Man, I am FUKKING PISSED

[OrangeCrush]

As most of you know, I am in the bodyshop business... I have been for 30 years. I?m extremely anal and everything in my shop is word of mouth and referral only... no phone books, no advertisements, blah, blah, blah.

We do mostly collision work but we do a lot of custom/restoration stuff too. Last year we painted a ?63 split window Corvette for Rick Hendrick?s personal museum. We have a ?67 of his in there now and a ?71 cutlass coming next week.

I?m extremely anal about not having paint on my vehicles. When I purchased my SUT a few years ago, my main concern was if it had any add?l paintwork.

There was none to be found. I?m so anal about the condition of my paint on my vehicles that if I am forced to park in a normal parking spot, I always check my doors to make sure they haven?t been dinged. I can tell you ever mark, chip or scratch on my truck.

Other than getting the duramax installed (which you can bet your sweet ass that I went over every square inch of that truck when I got it back) the only other two times it?s been away from me was last week when the dealer installed the power steering gear and a couple of months ago when I sent it to the stereo shop to have some add?l cameras installed.

So today I?m talking to my insurance company on the phone outside and as I?m talking to them, my eyes are checking for dings or dents.

WHAT THE FUK DO I SEE???? In the bottom right corner of the front driver?s door, there is a dent (almost crease) in it. I?m like, WTF? It?s too large for me to have missed it and I just had some paintless dent removal work done a couple of months ago when someone dinged my door.

Upon closer inspection, I find it has been bondo?d over (about a dozen pinholes in the bondo) painted and had the clear burned in. Overall, it?s about a square foot of repair work... it?s bad enough it?s been repaired, it?s a SHlTTY job. They cleared over a scrape in the bare metal, there?s pinholes in the bondo, they didn?t buff out all the wetsand marks...

I AM FURIOUS....

I hauled ass to the dealership and made a scene with the owner because I forgot about the stereo shop (which coincidently shares a parking lot with a crappy bodyshop)

I?m so freakin? pissed, I can?t sleep. I have to go see if I can fix a vibration in my POS Jeep but I promise you, me and the stereo shop is going to have a serious fukking talk.

I can feel my blood pressure rising now... I would have rather someone be honest and say, ?hey man, I?m sorry but we messed up your truck? than do some crappy work which now I?ll have to make a bigger repair to fix theirs.

FUKKKKKKKKK


Mark

[HummerJim]

Mark, I feel your pain! I'm another one of those people that parks at the end of the aisle where no other cars are to avoid dings - it drives my wife crazy. I'm very anal also about the fit and finish on my cars. I bought a BMW M5 in 2003 from a reputable dealership and they gave me the CARFAX that it had no accidents and had been a one owner car.
I have those yard long three inch wide foam door protectors that stick on magnetically for when it's parked next to the Hummer or Corvette in the garage. I noticed it wouldn't stick on the passenger side and using a magnet I found a spot 18 inches in diameter that had been bondoed.
I was also furious because they said it was a one owner accident free car, and took it back to the dealer and they gave me a 150 mile brand new 535i loaner while mine was fixed with a new door. The dealer thinks it was damaged getting off the ship in Charleston SC and repaired without their knowledge.
My wife thought I was crazy because it wasn't visible to the naked eye even with a black paint job, which as you know shows every imperfection. I won't even begin to tell you how I felt for months when the neighbor's cat slid down and scratched with his claws the back of my original paint 396, 65 Corvette Coupe parked outside for only that night while I spray painted the garage drywall in the 80s. It was the only night it was outside the entire year except for my annual trips up to the Corvette show in Bloomington. I know I shouldn't get that attached to cars, but I do!

[TTLex]

I would blow my freaking lid if someone did work on my vehicle to cover something up. That would probably end up with me getting locked up.

[NJ H2]

WOW!!!
HEADS WOULD ROLL!!!

[GRTWHT1]

SCUM BAGS!! I hope you can get some satisfaction.
I feel for you






Scott

[twr]

Hi Mark, I can see why your FU-KING PIS-ED Don`t end up in Jail Bro.

[OrangeCrush]

So since I had to go to the shop to fix my drivehaft, I didn?t have a chance to stop at the stereo shop so I called them.

Having known the owner for a long time, I was assured that he personally worked on my H2 himself and promised me he would have told me if they had so much as scratched it.

At this point, it doesn?t matter, I need to fix it but I would have liked to have been told whoever screwed up my shiet....

Anyway, rant off.


Mark