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$440 Charge For A Wheel Scuff Raises Questions About Hertz's AI Rental Car Damage Scanner (www.jalopnik.com)
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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

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.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    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

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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.

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