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He fixes the cable?
Should be fine with the right tires.
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Cars: 2015
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Should be fine with the right tires.
dxmnkd316
Lucia Apologist
Re: Cars: 2015
So, like a dumb***, I managed to get a very slight scratch on the new car. Looks like it's just on the clear coat. Accidentally hit it with a hose end and left a 1/4" scratch.
Anyone have any thoughts on what my best option is to get that fixed? I'd rather not do it myself since I want it done right without further damage.
Feeling pretty sh**ty right now.
So, like a dumb***, I managed to get a very slight scratch on the new car. Looks like it's just on the clear coat. Accidentally hit it with a hose end and left a 1/4" scratch.
Anyone have any thoughts on what my best option is to get that fixed? I'd rather not do it myself since I want it done right without further damage.
Feeling pretty sh**ty right now.
Re: Cars: 2015
Have you tried buffing it out first? You just need a buffing pad and some polish (not wax). Maguire's and 3M both make good products. If it's just a clear coat scratch then you're done just a few bucks spent. Then, if the scratch is gone and you want, wax the paint. Worse comes to worst, you didn't fix the scratch and just find a good auto body shop to do a paint match. It'll be $400-500 at a reputable shop.
Have you tried buffing it out first? You just need a buffing pad and some polish (not wax). Maguire's and 3M both make good products. If it's just a clear coat scratch then you're done just a few bucks spent. Then, if the scratch is gone and you want, wax the paint. Worse comes to worst, you didn't fix the scratch and just find a good auto body shop to do a paint match. It'll be $400-500 at a reputable shop.
Re: Cars: 2015
Seriously, if you follow what's written on the bottle for instructions, you cannot screw up a polishing job unless you have a physical tick from Turret's Syndrome. Apply pressure, but don't try to rub through the paint.
Seriously, if you follow what's written on the bottle for instructions, you cannot screw up a polishing job unless you have a physical tick from Turret's Syndrome. Apply pressure, but don't try to rub through the paint.
Re: Cars: 2015
Make sure to create a spreadsheet of all professionals in the area, to compare costs and reputations.
Make sure to create a spreadsheet of all professionals in the area, to compare costs and reputations.
dxmnkd316
Lucia Apologist
Re: Cars: 2015
ha, yeah... I was just hoping to have it more than a month before it happened.
I'll probably take it to a body shop and see what they can do. I'm sure this is child's play to them, but after dropping that kind of cash on a car, I want it to stay rust-free for as long as possible.
first scratch on a new car sucks, once you get a few door dings from shopping or work parking lot that scratch will seem meaningless. I say just wait, worse things are going to happen to your new car
ha, yeah... I was just hoping to have it more than a month before it happened.
I'll probably take it to a body shop and see what they can do. I'm sure this is child's play to them, but after dropping that kind of cash on a car, I want it to stay rust-free for as long as possible.
walrus
Wind up workin' in a gas station
Re: Cars: 2015
If all it got is the clear coat, rust isn't going to be an issue. Take to a body shop. Thats what they do for a living
ha, yeah... I was just hoping to have it more than a month before it happened.
I'll probably take it to a body shop and see what they can do. I'm sure this is child's play to them, but after dropping that kind of cash on a car, I want it to stay rust-free for as long as possible.
If all it got is the clear coat, rust isn't going to be an issue. Take to a body shop. Thats what they do for a living
FlagDUDE08
Banned
Re: Cars: 2015
Never fear, road warriors, there is hope for us remaining behind the wheel! http://www.usatoday.com/videos/money/cars/2016/03/09/81526496/
Never fear, road warriors, there is hope for us remaining behind the wheel! http://www.usatoday.com/videos/money/cars/2016/03/09/81526496/
Twitch Boy
Defacing this tagline is a MAX foul
Re: Cars: 2015
Reposted from tLodge:
Any VW Golf GTI owners here? Would likely buy new. Everything about that car makes complete sense for me - small, good gas mileage (getting sick of filling my Wrangler, and want something I can take on a road trip without breaking the bank,) can drive it daily and hold stuff, quick enough to be interesting but not get me killed or arrested, front wheel drive (I admittedly know just enough Gran Turismo to be dangerous.) Could spring for the automatic with flappy paddles as well - wouldn't have to futz with a stick in traffic and this is one of those cars where the automatic may actually be better (it's the same dual clutch gearbox used in a lot of the Audis and the Lamborghini Huracan.)
Reposted from tLodge:
Any VW Golf GTI owners here? Would likely buy new. Everything about that car makes complete sense for me - small, good gas mileage (getting sick of filling my Wrangler, and want something I can take on a road trip without breaking the bank,) can drive it daily and hold stuff, quick enough to be interesting but not get me killed or arrested, front wheel drive (I admittedly know just enough Gran Turismo to be dangerous.) Could spring for the automatic with flappy paddles as well - wouldn't have to futz with a stick in traffic and this is one of those cars where the automatic may actually be better (it's the same dual clutch gearbox used in a lot of the Audis and the Lamborghini Huracan.)
hockeyplayer1015
Capt
Re: Cars: 2015
Just so I/we don't bog tLodge down with car jibberish, I've heard pretty good things about the GTI, I'd imagine it would suffice what you're looking to get/do.
Ironically, my Touareg is in at the VW dealer. Threw a check engine light about a week ago, they're hoping it's a sensor buried in the deep dark caverns of the engine bay. It should probably get comfortable there, with the whole diesel emissions re-fit coming at some point too...
Just so I/we don't bog tLodge down with car jibberish, I've heard pretty good things about the GTI, I'd imagine it would suffice what you're looking to get/do.
Ironically, my Touareg is in at the VW dealer. Threw a check engine light about a week ago, they're hoping it's a sensor buried in the deep dark caverns of the engine bay. It should probably get comfortable there, with the whole diesel emissions re-fit coming at some point too...
Whocautencen
New member
Cars 2015
Cars 2015
The North American International Auto Show is starting this week. I can live without Saturn, it's Pontiac that I miss.
Cars 2015
The North American International Auto Show is starting this week. I can live without Saturn, it's Pontiac that I miss.
Re: Cars: 2015
At least it was a minor scratch.
We bought a new car (nothing fancy, Subaru Forester) last June. In November we got rear-ended by someone in a giant pickup truck. We were stopped in traffic after a hockey game, he was 'adjusting his radio' and looked up to see the quarter mile long line of stopped traffic. Slammed his brakes and cut the wheel, but it was too late (at least he didn't hit us straight on I guess, he hit the right back corner). The impact pushed us into a pickup truck in front of us. $14,500 in damage, so not enough to for our insurance company to total it. We were thinking about trading it in when we first got it back from the body-shop (we usually buy new and keep vehicles at least 10 years and we weren't too excited about having a vehicle with almost $15K in repairs for another 9.5 years). We never got around to it, so I guess we are keeping it for now.
ha, yeah... I was just hoping to have it more than a month before it happened.
At least it was a minor scratch.
We bought a new car (nothing fancy, Subaru Forester) last June. In November we got rear-ended by someone in a giant pickup truck. We were stopped in traffic after a hockey game, he was 'adjusting his radio' and looked up to see the quarter mile long line of stopped traffic. Slammed his brakes and cut the wheel, but it was too late (at least he didn't hit us straight on I guess, he hit the right back corner). The impact pushed us into a pickup truck in front of us. $14,500 in damage, so not enough to for our insurance company to total it. We were thinking about trading it in when we first got it back from the body-shop (we usually buy new and keep vehicles at least 10 years and we weren't too excited about having a vehicle with almost $15K in repairs for another 9.5 years). We never got around to it, so I guess we are keeping it for now.
Re: Cars: 2015
Mom had a real blast last week. Some friends of her's had their truck in the shop and needed to get up to Midland for a horse show. So she let them borrow her truck to let them get their trailer and horses up there. Sunday morning they go to start her truck up to leave and it doesn't turn over. They eventually get it over to a dealership up there and eventually figure out that the security module in the darn thing was shot and that told the truck to not start because it thought it was being tampered with. The simple fix for it would have been just to pull the module out and bypass it. But that it was a dealership they couldn't do that. Then they couldn't find another module anywhere because the truck is a 98 1 ton Chevy silverado. Took them most of the week before they were able to track one down from a junkyard somewhere and swap it out.
Mom had a real blast last week. Some friends of her's had their truck in the shop and needed to get up to Midland for a horse show. So she let them borrow her truck to let them get their trailer and horses up there. Sunday morning they go to start her truck up to leave and it doesn't turn over. They eventually get it over to a dealership up there and eventually figure out that the security module in the darn thing was shot and that told the truck to not start because it thought it was being tampered with. The simple fix for it would have been just to pull the module out and bypass it. But that it was a dealership they couldn't do that. Then they couldn't find another module anywhere because the truck is a 98 1 ton Chevy silverado. Took them most of the week before they were able to track one down from a junkyard somewhere and swap it out.
hockeyplayer1015
Capt
Re: Cars: 2015
http://nyti.ms/293y63X
Reports that VW will offer up to 10k, in addition to the option of buying back or 'fixing' affected diesel vehicles under the EPA scandal.
Estimated cost as of these figures is just under $15 Billion.
http://nyti.ms/293y63X
Reports that VW will offer up to 10k, in addition to the option of buying back or 'fixing' affected diesel vehicles under the EPA scandal.
Estimated cost as of these figures is just under $15 Billion.
Re: Cars: 2015
Anybody have some loose cash lying around? LOTS of loose cash!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/m...y-cobra-the-most-valuable-car-at-auction-eve/
Anybody have some loose cash lying around? LOTS of loose cash!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/m...y-cobra-the-most-valuable-car-at-auction-eve/
Re: Cars: 2015
On the way home tonight, saw a BEAUTIFUL 1940s Packard convertible. Pristine condition, everything about it was jaw-dropping.
Black, with tan interior, and of course the monstrous hood ornament. Pretty much stared at it for 10 minutes, eyeing it over.
On the way home tonight, saw a BEAUTIFUL 1940s Packard convertible. Pristine condition, everything about it was jaw-dropping.
Black, with tan interior, and of course the monstrous hood ornament. Pretty much stared at it for 10 minutes, eyeing it over.