dkirk

I drive to lunch and come back to the office at 1:00 this afternoon. I leave for a meeting at 1:35, and there is a paint scrape on the right side behind the driver side rear wheel. Damn it! Looks like crap with the black sticking out of the silver paint (cuz silver is so fast!). Stopped by the body shop and the bumper repaint is gonna be $200. Nice, but my deductible is $250. I could have spent the $200 on something better, like a V1.

I know this isn't anything compared to others car issues, but damn it really makes me mad how careless people are.

Doug

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if there is any damage when you get back and the colors match, send the claim to your insurance company, citing the cars license plate.

Tory

That would be a hit and run

George @ BostonAudi

and not one that parked there after it.

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Audiablo

Sorry to hear about the scratch, find a good shop.

As for DingCatcher, it uses capacitance to tell when ANYTHING bigger than a mouse touches your car. Then it records a 2 frame/sec video for 45 seconds using a tiny fisheye lens mounted inside right in the middle of the ceiling.

Kinda pricey though at $400<p><a href="http://registry.audiworld.com/audi/registry/details.asp?car=5325">

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dkirk

No one was parked by me before or after I parked there and when I noticed the scratch 40 minutes later. Someone must have parked, scratched and then taken off...

The repairs will be $200 to get the rear bumper painted, which isn't that bad, but stilll $200 is $200

Doug

dkirk

I stopped by the body shop, and they touched it up for the weekend, and can get me in on tuesday first thing. I had my A4 front bumper repainted at this shop before, and they do great work. They are recommended by the local Porsche/audi/mercedes dealership, too. It's a small shop...owner and two or three others. Plus they were working on a mercedes and and bmw when I was there today.

$200 is cheap, but I live in Fargo, ND so everything is cheap.

Doug

dkirk

Thanks!

Scott

Any other address for this thing?

Thanks in advance