Car vandalism

D  How many panels did they do? and are you picking up the tab or is this down to insurance. I dont see how taking your car to a local bodyshop can invalidate your warranty.

I once had a white BM and a few weeks before i was due to trade it in i got  hit by a D/D.

When i told the Manager at Bromley BMW he was quite happy for me to get it fixed at a local bodyshop so long as the repairs were done properly.

Mista h

The last keying on Helen's car looked awful but I was able to polish it out with an orbital polisher and mild abrasive. Sounds as if your damage has gone deeper. Sickening and expensive. But fixable.

We also use double sided 3M tape for number plates. You can get the occasional droop but they generally tend to stick very firmly. 

In an unrelated anecdote (except that it involves nice cars left in public spaces); there is a house on my ride to work where they have a succession of nice cars parked either on the street, or in a small parking space just off the street, but not near the house (driveway is steep so the sports cars presumably can't get to the garage). They;re pretty much accessible to anyone wolking by. It seems that they don't have much of an issue with vandalism.

This year they had 2 different Ferrari Californias,  a Ferrari FF (much, much nicer "in the flesh" than you'd think from photos), a Mercedes SLS, ML63 AMG Mercedes and currently sitting there is a Audi R8 GT and a Lamborghini Aventador.

There is probably  a warranty clause that says that if the body rusts then the manufacturer will repair the body - but any body damage done must have repaired by approved body shops.

This is where the logic falls down. It's only a car. It's only a pair of speakers. It's only a sofa. It's only something you might cherish and have worked and sacrificed for but I haven't so I don't care.

Lovely. Thanks a lot.

I wonder if George would feel the same if one his his Carltons had been "raughed up" by some mindless idiot  in the streets?

KR

Tony

The clause usually stipulates that corrosion must not be on the surface of the metal. In practice, this means that the paint must bubble, and there should be no evidence of bodywork repairs.

Tony

Just got the quote for the repair.  £608.  Must check my (comprehensive)car policy to see if it's covered. I have NCD protection included, bu an excess of £150 IIRC.

Yeah, that sounds about right. They probably have to respray the whole panel. I hope you get a good match. 

Cars are pretty much the only things we have, that we are allowed to leave scattered over public property without fear of repercussions or paying for the privilege (parking meters notwithstanding). If I bought a shipping container for my stuff, and left it occupying the kerbside outside my house, I would be called to account. OK, I should pay for the privilege (like we do with car registration?) but there is no mechanism for me to lease the space. But I can leave a car there as long as I like.

Dungassin, their body shop has won BMW awards for years. They are one of the best. Russell is the body shop manager and a top fella!

ive been with them for probably 12 years now. Your repair will be fully warranted and if any issues  occur in the future they will repair it again. Just moved to new fancy building, it's impressive. Hope all is well, don't worry they will sort it but I totally agree its very distressing.

Seems to be a very jealous culture here???

when I see something really nice, I think we'll done and appreciate it and hopefully aspire to it one day if I can. If not, then no matter.

if chesterfield don't do a good job, let me know. Only joking, they will!

ATB, Anton

Yes we are in agreement. Sorry. When I re read my reply just now I saw how it might look ti you. Apologies for my clumsy support!

£600 does sound about on the money for a proper BMW body shop job. Used to have a good one here but they upped sticks which was a great shame.

Insurance company tells me it's £200 excess for malicious damage, and that I will probably have to wait 5 days for approval (sigh).

I also had to report the damage to Cambridge Police, which I forgotten to do, as I couldn't see how they could possibly catch the miscreant.  The Police carefully explained to me that they need the reports to see if there is an on-going problem in any particular area.  Fair enough ...

Had another window done on my car a few years back on the front drive Yes i aint very lucky with cars

They sent round this Pc who looked about 16,must have been in the job a week or so. He wrote a few details down on the back of a fag packet and off he went. Most likely binned before he got back to the nick. They were a total waste of time.

Mista h

We know.

And George is simply wrong about it too.

The little sods who do this sort of damage should be made to pay.

Cheers

Don

See Frank Sinatra is back!

Over here its called Road Fund Licence, or something similar. (but you knew that really)

Not sure how you go about organising that for your container.

Cheers

Don

Actually, I agree with you of course. Damage to anything is a net loss. No upside.

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