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tcd223 · 04-16-2010, 09:56 AM

This was my bonus for shopping at Shoprite in New Rochelle. They won't even consider looking at surveillance tapes even though I gave them a 10 minute time frame. From now on, the girlfriend goes and buys the food while I sit in the car and guard it from the morons of this world.

Body shop quoted me something in the neighborhood of $500. They do great work and sprayed something for my e92 and brought my Jeep Cherokee back from the dead so I hold them in high esteem but seriously, 500 for that?

dlmpesh · 04-16-2010, 09:59 AM

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This was my bonus for shopping at Shoprite in New Rochelle. They won't even consider looking at surveillance tapes even though I gave them a 10 minute time frame. From now on, the girlfriend goes and buys the food while I sit in the car and guard it from the morons of this world.

Body shop quoted me something in the neighborhood of $500. They do great work and sprayed something for my e92 and brought my Jeep Cherokee back from the dead so I hold them in high esteem but seriously, 500 for that?

I swiped a cement curb on my left front fender..scratch was about 8 inches long and an inch wide..cost me $170 OTD.

AchtungF80 · 04-16-2010, 10:34 AM

Am I seeing one or two scratches? Obviously the scuff, but there looks like a swirley key mark too?

If you're willing to drive into Jersey, I know a shop that can take care of that for you for around $300.

BrokenVert · 04-16-2010, 10:37 AM

A have a chip in my driver's side rear fender from a bunch of ten year olds throwing rocks. Seriously? they throw rocks? I was ten not to long ago and we threw water ballons and snowballs, but rocks?

jkp1187 · 04-16-2010, 10:46 AM

Ouch, I feel your pain.

I got a scuff on the underside of the front apron. My own damned fault -- traffic was backed up insanely on the interstate, and I didn't see it until I was already on the "on" ramp. I spied a dirt path between the "on" ramp and the "off" ramp that had been used by construction vehicles and, being too clever for my own good, decided to take it. Ended up scraping off a little bit of the paint. You can't see it unless you actually get underneath the car and look at it, but of course, *I* see it and know it, so it's annoying to me.

Oh well, maybe I'll use this as an excuse to buy the BMW Performance front apron....

tcd223 · 04-16-2010, 11:03 AM

Dlm, yea I figured it's a plastic part, the whole bumper shouldn't need to be sanded down. 200-350 was more what I guestimated myself.

Frank, I think they key mark is just a bad reflection. It's the scuffing that's the problem, and why I can't fathom spending so much on it. I'llget better pics tomorrow.

Matt, I don't think I'd be able to handle that. I'd have no idea what to do if a 10yo beaned my car with a rock.

Jkp, I wish I could use this as an excuse to updgrade, but this unsightly blemish is actually just beneth the sheetmetal on the drivers rear bumper. If the bumper needs to come off the car, I'll just use this as an opportunity to have a body shop put on my GAS diffuser if it ever shows up.

BavarianMotorWorks · 04-16-2010, 11:37 PM

Hey tcd...it's Alex right? It's Dave from our 1 series meet. I hope I got your name right I'm so bad with them. I feel for you though...that is the reason I try to park very far away from all the careless people who don't care.

Hey Frank and Matt we need to do another 1 series meet...

tcd223 · 04-17-2010, 12:28 AM

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Hey tcd...it's Alex right? It's Dave from our 1 series meet. I hope I got your name right I'm so bad with them. I feel for you though...that is the reason I try to park very far away from all the careless people who don't care.

Hey Frank and Matt we need to do another 1 Put Your Head on My Shoulder (Futurama) meet...

Haha no, close though. Alex, (acivick) is the Sedona red all dinan'ed out. I (tom) am Lemans Blue with lux bulbs.

That was the thing, I parked a mile away from everyone, but someone still tried to park next to me. Gonna try to get a reasonable quote tomorrow and get my bumper fixed before the next meet. We'll see how it goes.

BavarianMotorWorks · 04-17-2010, 01:50 AM

Yeah that's my bad...I do remember you though just matched up the wrong name with the face. I parked next to you at GPNY. BTW I'm thinking about getting LUX bulbs soon.

tcd223 · 04-22-2010, 01:22 PM

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BTW I'm thinking about getting LUX bulbs soon.

I'm enjoying them immensely. It seems like about once a month, I have to go back in and tighten the bulbs up though. They knock themselves loose or something and the light distribution gets all wonky.

AchtungF80 · 04-22-2010, 08:27 PM

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Hey tcd...it's Alex right? It's Dave from our 1 series meet. I hope I got your name right I'm so bad with them. I feel for you though...that is the reason I try to park very far away from all the careless people who don't care.

Hey Frank and Matt we need to do another 1 series meet...

David...5/30 is the next meet!
http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=365918

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jkp1187 Unindicted co-conspirator 66 Rep 1,734 Posts Drives: to work, mostly. Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania / Detroit, Michigan iTrader: (0)	Ouch, I feel your pain. I got a scuff on the underside of the front apron. My own damned fault -- traffic was backed up insanely on the interstate, and I didn't see it until I was already on the "on" ramp. I spied a dirt path between the "on" ramp and the "off" ramp that had been used by construction vehicles and, being too clever for my own good, decided to take it. Ended up scraping off a little bit of the paint. You can't see it unless you actually get underneath the car and look at it, but of course, I see it and know it, so it's annoying to me. Oh well, maybe I'll use this as an excuse to buy the BMW Performance front apron....
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tcd223 Captain 47 Rep 940 Posts Drives: '10 LeMans 135i Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: NYC iTrader: (1) Garage List 2010 135i [7.00]	Dlm, yea I figured it's a plastic part, the whole bumper shouldn't need to be sanded down. 200-350 was more what I guestimated myself. Frank, I think they key mark is just a bad reflection. It's the scuffing that's the problem, and why I can't fathom spending so much on it. I'llget better pics tomorrow. Matt, I don't think I'd be able to handle that. I'd have no idea what to do if a 10yo beaned my car with a rock. Jkp, I wish I could use this as an excuse to updgrade, but this unsightly blemish is actually just beneth the sheetmetal on the drivers rear bumper. If the bumper needs to come off the car, I'll just use this as an opportunity to have a body shop put on my GAS diffuser if it ever shows up.
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BavarianMotorWorks Captain 70 Rep 625 Posts Drives: 2011 e90 335i xDrive Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: NJ iTrader: (11)	Hey tcd...it's Alex right? It's Dave from our 1 series meet. I hope I got your name right I'm so bad with them. I feel for you though...that is the reason I try to park very far away from all the careless people who don't care. Hey Frank and Matt we need to do another 1 series meet...
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