I bet I'm not the first new owner to do this

[Ron61]

Heck, I did that once with mine except the parking slab was a little higher and it broke the strip below the oil cooler and really showed. I took it to a Fiberglass and body shop and in 3 days I couldn't even tell where I had scraped and broken it. They even matched the red stripes perfectly. If I had just scraped some paint under it I would have used the touch up paint and let it go. Now rick picks on the frame are another matter. A rattle can of black always fixed them well.

Ron

[RET_COP]

I can see by the responses and length of the thread that it's happened to all of us. I pulled into my friends driveway the other day ( you know , dieing for a ride in the car) very carefully as it is unfinished with stones sticking up in some spots... and don't I scrape my collector ever so lightly, putting a small ding in the bottom. This thread gave me some therapy and helped to to get over it. Next Time! he can come to my house for a freakin ride. He nervously chuckled, and asked me if I will lose 2 horsepower!!!
Lou

[Dallas56]

I think what probably makes sense for me is to put this off for a bit. Since you can't see the scrape, after I work my way through the compulsive, new car, everything has to be perfect phase, there is a good chance this will fall off my list. Three or four months from now, if I still want to get it fixed, it sounds like I should spend a few bucks and have a professional do it. Thank you all for the good thoughts. The replies are always helpful and usually entertaining.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Dallas56

I think what probably makes sense for me is to put this off for a bit. Since you can't see the scrape, after I work my way through the compulsive, new car, everything has to be perfect phase, there is a good chance this will fall off my list. Three or four months from now, if I still want to get it fixed, it sounds like I should spend a few bucks and have a professional do it. Thank you all for the good thoughts. The replies are always helpful and usually entertaining.

That's the smart way to approach it. Remember, that rat RodKnock has an aluminum POS car. When he scratches something up he just gets the Brillo pad out from under the kitchen sink and goes to work on it and *poof* it's as good as new.

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by patrickt

That's the smart way to approach it. Remember, that rat RodKnock has an aluminum POS car. When he scratches something up he just gets the Brillo pad out from under the kitchen sink and goes to work on it and *poof* it's as good as new.

My solution is that I never drive my car and, when I do, I never park my car anywhere but my garage.

The Brillo pad is for the brushed surface. I would have to get out my Cyclo polisher for the rest of the car.

Uh, where's the cheese.

[Archrms]

Scrapes on the underside are no big deal, as you can't see them unless you are under the car. You'll get over it. Just wait until you get your first chip on the nose or rear flares from a rock , then you'll really start to go OCD