M4 Gravel Rash
Discussion
NBTBRV8 said:
Yes and that is why you use PPF.
Whilst I agree, it shouldn't be the responsibility of the average Joe to take delivery of his new car and work out where the design issues are, and decide on a appropriate course of action to mitigate the detrimental effect they'll have on the car. It's a new car, as long as its looked after to the manufacturer spec (which you can bet won't include the use of additional PPF) it should age fairly consistently. Some of these cars only have a couple thousand miles on them and some of the pics I'm seeing are awful.Yes the roads are crap, but surely BMW should be testing it in real world conditions and that would highlight this sort of thing very quickly. I've had cars with over 100k on them that don't look this bad on the front end, let alone anywhere else.
That said, its unlikely he'll get anywhere complaining, but I'd be speaking to the dealer just out of rage more than anything.
The Ferret said:
Whilst I agree, it shouldn't be the responsibility of the average Joe to take delivery of his new car and work out where the design issues are, and decide on a appropriate course of action to mitigate the detrimental effect they'll have on the car. It's a new car, as long as its looked after to the manufacturer spec (which you can bet won't include the use of additional PPF) it should age fairly consistently. Some of these cars only have a couple thousand miles on them and some of the pics I'm seeing are awful.
Yes the roads are crap, but surely BMW should be testing it in real world conditions and that would highlight this sort of thing very quickly. I've had cars with over 100k on them that don't look this bad on the front end, let alone anywhere else.
That said, its unlikely he'll get anywhere complaining, but I'd be speaking to the dealer just out of rage more than anything.
So using that as the pretext, is it a BMW design fault that a rock hits your windscreen and chips it? Is it BMW's design fault if a bird craps on your car and stains the paint? Is it BMW's fault that you get a stone chip on your front bumper? No it isn't, as the owner of the car it is your responsibility in how you decide to or not to protect the car from probable outcomes from the use of your ownership. Even if you don't use it and something fails like a fuel pump, is that BMW's fault, not that was an outcome of how you decided to use (or not) use it. You can't use your naivety to the matter and then blame BMW or any manufacturer for it. Do your homework and prepare for the outcome you want to live with.Yes the roads are crap, but surely BMW should be testing it in real world conditions and that would highlight this sort of thing very quickly. I've had cars with over 100k on them that don't look this bad on the front end, let alone anywhere else.
That said, its unlikely he'll get anywhere complaining, but I'd be speaking to the dealer just out of rage more than anything.
LamedonM said:
How much on average does of cost? If done partial, which areas of the car are a must done?
I live in Australia so I couldn't tell you UK prices.Roughly speaking though a full car here would cost you from 4000gbp and up.The must areas are impact areas, so at a minimum the front bar and behind the wheels. But I would normally do a full front, so bumper, bonnet, wings and the depending upon the car areas where rocks would flip up off the wheels. On my current car a BMW 4 series I have done 3/4 of the car which is everywhere except the doors and rear wings.
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