Oh Bollox!

[Tom_16v]

Typical!

My third day of driving my car after spending a nice wad of cash on getting all the bodywork absolutely mint and I go scratch it!

Im so pissed off I cant believe it. I was just getting home tonight, reversing into my drive as Ive done a million times before, its a bit tight but Im used to it, and just manage to ever so slightly scrape the rear n/s wing on the wall.

I now have a nice 12 inch long scratch instead of two week old paint!

Thats a nice few quid down the drain!

 

[GR7]

Thats a pity after getting it painted Tom. Will the scratches polish out?

Why dont you drive in and reverse out, especially in the dark?

 

[Fatherted]

easy diagnosis that mate......its called ...SODS LAW.....if you hadnt had yer car sprayed it wouldnt have happened !!

 

[Paul16V]

yeah typical mate, sorry to hear that. only thing worryin me about a respray.

 

[Tom_16v]

I was thinking that. Itd been booked into the bodyshop two months ago and Ive not done anything like this in the last 9 months of having the car....or my last two!

Its not a huge scratch, but it has taken all the paint off, so it will need a part panel respray. Hopefully shouldnt cost me too much.

GR - Its easier to reverse in my drive and drive out, plus being dark has never been a problem. Damn Sods Law!

 

[maff]

sods law is a bugger!! i had butter fingers with my keys once, tried catching them and accidentally keyed my door!! only bout an inch though, but still annoying all the same!

 

[Viv172]

ouch!! bad luck!! dont you just hate sods law ?.......my sister scratched her 3 week old saxo...whats worse is shes never put a mark on a car before and it HAD to be the new one!!

I think this happens from being to careful.....scratched my bumper when I first got my clio from being far to careful (again, first time!)...all sorted now

Interesting to see you blokes put it down to sods law when its a fellow male...

 

[Fatherted]

Quote: Originally posted by VivJ on 06 July 2003


Interesting to see you blokes put it down to sods law when its a fellow male...

im sorry but thats a typical female reaction !!!! (runs & hides behind BenR)

 

[Tom_16v]

http://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/file.php?image=1057512022__scratch.jpg

 

[paddymph]

owwwwwwwwwww, nasty.

sorry pal, looks like youre off to the bodyshop again.

 

[Tom_16v]

Yeah!

Hes got some paint left, so it should be pretty cheap.

Just a pain in the arse!

 

[captain_clio]

what are the swirly bits in aid of?

 

[Fatherted]

youll be lucky if its gonna be cheap...if its metalic....then you gotta have most of the quater panel done again...then re-laquered !!



blimey......you dont do things by half do yer !!!!.......nice grand canyon there !!

 

[Tom_16v]

It was a rough wall so just different bits scraped on it

I know I will be able to get it cheap, the bloke who did it is a mate, and I got everything done in the first place for a very reasonable price.