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***Motors Chat Thread Round 3***
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May, Bought the glanza. fresh, unabused, straight, original. so hard to find.
September - goes to college
First day down there someone reverses into my unattended car, parked well out of the way, hundreds of euros of damage done to the front end. Again, October, someone reverses into my unattended parked car, rear bumper this time had to be resprayed.
I am so fussy, very particular about my bodywork, loved this glanza because all its panelwork was original and straight.
Drove 120km's early yesterday morning on damp and frosty roads, got the car filthy, literally brown with road grit, the number plate on the front was unreadable with dirt. **** it i said i have to get all that salt and grit off of the car its not good for it, took it to a topaz jet wash hand wash and was very very careful. DEEP GOUGES EVERYWHERE!!!
why me
why why me, trying to do good and just done bad. 3 times in the space of 6 months my car will see paint, the poor thing. i've actually fallen out of love with it. 0 -
Toyotafanboi wrote: »May, Bought the glanza. fresh, unabused, straight, original. so hard to find.
September - goes to college
First day down there someone reverses into my unattended car, parked well out of the way, hundreds of euros of damage done to the front end. Again, October, someone reverses into my unattended parked car, rear bumper this time had to be resprayed.
I am so fussy, very particular about my bodywork, loved this glanza because all its panelwork was original and straight.
Drove 120km's early yesterday morning on damp and frosty roads, got the car filthy, literally brown with road grit, the number plate on the front was unreadable with dirt. **** it i said i have to get all that salt and grit off of the car its not good for it, took it to a topaz jet wash hand wash and was very very careful. DEEP GOUGES EVERYWHERE!!!
why me why why me, trying to do good and just done bad. 3 times in the space of 6 months my car will see paint, the poor thing. i've actually fallen out of love with it.
Thats the problem with buying a nice car. It's only going to get wrecked 0 -
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ahhhh i feel so horrible !
gotta absolutely slashed last night, boss throwing free drinks into us all night, in dicies having mighty craic, ended up back in the hotel with one of the girls i work with and we did some deeds....... she cant speak a word of English
felt the pain this morning , woke up for no reason at 7am so went and had the breakfast, woman in the restaurant was a legend and was messing with me. went back to bed, was woken at 12:30 by the maid wanting to clean the room, checked out,
went across the road to the store to get more rest, find my manager fecking dying, he walked home drunk at 5am and home at 6 and started at 10... nearly vomited in front of a customer too.. we both ended up sleeping in the office for 2 hours,
i then went off and tried to drink coffee, not a great feeling.
but still fecking great oul night so it was
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There's a reason I don't use the things. I've done the same thing to my own car. And being black, it showed....
Sounds like you got too close and personal with it...
This is where Snow Foam is the absolute winner. I just washed my car yesterday due to it being practically white all up the back of it due to the grit from the roads. One layer of Snow Foam applied and it lifted most of the dist right off it, one gentle microfibre handwash later and it was all shiny again. 0 -
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Toyotafanboi wrote: »wish i just left it so now, a day or two under a film of grit and salt would probably have been less harmful after all
You weren't to know that was going to happen Andy. Just put it down to experience.0 -
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MuppetCheck wrote: »I have a Kestrel polisher you're welcome to use to see if it makes any difference?
certaily appreciate the offer, i'm not bad with a polisher but i think this is past something that can be recovered D.I.Y. unfortunately. but thanks
its getting a little dark but i'l try take a few photos with the flash later0 -
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Toyotafanboi wrote: »i'l take a few pics shortly to give yous a look.
to be honest, its not so much heavy swirling. its more like where the hose line must have banged off the side of the car once with some grit on it. its just 5 or 6 deep deep scratches on the rear quarter. you can feel the depth of them if you flick your nail across them. they aren't down to the bare metal but they are white so possibly down to the undercoat, i'm really not sure. just i have read threads before where miracles have happened with a professional and a polisher.naturally i'd get the whole car done if i found somewhere.
i - was - so - careful :rolleyes:
Don't pull the hose when it catches
Sucks, i hate finding new little marks too, drives me apesh**e0 -
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Toyotafanboi wrote: »May, Bought the glanza. fresh, unabused, straight, original. so hard to find.
September - goes to college
First day down there someone reverses into my unattended car, parked well out of the way, hundreds of euros of damage done to the front end. Again, October, someone reverses into my unattended parked car, rear bumper this time had to be resprayed.
I am so fussy, very particular about my bodywork, loved this glanza because all its panelwork was original and straight.
Drove 120km's early yesterday morning on damp and frosty roads, got the car filthy, literally brown with road grit, the number plate on the front was unreadable with dirt. **** it i said i have to get all that salt and grit off of the car its not good for it, took it to a topaz jet wash hand wash and was very very careful. DEEP GOUGES EVERYWHERE!!!
why me why why me, trying to do good and just done bad. 3 times in the space of 6 months my car will see paint, the poor thing. i've actually fallen out of love with it.
Seriously unlucky there lad do you have your own paint setup? I.e a compressor and hvlp gun?
I've decided to skip the seasonal wash after seeing how dirty the roads have gotten again. Plus the back has gone very black :pac:0 -
Seriously unlucky there lad do you have your own paint setup? I.e a compressor and hvlp gun?
I've decided to skip the seasonal wash after seeing how dirty the roads have gotten again. Plus the back has gone very black :pac:
My car hasn't been washed since after August at electric picnic where it got covered in dust, the rain does a great job.
The advantages of driving a low value shed of a car. I don't really have to give a damn about it.0 -
My car hasn't been washed since after August at electric picnic where it got covered in dust, the rain does a great job.
The advantages of driving a low value shed of a car. I don't really have to give a damn about it.
+1
Especially with the barge I drive! It's cheap motoring in comfort 0 -
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