Post Your Battle Scars
Post Your Battle Scars
I searched and couldn't find a thread, so I am making one.
Point me in the right direction if there is already one going.
I've had my tC for nearly 4 years now and I have accumulated a few scars and countless scratches.
This is actually 2 - there is about a 10 inch crease where I was pulling around an old Blazer and cut too close and the rubber trim on the bumper ran down the the left quarter. Not a scratch, just a long dent - and of course no damage to the Blazer.
Then about 2 years ago someone caught it when pulling into/out of a space while I was parked at work. Those are the scratches. I never got it fixed because I didn't know about the uninsured motorist property damage (UMPD) part of my insurance policy.
A few months ago I was parked in the street, at the end, hoping I would have less chance of someone hitting me while parking. Well, I think someone doing a U-turn behind me cut it too close and rubbed the left corner of my rear bumper.
And finally... tC key fobs suck.
So who else is living with damage?
Point me in the right direction if there is already one going.
I've had my tC for nearly 4 years now and I have accumulated a few scars and countless scratches.
This is actually 2 - there is about a 10 inch crease where I was pulling around an old Blazer and cut too close and the rubber trim on the bumper ran down the the left quarter. Not a scratch, just a long dent - and of course no damage to the Blazer.
Then about 2 years ago someone caught it when pulling into/out of a space while I was parked at work. Those are the scratches. I never got it fixed because I didn't know about the uninsured motorist property damage (UMPD) part of my insurance policy.
A few months ago I was parked in the street, at the end, hoping I would have less chance of someone hitting me while parking. Well, I think someone doing a U-turn behind me cut it too close and rubbed the left corner of my rear bumper.
And finally... tC key fobs suck.
So who else is living with damage?
I KNOW! My key started falling apart about 2 years in. The lock button fell off about a year ago.
My theory is that when my mother had it in her possession she used her nail to push the button.
No one else has had their key fall apart?
My theory is that when my mother had it in her possession she used her nail to push the button.
No one else has had their key fall apart?
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I scrapped the bottom right side of my bumper pretty bad about a year ago.
Then one time i was dropping my brother off near an auto body shop and i try to bust a u turn in the park lot. to my surprise i heard a big ol thud i got out and saw that there was a freaking 12 foot pole sticking out of the ground and i totally didn't see it.
but last week i was going down the freeway and some crap just popped out of now where from the car above and hit my bumper in the same spot hard. when i got home i checked it out and it basically left a big old scratch scratch on the bumper, messed up my fog lights and put a big crack in the bumper along with popping out my lower grill.
o and i have a few screw size marks on my rear bumper from backing my car up (used to park in carport a few years ago) and hitting my bros front bumper wid his licensce plate screws sticking out
Then one time i was dropping my brother off near an auto body shop and i try to bust a u turn in the park lot. to my surprise i heard a big ol thud i got out and saw that there was a freaking 12 foot pole sticking out of the ground and i totally didn't see it.
but last week i was going down the freeway and some crap just popped out of now where from the car above and hit my bumper in the same spot hard. when i got home i checked it out and it basically left a big old scratch scratch on the bumper, messed up my fog lights and put a big crack in the bumper along with popping out my lower grill.
o and i have a few screw size marks on my rear bumper from backing my car up (used to park in carport a few years ago) and hitting my bros front bumper wid his licensce plate screws sticking out
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hit a raccoon 2 months after getting the car. Cracked the lower vent. Raccoon was roadkill. Went out the next day to find my vent grille and saw the 'Coon. It was as big as my pitbull! BTW, that's a size 12 shoe next to it. The crack underneath is from a parking stop.
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i have a nasty crease in the front bumper while i was at work and the furthest parking spot at the Home depot... some one decided to hit me.. and leave a nice crease with some rough marks like some one kick it with baseball shoes... But it doesn't look that bad.. just a weird reflection if you look at it from the side.
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i hit a chunk of tire on the road and it shot up out the side of my car and scratched it, it has a tiny dent too, but you cant see it, just feel it....(sw ftw!)
this one im not sure how i got...its not noticeable here, but its a scratch about a foot long an inch above my tbl.
i actually managed to get all both of them out with a little scratch-x and a lot of wax. looks much better....def not as noticeable as what you guys have posted. but it still irked me.
this one im not sure how i got...its not noticeable here, but its a scratch about a foot long an inch above my tbl.
i actually managed to get all both of them out with a little scratch-x and a lot of wax. looks much better....def not as noticeable as what you guys have posted. but it still irked me.
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i need to take a pic of my curb rash i have on one of my wheels... about a week in from having my car first stick car ever... i was on a 4 lane road. high curbs on the sides making a you turn i didn't turn sharp enough and i didn't know to pump the clutch to get it into reverse.. cars were coming so i "retardly" drove straight and over the curb scratching my rim to get out of traffics way..
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