l15ter
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Well my Astra is in for repair, and went to the garage today so i can get my MOT certificate out of the car so I can sort my road tax when i noticed the way my car was parked. Not only as the front splitter has been parked against a curb and then has been dug into the soiled/grass enbankment. I have already noticed one scratch on the splitter, can't see any more as its stuck in the soil. I made a comment to one of the staff about it, but would you be happy with this? Also where do i stand if there is any damage?
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Alex_Rally
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i ould kick the fuk off
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Brett
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I probably wouldn't complain personally because it's something I would've done a million times before myself if it only had that clearance.
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l15ter
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loafofbrett i take care of it as i had it resrayed in November 09.
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Daveskater
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If you never park it like that (so are not going to scratch it further after taking it back) then I would complain. It's been damaged by their negligence to park it properly so they should fix it.
Before anyone says "Everyone does that sometimes" I can honestly say I never do because in my B the splitter (which was built into the bumper) was lower than the top of kerbs so I am used to parking properly and not waiting until I hit something to stop, as some people have the custom.
Numberwang!
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I like you Dave, you are a man of men
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Brett
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quote:
Originally posted by l15ter
loafofbrett i take care of it as i had it resrayed in November 09.
Hey, that's fair enough. You asked if I would be happy and I told you. If you got a problem with it then complain, doesn't matter what we think. I personally scrape the underside of my bumper quite frequently. If I got back to a garage and it was literally hanging off or something then I'd be pissed yeah.
[Edited on 29-07-2010 by loafofbrett]
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l15ter
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Oh i will go and complain, but the point is where do i stand? They can always say that the damage was there before, because they will say its my word against theres.
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Daveskater
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Well if you go back and it's still parked like that and there's paint on the kerb then how can they argue?
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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Steve
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you have picture evidence, they cant aruge really, i would complain as it would have scratched the front face of the lower part of the bumper so visible looking at the front of the vehicle
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l15ter
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Well Dave my and girlfreind saw the way it was parked along with the member of staff that came to unlock the car for me, and i also took a couple of pictures aswell to back it up.
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Brett
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If it's a reputable garage I'm sure they'll take you seriously  Give it a shot, although in my opinion you should've done it when you had the chance initially.
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Ian
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If its damaged then of course get it fixed.
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Daveskater
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quote:
Originally posted by l15ter
Well Dave my and girlfreind saw the way it was parked along with the member of staff that came to unlock the car for me, and i also took a couple of pictures aswell to back it up.
Sounds like you've got a pretty solid case then if you ask me 
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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