Sadly, I'd feel more comfortable cutting a hole in the house than my front bumper. :icon17:

Priorities, priorities!

I had a hole in my wall nearly the size of the Z less than a month after purchasing our house :icon17:

I was installing a motorized TV wall mount over the fire place and running wiring for power, A/V inputs, and speaker wiring for front and center channels. However, I had help from a guy who had significant experience with his own house. BFG is absolutely right about the first cut. It's the hardest, but once it's done you just keep moving forward :tup:

I always think I can do everything myself and just lack the proper tools in many cases. However, just before I actually commit to a project, I try to go through all the steps and think about where I might have the most trouble. If necessary, I have a professional or friend already lined out to help and/or fix my mistakes just in case. With the car, I always have to be prepared for worst case because it's my DD. Working on the house isn't a big deal unless I'm screwing with major systems like electrical or mechanical for more than a few hours (just have to put up with the wife getting irritated with the construction when it takes longer than the "few hours" you originally told her :icon17:).

Same here. I love demoing and doing stuff around the house but am hesitant when it comes to the car. Mainly because with the house I can pretty much fix anything with the tools I have and trips to Home Depot. Messing up the body of my car requires work that I can't do at home.

:iagree: And the Z is a lot prettier than my house :tup:

My biggest concern for housing construction is having a vehicle to transport anything large from the hardware store home :icon17:

Well, I took the Z to Red Lobster yesterday and got keyed!!!!!!!!!! :mad: WTF is wrong with people??? Whatever, I didn't plan in keeping that fender (rear driver's side) anyway. :icon14:

And no, it's not rock damage. The scratches specifically begin just behind the door handle.

Yeah, I'm considering a small suv/cuv for a second car.

:hello:

Got my rim back and I'm not sure I'm happy.

My other rims are dirty at the moment (keeps raining too), so I can't really say 100% that it's a different colour.

I may sit down in the garage today and clean up the rims to compare. :eekdance:

It was hard to tell when I took delivery, because I didn't have anything to compare it to.

:shakes head:

Sorry Fonzo, that is just awful.

:thumbsdown: People are ridiculous :shakes head:

Is it possible that someone thought your car looked so delicious that they mistook it for a huge lobster and scratched it with their knife trying to cut off a piece and eat it?

:icon18: It could have been!

Well that sucks :thumbsdown: I would definitely sit down and clean them for comparison asap. If it's not acceptable, I would go back to them immediately. Also, I would take two tires with you so they can see for themselves that it's not right.

Thanks for the love guys.:tiphat: It was amazing because when I posted it on Facebook, all my friends from Minnesota said, "...that had to happen in the Fargo side. Minnesotans would NEVER do something like that!" and they were very much right :icon17:

(Fargo/Moorhead is like a twin-cities area, 1/2 on each side of the Red River of the North - Fargo, ND and Moorhead, MN)

I may just take the car down there and bite the bullet and have them throw on the spare. :shakes head:

It's going to look awful, but I can't go without a car for another two days.

Yeah, that sucks. I was kind of wondering how you were getting around (I didn't think you had two cars). I had the spare tire on my Z and was driving it back to the dealership about 20 min after driving it away from the dealership on Day 1. I can confirm it does look terrible :icon17:

I wouldn't count on it, but maybe you can get them to pay for a rental for a day or two. Never hurts to ask.

That very much sucks and makes me crazy to look at it. The brazen bull is too good a fate for people who do this.

I'm afraid to ask.

I absolutely hate doing what I already did and am going to have to do again - complaining to a shop, because it wasn't done right the first time.

The problem is to get what you want, you often have to be a harda$$. Most of the time, if you start out polite and only get tough when they dig in their heels, you can get somewhere. However, worst case is when they are just pricks to begin with, and you end up burning any bridge you might have been able to cross when you get upset.

Don't. Think of it this way, if the shop hired competent employees and had good QC, this wouldn't happen. However it did, and they should make it right.

That being said, since this is a chain (discount tire right?), if you don't get what you need dealing with the local shop, move it up the line. Go to the regional manager.

morning all

Good morning guys! Thank you very much for the birthday wishes, they mean a lot to me. :)

:icon18: hahaha.

wtf. :mad: sorry to see this. :( ive had like 6-7 cars all brand new get key'ed in the past. even my current dd which i bought new got keyed within 200miles on the odo. :shakes head:

this is one of the many reasons why i never take my hobby cars to the stores... cause general public are general idiots. :mad: but remember, karma always comes around and bites the f-kers in the arse. :D

hummmm... that's a tuff call, arriving at the store not having anything to compare to.. you trust people too much, haboob.

take the lead, you make the decisions for yourself, not let some dumbarse tell you wat to do. :)

:tup: so how does it feel to be a year older?

It feels great! :)

:tup:

Good attitude! :tup:

Technically you are only a day older. You've been steadily decaying all year! :icon17:

Now doesn't that cheer you up even more ms. pint? :tup:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

:happydance:

:inoutroflpuke: :roflpuke2:

the sound of Ayrton Senna's record lap is brought back to life! literally!

i like simplicity better. i feel old and achy now. :ugh2: like my foot reminds me im falling apart.

im still limping. wk3..

Almost beer time. Also having some ZwithdrawalZ so hoping my flight is on time so I can take her for a spin when I get home

so haboob, you going to get new wheel? :(

Gotta get home and clean it all up first to make sure.

you get your replacement lug? :)

Yeah, I just went and bought one.

$11 for one.

I found it online for $5, but I needed it right then.

:shakes head:

yah, those lugs are not cheap.

:eek: Brutal! Some people's kids :shakes head:

:iagree:

Engine break-in complete, let the real testing begin :tup:

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