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What have they used to do that? Acid or some sort of paint stripper?
Bad day for scooby owner :(
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[TW]Fox;12792404 said:
I thought brand new-ish vehicles that are badly damaged just get a brand new replacement by the insurance company. Or is that just some myth?
I bought a bike that was stolen recovered with 1k miles on it and it was about 6 months old. Had been dropped on one side with a couple of marks on it and needed new ignition and lock set. I would have though that would have been repaired seeing as it cost me £50 to put it as new.
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In the event of a writeoff most insurers replace under 12 month old vehicles with another instead of making a payout but it's still subject to traditional writeoff criteria - ie, 7k wont write off a 25k car!
Stolen Recovered = Recovered after the insurer has paid out, so even if it was utterly undamaged, it'd still have been written off.
I had some **** spray the side of my CTR about 1m when I was at my GF's, but it came off once I washed / waxed it. They went down the whole of the street more or less. Lucky that the paint they used was ****.
Just no need for it, doesn't help when the area isn't the best.
Just no need for it, doesn't help when the area isn't the best.
Yes they do? Depending on where you take it they can be better than from the factory with a flatter more glossy finish and they do put it in ovens to make it dry harder. Most if not all professional places will have an oven for this.
Saw a Nissan Navara outside a shop the other month someone had poured brake fluid all over it...
Was a sad sight considering it was nearly new, first thing that crossed my mind was. "who has he ****** off" and i asked in the shop and they claim they left it there overnight and thats what happened.
Was a sad sight considering it was nearly new, first thing that crossed my mind was. "who has he ****** off" and i asked in the shop and they claim they left it there overnight and thats what happened.
Ahh didn't know that. So will they take all the panels off the car then? Major major job I would have thought
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Hes already got a garage you can see it in the background, I bet that will be getting used for the car from now on.
he does, but its full of furniture though ! bet it wont be by the end of this weekend though. My best mate has a double garage, but never used it as he couldnt be bothered openning / closing the doors all the time. THat was untill his car got broken into while it was on the drive !
now he uses it religiously.
Ahh didn't know that. So will they take all the panels off the car then? Major major job I would have thought
Yes, and its quite easy to lay on paint better than factory, modern jobs are awful, they all seem to come with terrible orange peel now. Even a half-witted bodyshop will be able to do a smooth as glass job that far surpasses factory. Remember, the quality of a paint job is directly proportional to the amount of time and effort put in. At the factory they put no effort at all into the finish, just get a robot to spray it and then ship it out with no final finish work. For 7k though thats a heck of a lot of time and effort, better be a flawless show quality finish for that price!
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why does everyone assume the guy deserved it? or done something to deserve it?
chav's do this sort of thing for fun, there's a guy who stays round the corner in a council house hes quite young 20 ish he had to go to a special school because he was barred from every normal school within a reasonable distance
he's constantly causing trouble, I walked past him and 2 of his mates whilst they were drinking cans of stella in the park early in the day like 12 noon and he shouted racist abuse for no reason
his junkie girlfriend asked to borrow my mobile whilst i was outside my home washing the car, i refused, said sorry i dont have my mobile on me
she could barely speak, her english was terrible, like her own dialect, she then said she knew my son, it took me 5 minutes to explain to her i dont have a son, this was during the day too 4pm ish and she was either really slow or out her face, didnt exactly look at her much or pay any attention, basically trying to ignore her hoping she would go away, it was as if she was horrified i didnt wanna give her my mobile
anyway the next day our wheelie bin was stolen - not exactly major, but I thought he/she would do something to one of our cars since i was taking great care in cleaning it, i was glad it was the wheelie bin to be honest, now the council have given us a brand new one
i cant believe lenzie even has council houses to be honest and they just hand them out to people who are a clear nuisance to the community
the police can never be bothered doing anything about it too, lazy ***** that they are
chav's do this sort of thing for fun, there's a guy who stays round the corner in a council house hes quite young 20 ish he had to go to a special school because he was barred from every normal school within a reasonable distance
he's constantly causing trouble, I walked past him and 2 of his mates whilst they were drinking cans of stella in the park early in the day like 12 noon and he shouted racist abuse for no reason
his junkie girlfriend asked to borrow my mobile whilst i was outside my home washing the car, i refused, said sorry i dont have my mobile on me
she could barely speak, her english was terrible, like her own dialect, she then said she knew my son, it took me 5 minutes to explain to her i dont have a son, this was during the day too 4pm ish and she was either really slow or out her face, didnt exactly look at her much or pay any attention, basically trying to ignore her hoping she would go away, it was as if she was horrified i didnt wanna give her my mobile
anyway the next day our wheelie bin was stolen - not exactly major, but I thought he/she would do something to one of our cars since i was taking great care in cleaning it, i was glad it was the wheelie bin to be honest, now the council have given us a brand new one
i cant believe lenzie even has council houses to be honest and they just hand them out to people who are a clear nuisance to the community
the police can never be bothered doing anything about it too, lazy ***** that they are
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I'm still waiting for someone to answer my question - what was used to do this?
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