ll give you scuffs; you certainly understand what a scuff is though.
Easy easy, lemon squeezy.