james_hart6
09-11-2003, 04:13 PM
As many of you know, my MM is on the sale block. One of the .net members is flying in tomorrow to examine the car and (perhaps) drive it home.
Being a nice fella, I decided to back the MM out of the garage and rinse off the dust.
I found a 5" x (approx) 1/8" on the lower right side of the front passenger door.
I know where it came from - I had the car into the dealership to get the a/c checked and the oil/filter changed after the recent power outage. The car hasn't been moved since.
Moral - when you drop the car off for service, have the Service Manager note any existing marks on the car - and when you pick the car up, walk around the car before paying the bill.
This is a minor scratch, needs a bit of touch up - but the car door could have been totally smashed and I wouldn't have known until this afternoon. And I'm old enough to know better.
Jim
Being a nice fella, I decided to back the MM out of the garage and rinse off the dust.
I found a 5" x (approx) 1/8" on the lower right side of the front passenger door.
I know where it came from - I had the car into the dealership to get the a/c checked and the oil/filter changed after the recent power outage. The car hasn't been moved since.
Moral - when you drop the car off for service, have the Service Manager note any existing marks on the car - and when you pick the car up, walk around the car before paying the bill.
This is a minor scratch, needs a bit of touch up - but the car door could have been totally smashed and I wouldn't have known until this afternoon. And I'm old enough to know better.
Jim