*Sob*

OUCH!

You know, I'm surprised I didn't hear the polite discussion you had with your wife over this....

(Your comprehensive insurance should take care of it. Attribute it to vandalism. After all, you can't prove that your wife didn't do it intentionally! The better body shop paint jobs are indiscernable from the original factory paint nowadays.)

 

Oh Man! I'm so sorry to hear that.

Wow. I've wondered how wives/partners would get back at us since we spend so much time playing with our prius?

Now I know.

 

Guess the divorce rate just went up in the US. I had a friend whose wife washed his car with Tide...not a good thing.

 

yeah, i hear it's a 4-6 month wait to file. some lawyers have been telling me i can't get divorced until mid-2005.

 

The local Saturn dealership was giving free car washer with their new 'state of the art' car wash. My wife and I pull up in her Explorer (she was driving) and the attendant guides her in to the automated track (it's the kind of car wash that pulls your car along to the other side).

I told my wife to make sure the car was in neutral (it's a manual transmission) and she says it is. The car rocks up and then down and we're not moving. It happens again. The attendant looks in her window and motions to her to put the car in neutral. This doesn't help and my wife rolls down her window. The attendant looks in and say's "You need to take your foot off the brake."

I'm glad it doesn't snow here.

 

Any chance this would be covered under comprehensive? It was an 'accident' of sorts. Might not hurt to ask.

 

Ouch!

The guys who detail my car have often gotten out some fairly deep scratches (even to what I thought was primer) by a good wax and buff job. You might try that first, and I pray it works for ya!

I wll NOT make any partner jokes

Peace

 

OMG -- we are dyin' here in my office!

 

How deep does the snow get there in Boston that you need a shovel to scrape the snow off your car? I use a brush, here in Fargo.

 

About a week after I received my Prius, I scraped it with a butterfly bush. Some of the scratches are pretty deep. The others were light enough that my friendly autobody shop was able to buff them out. They know me on a first name basis. I'm their only customer who backed into family members cars twice.

not signing my name [too red-faced]

 

I had some scratches and hood dings on my 2002 Prius that I was trading in, so I took it to a franchise called Colors on Parade. They do small body work jobs, often the same day you come in. The owner looked at my car and advised me not to bother fixing the scratches. He said that the dealer wouldn't value my trade-in any higher without them, and that if I decided to sell it privately and a prospective buyer complained, I should just knock something off the price. He also gave me a free bottle of touch-up paint and showed me how to lightly touch up the scratches.

Now, there's a business I would go back to in a minute if I need their services. If you've got one in Boston, give them a try.

Barbara

 

Jason,

I'd be careful even calling to check about the claim. I'm not sure if it applies to car insurance yet, but I know that my homeowner's insurance carrier (State Farm) will count any calls to your agent with even a simple question as a "claim event". In their eyes, even asking a question is as much of a penalty as a claim itself. Too many claim events in a time period, and they drop you.

--Dan.

 

If it's going to be more than week or two before you get in in to be fixed, you should probably give the car a good wash and wax. The primer isn't nearly as durable as the finish paint, and they're going to have to clean out the scratches anyway.