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Old 06-03-2006, 09:42 AM
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My first ding/scratch

Well, YES.... The inevitable happened...

I was getting ready to come home from work on Friday afternoon, and I called my wife to see how she's doing...... Right away, I noticed her voice a little strange. She stated ; "Oh... ****..... I think tonight we are getting a divorse"......

I asked her "Why"...."What happened...?"......

Well,,,, let me tell you..... My 8 was parked in my garage.... and she desided to go out with the bicycle to pick up my daughter from school...... Well...... **** happens...... She dropped the bicycle right on my 8.......and suddenly.... ding/scratch.!!!!!! Just underneath the black plastic vent on the left-front fender. When I was on the phone with her..... I just dropped the phone and left work.....(it was around 4pm).....
On my 1.5hour drive back home.... I couldn't stop thinking on the severity of the scratch.... At this point I had no idea of the conditions of my baby.....I was imagining anywhere from a little insignificant scratch to a big/deep/long scratch across the side of the door...or something.....
After my agonizing 1.5 hours, I get home and the first thing I do is go to the garage and inspect the 8.... That's when I found the scratch..........
Well..... I guess there is nothing I can really do to avoid scratches like this... (unless I keep the car inside a time bubble)... but that is not very realistic... is it?

Now, the car is in perfect condition (minus the ding/scratch in that area).... I'll get pictures when available.
I know that I might be all **** about it, but the reasoning is that I sometimes hesitate into taking it to work because I don't want some stupid *** to hit my car in the parking lot...... but guess what... My own wife in my own garage scratches it....... ****>>!!!! I guess the inevitable happens....Well,,, I gues I will wait for other things to start happening to it, so I can claim it on the insurance all together and get my $250 deductible's worth. As for my wife.... I still love her....
Old 06-03-2006, 10:02 AM
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I don't allow anyone in the garage. Car has no scratches.

Also, tell her a divorce is not necessary. But the next time this happens you may be looking for a place to hide a body.
Old 06-03-2006, 10:06 AM
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Wow...That post.... Was hard to read... Anyways... Sorry about the scratch on your 8...
Old 06-03-2006, 10:16 AM
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Wow -- I feel you pain man... especially since in about 2 hours I will be going to this "dent Guy" here in Fort Worth Texas to get three dings/dents sucked out of various panels. All of mine are due to ******* ******** in parking lots who feel the need to swing their doors all the way out so they can get their fat *** out to go to mcdonalds or something. What sad is yesterday I go to the dent guy to get it evaluated and get a quote (this is paintless dent repair) and in the process of going over the car for dings with him, i found ANOTHER one that must have just happend yesterday in the parking lot. You could even see the white paint left by the other ****** who hit my car. Thank god I have a few layers of zaino on my car to give my car a *little* protection.

Don't feel weird about being **** with your car, I'm the same way and for $30,000 I will do as much as I can (within reason) to keep my baby perfect.

Friendly tip too: depending on the severity of the ding... if they can just paintless dent repair it, or if they have to fix/respray the whole panel... I dont know if i'd involve insurance. If you can get it fixed via paintless dent repair, it should only cost about $40 to $100 bucks, so really no point for insurance.

Hope it comes out all right!
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There'll be more scratches to come. Just enjoy the car man, there's no way it's going to stay perfect. It's no fun constantly worrying.

She stated ; "Oh... ****..... I think tonight we are getting a divorse"......
Haha, are quotes like this household these days?
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Just a taste of things to come. I got my first one right above the drivers door handle.
If that ain't a bitch. Look at it every time I get in the car. Arrrrrgh



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