First damage

Wondered how long it would take the in-bred moron white van driving community on my lane to work to make their mark.

Any tips (apart from carrying a gun)?

Is it a re-spray job? Would it 'polish out' do you think?

   

Not good
Looks like it might polish out, but the paint will be left failry thin

9 days old to me my Evoque and the idiot couldn't even be arsed to depress his brake because he was too busy digging into his claw sandwich and trying to find his copy of the Sun which anyone with eyes could have told him was on his dash.

Arrggghhhhh!!!!

Sorry, bleating over.

Bleat away, I know how you feel
If you got his number, report him for leaving the scene of an accident.

(17-07-2012 08:34am)RacingSnake Wrote:  Bleat away, I know how you feel
If you got his number, report him for leaving the scene of an accident.

"Sorry officer I was driving a big van, I didnt realise I had just scraped a car"

No further action, sad but true!

Looking at your picture, the White paint transfer will polish out but can't tell if it has marked your paint from the picture.

Can I say that not all White van drivers are like this. I find it's often the case that car drivers just drive straight at me, thinking that a White company van should give way to there BMW etc...
I'm not saying this was the case with you, but please don't tar us all with the same stick.

(17-07-2012 09:52am)doug Wrote:  Looking at your picture, the White paint transfer will polish out but can't tell if it has marked your paint from the picture.

Can I say that not all White van drivers are like this. I find it's often the case that car drivers just drive straight at me, thinking that a White company van should give way to there BMW etc...
I'm not saying this was the case with you, but please don't tar us all with the same stick.

Agreed, mass generalisation.

Not all white van (or even non-white) drivers are bad.

It's every mindless, couldn't give a s**t about anyone else, fecker on the roads.

Hopefully ChipsAway are in the 'work a miracle' business

Sorry to hear your tale and hope that it does come out easily.

Hopefully Ted was ok and the van driver doesn't say its his fault because he can't see over the steering wheel!

Looks like it will polish out - if you're not comfortable doing it then find a local detailer (you can find one on detailingworld.co.uk) who will check it properly and advise the best course of action. If you take it to a body shop they may tell you it needs painting when it doesn't. I wouldn't use chipsaway unless you're recommended to a particular person as the quality of their work varies hugely.

Just looking at it more closely - is that on the door pillar or the door itself? Either way it should be ok to polish out but just curious.

(17-07-2012 12:14pm)WB Wrote:  Just looking at it more closely - is that on the door pillar or the door itself? Either way it should be ok to polish out but just curious.

You're not looking that closely??! it's the wing mirror.