What's with the damn paint???
02-18-2002, 02:41 PM
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What's with the damn paint???
K all, I'm pissed.
I got a brand-new CLK320 silver/ash cab about 6 weeks ago. Since then it has been keyed and two days ago the *******g valet scraped a white pillar (I can tell because the right rear has white paint scratches all over it). Not just that, but the cheap MB paint around the scratched area is chipping like CRAZY. (I had a similar "incident" with my Mustang - that one was my fault - where there were scratches, but the paint did not chip anywhere near as bad as with my CLK).
Long story short, can anyone recommend a cheap quality place in Los Angeles to have it fixed? My insurance covers "vandalism" but the deductible is $500, so I'd like either a place that gives very high estimates or a place that fixes stuff like this very cheaply, or both...
Appreciate all the help I can get... (returning to the valet is not an option, it was in another city and I didn't notice it till I was about 100 miles away, and they will probably deny it anyway).
Thx all!
I got a brand-new CLK320 silver/ash cab about 6 weeks ago. Since then it has been keyed and two days ago the *******g valet scraped a white pillar (I can tell because the right rear has white paint scratches all over it). Not just that, but the cheap MB paint around the scratched area is chipping like CRAZY. (I had a similar "incident" with my Mustang - that one was my fault - where there were scratches, but the paint did not chip anywhere near as bad as with my CLK).
Long story short, can anyone recommend a cheap quality place in Los Angeles to have it fixed? My insurance covers "vandalism" but the deductible is $500, so I'd like either a place that gives very high estimates or a place that fixes stuff like this very cheaply, or both...
Appreciate all the help I can get... (returning to the valet is not an option, it was in another city and I didn't notice it till I was about 100 miles away, and they will probably deny it anyway).
Thx all!
02-18-2002, 04:30 PM
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just some advice, i never let any fu**in valets touch my car. whenever i go downtown and i have to park in the lots with tandem parking, i always try to park in the front spot so they wont take my keys.. some advice for future..
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02-18-2002, 04:35 PM
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2002 Capri Blue CLK Cab
I agree with Byip
I agree with Byip, I would never let anyone drive my car, especially a valet. I say that because I was once a valet for a strip joint in Canada and I saw what happened to the cars.
Good luck with the car
Good luck with the car
02-19-2002, 10:43 PM
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My clk chips very easily from driving on the interstate. My girlfriends 01 civic ex which she drives 4x as many interstate miles has almost no chips!
