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Run into your car!" he said
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This reminds me of a story that I read here in years past where a guy was sitting on his couch drinking a cold one and watching a ball game when his young Daughter ran in yelling "Daddy, Daddy the brakes on my bike broke and I ran into your car!" He said that he went out to find his rear bumper scratched and the chain popped on his daughter's bike.
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I used heavy duty rubbing compound because that's what I had in my garage.
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Appearanly the latches (so you can clean the outside of the window from the inside) were worn and/or broken.
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i have no connection w this company & don't usually recommend anything, however for $50 and a little patience, u might not be able to tell from 10 feet.
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i have no connection w this company & don't usually recommend anything, however for $50 and a little patience, u might not be able to tell from 10 feet.
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This reminds me of a story that I read here in years past where a guy was sitting on his couch drinking a cold one and watching a ball game when his young Daughter ran in yelling "Daddy, Daddy the brakes on my bike broke and I ran into your car!" He said that he went out to find his rear bumper scratched and the chain popped on his daughter's bike.
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Opened up the garage to get the air conditioners and found that a large aluminum ladder had fallen off the wall and scraped the crap out of my car. Deep gouges in the door handle and rear quarter panel. I've been out of work for 10 months, so the car is going to stay like this for the foreseeable future. Just shoot me.
The pictures don't do it justice because it's hard to tell the reflections from the scratches, but the scratches are very deep. The dirt on the car is from the ladder, which has been hanging on the wall for about 20 years. This photo only shows two of the four scratches.
Sorry to hear about your misfortune. My garage is cram-full of construction materials and tools. I constantly worry about things falling on the car. I guess it is one more reason to get my house finished! I still would rather take the chance than having the Cab out in the Seattle weather...
Anyone have a ball park idea how much something like this would cost to repair? I have $1000 deductible on my insurance, so it's probably not worth going that route. I don't think there is any body damage, just paint.
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I had a 2" scratch on my driver's side door when I bought my car. I figured I could just take it to a fix-a-scratch type shop for a few hundred bucks. They wouldn't touch it since the scratch was too deep. However, a very good auto body shop took care of it for $650. Removed the bumpers and sprayed the entire driver's side and a new clear coat. I cannot tell the difference. I was pleasantly surprised it was so cheap since I was expecting it to be a few thou. It may be cheaper than you think.
Sorry to hear about this and good luck.
Thanks for the information. The way I see it is that it's going to cost around $1000 bucks or a bit more. Since I have $1000 deductible, I might as well skip the insurance company. Since I'm not going through insurance, I'll have to live with the scratches until my employment situation improves.
Sorry to hear about this Bill. I can imagine how pissed off you are. I am going to go through my garage this weekend and make sure everything is secured. Hope you find a good deal at a body shop.
Actually, my budget is $0 as I'm currently unemployed ( a.k.a. Insult to injury). I'm going to have to live with it for now. The color is Rain Forest Green Metallic and I've grown to really like it, though I wasn't crazy about it at first.
Thanks for the sympathy.
Something similar happened to me. The window in the garage broke within the first 2 months I moved into my house and fell on the car. Appearanly the latches (so you can clean the outside of the window from the inside) were worn and/or broken. It ripped some of the thread on my cabrio top upon impact.
Sorry about that Bill. I have two alluminum ladders standing right next to mine but on top off each other on the floor. Will have to strap them to the wall tomorrow. Also have the winter hard top hanging over the car (which I double harnessed) just in case of a slip up. That would crush the hood if it came down. It weighs 90Pounds I believe.
Watching one of those Car Crazy episodes with Barry Meguire when he interviewed the owner of Hagerty Insurance. The owner said that the number one claim for classic cars was bicycles falling off wall mounts in garages.
Ug. Sorry to see that. I feel for you man.
I've got 2 aluminum ladders, a hard top, and a mountain bike hanging over my Cab in the garage. I'm going to double check everything this weekend.
The biggest hazzard to my car in the garage is kids on bikes!
Many years ago I bought my wife a new MB C-Class. The day she brought it home one of the neighborhood kids followed her into the garage with his bike. Do I need to finish the story?
Put into proper perspective, this is nothing compared with what some people have to deal with daily. I'm just bummed-out being unemployed after 35 years of hard work and dedication. This was just the icing on the cake.
Bill I just got done securing a large metal rack that sits in my garage in front of my 996. Its free standing racking with lots of crap on it and I have been meaning to secure it to the wall for a long time. Your story made me finally do it. Small consolation but thanks for posting this.
I realise that you said the scratches are deep, but you may want to try a bit of light wet sanding and polish, you would be suprised at what you can get out with a bit of time and patience, it may not be perfect but you sure will be able to get it to look a lot better than it does now, good luck
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I can't believe my car has not been hit by a bike, ball, etc. while sitting in the garage. OTOH, maybe it has and I just don't know about it...
This reminds me of a story that I read here in years past where a guy was sitting on his couch drinking a cold one and watching a ball game when his young Daughter ran in yelling "Daddy, Daddy the brakes on my bike broke and I ran into your car!" He said that he went out to find his rear bumper scratched and the chain popped on his daughter's bike. Ouch!!! At least you can appreciate her honesty...
it is not made for scratches like yours, but in the trade mags, there is this paint for dings & rock chips called Dr. Color Chip. seems like everytime i go out i get a new chip on the front bumper and it works like magic on those. however, i had a 6 inch scratch on the side that almost buffed out, not quite. filled it 2 or 3 times and u cant see it now from distance, maybe right on top of it if your looking hard. it is like bloching with paint without the blotches. there is a chemical that wipes the excess away. i have no connection w this company & don't usually recommend anything, however for $50 and a little patience, u might not be able to tell from 10 feet. it will look better, and the main point, is it won't make it worse. it will put paint on the metal. this is just my experience and good luck to you and your job search. hopefully u will find one before u want to-
Ok, so after the initial shock and disgust, I decided to try rubbing compound. I figured it's eventually going to need repainting anyway so why not take a shot. I used heavy duty rubbing compound because that's what I had in my garage. Most of the scratches came out, but the area was fairly hazy, so I picked up some polishing compound. After polishing and waxing, it looks pretty damn good. I still have several deep scratches, but it's much less noticeable and I can live with it for now.
I had a piece of drywall crack and fall during a hard freeze one winter, right after I had gotten my Audi S4, and cleaned out my garage to park it in there...SUCKED, so I can definitely empathize with you.
