ionblue
09-14-2008, 11:33 AM
After less than 3 days with my new CX7 I notice a circular scratch on the back drivers side door. No idea how it got there or if it was there when I bought it. Only reason I saw it was because I walked up on the in a different angle than usual. Stopped by the dealer and they were able to buff it well enough that it's almost gone. Fine.
A week ago Saturday I bend down on the passenger side to check tire pressure and find a whole series of scratches riding the ridge of the rocker panel on the front passenger door spannoing more than half the door. Some were quite deep and all had a upward curve to them. I have absolutle no idea how or when they got there. Nothing in my garage is at that height and nothing got near it anyway. Also, I park my car at work at the back of the lot far away from other vehicles. My only thought was maybe a carwash did it, but I haven't taken it to any! The dealer uses one though.
I took it down to a body shop to get a quote and it will cost $250 cause they'll need to paint the entire door. Took it to the dealer and they said they would try buffing it and that helped on the ones that weren't too deep, but you still see some of them.
Now I also have a strange deep scratch on the inside of the drivers side back door panel near the window (in the crease between front and back doors). Only thing I can think of there is maybe my watch or bag did it when I was getting in, but I don't know.
I know I'm being anal about it, but this thing has less than 750 miles on it and has more scratches than my 3 had after 4 years! Is the paint on this thing just that soft?
Guess I'll be keeping touch up ready to go.
A week ago Saturday I bend down on the passenger side to check tire pressure and find a whole series of scratches riding the ridge of the rocker panel on the front passenger door spannoing more than half the door. Some were quite deep and all had a upward curve to them. I have absolutle no idea how or when they got there. Nothing in my garage is at that height and nothing got near it anyway. Also, I park my car at work at the back of the lot far away from other vehicles. My only thought was maybe a carwash did it, but I haven't taken it to any! The dealer uses one though.
I took it down to a body shop to get a quote and it will cost $250 cause they'll need to paint the entire door. Took it to the dealer and they said they would try buffing it and that helped on the ones that weren't too deep, but you still see some of them.
Now I also have a strange deep scratch on the inside of the drivers side back door panel near the window (in the crease between front and back doors). Only thing I can think of there is maybe my watch or bag did it when I was getting in, but I don't know.
I know I'm being anal about it, but this thing has less than 750 miles on it and has more scratches than my 3 had after 4 years! Is the paint on this thing just that soft?
Guess I'll be keeping touch up ready to go.