a scratch!!!!!!!

[shaunipoos]

hey guys i was parked up at a hosp tonight due to takin a family member in came bk to my car an there is a massive scratch all down the drivers wing. needless to say i am not impressed at all. anyone know anywhere tht is any good at repairin scratchs??

[iroc]

Feel for you mate, there are some inconsiderate people about.

Depends on how deep the scratch is really. If it's a surface scratch try chips away. If it's a deeper scratch try and get some feedback about local bodyshops.

[wigit]

shaunipoos not nice, i wait the day when mine has a similar fate

[gossa]

Instead of parking as close to the entrance of Tescos as possible, i'm parking as far away as I can! An extra minutes walk will be worth not having some gimp smack my door in with thiers!

[LCM]

Suffered the same fate unfortunately - scratch on the front bumper - Chips Away attending the injured on Boxing Day to repair, £50 but could still do without it!

Even the missus has realised that parking at the other end of the car park is of benefit!!!

Roc On

[wigit]

yes even the missus has worked out far away in tescos and upper floors of multistories, LCM let me know how chips away get on as need to sort out the bits on the golf

[jonallen628]

Just getting ready to hand back my current car before taking delivery of my Scirocco. I have carried out my own "de-hire" inspection as per the lease companies guidlines and i can't believe the amount of dents & scratches the car has accumulated through parking dings. It is bright red but also seems to be invisible as the same time, it has been hit on two seperate occasions in car parks causing damage and people have just driven off. There are also a number of dents from doors. Unfortunately i think i have a big bill coming from the lease company, just what i need!

My brother in law also had his new S3 bashed in a car parked a couple of weeks back, damaging the bumper and rear light cluster. The guy just drove off.

As you can tell, a bit of a touchy subject with me also. Sorry for the rant.

[shaunipoos]

its pants guys, i always park where there is no one about tht is y it is so annoyin. especially because i parked in a ambo officer spot where no one else is supposed to park not good guys!!

[iAmbu]

Gutted for your shaunipoos, hope the repair goes smoothly

[ryancooke]

i work in a v.a.g approved bodyshop, our work is quality and kinda expencive compaired to the man in a van, but our work is a million times better, i havent seen a decent job being done by one of them yet.

im based in crewe so its about 50 miles away, dont know if that is too far from you?

[Mr Baz]

Ryan,

how much more expensive are you than the man in the van?? I have a few nasty stone chips that I need to get sorted in the new year

Cheers

[albertz33]

Ryan,

how much more expensive are you than the man in the van?? I have a few nasty stone chips that I need to get sorted in the new year

Cheers

Ditto

[ryancooke]

oh dear, i can see something happening here lol.

it all depends on what you want doing, as it depends on where the chips are, and how much money you want to spend, ill break it down to make it easier.

we could either paint part of the bumper and fade it out, but after time there will be a slight shadow (im being picky here, there is a lifetime guarentee on "fade out laquer" but i dont believe in it, i allways think the full part should be painted)

paint the full bumper on the car and mask the trims out

or remove the bumper and take all parts off, repaint it, refit the trims then refit the bumper

like i said it depends on what you want doing, but on a brand new car, im sure as hell know what i would be doing.

(oh yeah MODS....... am i allowed to start quoting people on here about how much my company will charge for providing services, as im the panel beater there, so im not making any money out of this, and am i allowed to put the details on here, let me know, thanks)

[LCM]

Had Chips Away sort the scratch.

Pleased with the result but will report back once I have seen it in better light.

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[albertz33]

How much did that sting you? looks like a good job..

[iroc]

It looks like they've done a good job.

[LCM]

Eighty of my hard earned beer tokens plus Mr Darlings pound of flesh it came in around £100.

Off on the long haul from London to Aberdeen in ther early hours of the morning - actually looking forward to the drive this time though!!

Have a happy new year everyone - I have my big 40 between now and then so hopefully my liver can take it!!
Roc On

[albertz33]

Thats a good 10 hour journey mate, done Peterborough to Buckie before, in an M reg Laguna, i was almost crippled

[LCM]

I have made it from London to the border in just under 3 and half and on another trip I made it to Perth in 5 hours - you must have been reversing mate???

Mind you, I once drove from Truro to Aberdeen on the 27th December and it took close to 13 hours!! Hence the midnight run this time.

Think I will be taking it fairly steady this time though as I don't want to spank the Roc too hard on it's first big run.

[albertz33]

There is no way you can do london to border in 3 hours mate, not unless your doing well over a ton! it takes me 5 hours from surrey to newcastle and thats at 85, and if you are,..watch yourself round north yorkshire / durham, the rozzers there come out of nowhere.