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Some rant, some advice...
Dear members,
Several things happened to me recently and I learned a few things I would like to share with you. This morning, I was distracted and after I turned the car on, I released the clutch and well, I was in first gear. The car jumped forward and crashed into the wall ahead, the car stalled and I cried. I had the clear bra installed on my car. After this incident, I am now fully convinced that this is a wonderful product absolutely worth the money. My clear bra has a few scratches on it and it torn in a few places but the paint is intact. The bumper is now about 5mm misaligned, but not detectable unless you are actually looking for it, it will probably slowly go back to where it was in a hot day and through driving. I also have noticed that the bumper is very flexible. And now about my wheels, a while back I scratched one of my wheels. Today I bought one of those silver markers (the ones that are metallic color) and I touched up the scratches. It worked surprisingly well, it is now barely visible. I am going to get the clear bra installation fixed, I feel like an idiot, but at least a relatively lucky idiot. |
Sh!t happens...much better than a human body injury or aliment. Clear bras are worth it, even if they need replacement. :tup:
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I had some very rare rims that cost a bloody fortune and once before I took them to have the tires replaced I wanted to exchange the lugs as they were black and perfect so I didn't want the shop to mar them. During the lug nut exchange I grabbed the 1/2" torque wrench and swung it toward the rim. Just then the socket came flying off (as I had forgotten to place the ratchet dimple at the socket alignment hole) and smacked the rim causing two big gashes in the rim. I was inventing new profanity thereafter. My wife's response: "It's just a car." Life does continue.
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OP, I used silver paint on a curb incident on one of my rear wheels. I agree, it came out much better than I had hoped. I scraped the curb about 2 weeks after I bought the car :crying:
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"the car stalled and i cried" hahaha im so sorry but I got a kick out of this. But i did not know clear bra can also protect from impacts. How much does clear bra cost on a 370z?
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glad everything is fixable. If i do park in gear, i take it out of gear before turning on the car just to avoid this kinda thing. i'm kinda ocd about it.
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So was that your garage wall?
Please link silver pen. :p |
Ouch. Well, I doubt you're the first one to do something like that...
Oh look- this was painful to read |
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Is freaking 40hrs that I need to work to be able to make the monthly payments. |
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I stalled the first time I got into the car. I didn't know whether to hit the clutch and the brake or just the clutch. Drove too many toyotas/lexus and they all require a brake push-button. Don't worry we all make mistakes. I nearly had an heart attack lol
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I remember when i first got the car I used to put it in gear and one time not paying attention I did exactly the same thing, let out the clutch without checking that it was in neutral, luckily didn't hit anything though. Made it a point to not leave it in gear after that incident, just leave it in neutral and throw the handbrake on. How many of you guys park with the car in gear? |
mine is always in 1st when parked + ebrake.
but when i start the car i put the car in neutral before cranking without thinking... just part of starting the car i guess. :D |
Never leave it in gear when it's parked. Only the e-brake.
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Then again I'm kinda OCD and always give the shifter a little wiggle to make sure it's out of gear if I want to let the clutch out while idling. |
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