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Thought I'd check on my Exige this morning (It's parked outside at the moment and I haven't driven it for a couple of days)and discovered that the front clam now has several scratches, it looks like somebody has dragged something across it!!!!!!! fu
king Wakers!! 
What's more I deliberately tucked it in a nice spot away from all the other cars!!!
>> Edited by Joe - Exige S on Thursday 25th May 09:11
king Wakers!! What's more I deliberately tucked it in a nice spot away from all the other cars!!!
>> Edited by Joe - Exige S on Thursday 25th May 09:11
Joe - Exige S said:
Thought I'd check on my Exige this morning (It's parked outside at the moment and I haven't driven it for a couple of days)and discovered that the front clam now has several scratches, it looks like somebody has dragged something across it!!!!!!! fu
What's more I deliberately tucked it in a nice spot away from all the other cars!!!
>> Edited by Joe - Exige S on Thursday 25th May 09:11
Sorry Joe, People just can't keep there Bloody hand's to themselves why can't these people just leave what's not there's alone
Boggy
Bad news Joe...sorry to hear your pride is harmed...some people don't care only thinking of their own stuff...
My moms car have the same, she also have a new car(though not a Lotus) and someone maked a lot of scratches over the front hood...and her car has a dark blue metallic color and you can see now white scrathes(a lot) so its to deep to polish all out...
I had it also on some cars in the past, and in one occasion it appears to be a cat! that was crawling on the warm hood...and making scratches(because it was slippery?) aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh
also the first damages on the car hurt the most
good luck next time mate.
GTRene
My moms car have the same, she also have a new car(though not a Lotus) and someone maked a lot of scratches over the front hood...and her car has a dark blue metallic color and you can see now white scrathes(a lot) so its to deep to polish all out...
I had it also on some cars in the past, and in one occasion it appears to be a cat! that was crawling on the warm hood...and making scratches(because it was slippery?) aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh
also the first damages on the car hurt the most
good luck next time mate.
GTRene
Sorry to hear that Joe. Kinda know how you feel cos I posted a thread on here about the numpty that stuck a foot straight through the front clamshell about 3-4 weeks ago. Its in the body shop as we speak getting about £1200 worth of repair done to it jsut cos someone decided to have "some fun" and wreck my baby..............
TheYeti said:
Sorry to hear that Joe. Kinda know how you feel cos I posted a thread on here about the numpty that stuck a foot straight through the front clamshell about 3-4 weeks ago. Its in the body shop as we speak getting about £1200 worth of repair done to it jsut cos someone decided to have "some fun" and wreck my baby..............
I'm really sorry to hear about yours too, that's a horrific story!
It just makes me so angry - why why why?
Anyone who damages a car in this way should be castrated with a pair of pliers and a blow torch!!!
Sorry to hear it 
TBH, I'm not bothered about scratches any more (unless someone scrawled something obscene on the clam!), just done my first track day - absolute BLAST! My car is quite scratched (London parking ) but I've decided that its better to just drive the thing than worry about how knackered it looks. Eventually I'll get round to a respray when I sell it, but that WAY in the future 
TBH, I'm not bothered about scratches any more (unless someone scrawled something obscene on the clam!), just done my first track day - absolute BLAST! My car is quite scratched (London parking
) but I've decided that its better to just drive the thing than worry about how knackered it looks. Eventually I'll get round to a respray when I sell it, but that WAY in the future 
GRL said:
One of the down sides of having a glassfibre body is that electric charge cannot be supported - a few thousand volts would serve as a deterrent to the curious cattle
I love the idea, the thought has often crossed my mind. I might invest in a short role of that flexible electric fence that farmers use and hook it up to a spare battery in the boot. A warning sign in the windscreen and a tweaking of the controls from sheep to elephant setting. What are the legal implications?
Hmm, there's no answer to this really.
I was looking into a remote wireless camera to monitor the car in some way to
catch the scrotes at it...but unsure of the legality of doing this!
I've had three cars scratched down to the metal and a couple of attempted thefts, which have all cost me a fair bit to rectify. Problems with parking on the road I guess
Sorry to hear about your car Joe, think of it this way though, you got a fabulous car which you can still climb in and enjoy. People who do this kind of thing get their come uppance simply by living life the way they do.
>> Edited by sp60 on Thursday 25th May 11:51
I was looking into a remote wireless camera to monitor the car in some way to
catch the scrotes at it...but unsure of the legality of doing this!
I've had three cars scratched down to the metal and a couple of attempted thefts, which have all cost me a fair bit to rectify. Problems with parking on the road I guess
Sorry to hear about your car Joe, think of it this way though, you got a fabulous car which you can still climb in and enjoy. People who do this kind of thing get their come uppance simply by living life the way they do.
>> Edited by sp60 on Thursday 25th May 11:51
No way! The bastards!
I know that you could say that a couple of scatches is not the end of the world - but when the car is either:
a) only about six weeks out fo the factory (like yours) or
b) an older car that you have really worked damned hard to keep in showroom condition (like ours)...
...it really is more of a big deal.
It is envy - jealous spiteful envy - from the few who can't be bothered to actually earn an honest wage and take malicious pleasure in damaging property belonging to those of us who actually do work bloody hard for what we have.
A friend of mine has a saying for that kind of person: she says' you can't educate pork'. She might have point!
I know that you could say that a couple of scatches is not the end of the world - but when the car is either:
a) only about six weeks out fo the factory (like yours) or
b) an older car that you have really worked damned hard to keep in showroom condition (like ours)...
...it really is more of a big deal.
It is envy - jealous spiteful envy - from the few who can't be bothered to actually earn an honest wage and take malicious pleasure in damaging property belonging to those of us who actually do work bloody hard for what we have.
A friend of mine has a saying for that kind of person: she says' you can't educate pork'. She might have point!
I am so sorry Joe -
Get the car over to Park Ferme and see if they can polish it out. In their expert hands with some klay bar you will be amazed at what can be polished out.
If you manage to catch them - there are quite a few BoLOC's who will take turns to dispence some justice (revenge)
Get the car over to Park Ferme and see if they can polish it out. In their expert hands with some klay bar you will be amazed at what can be polished out.
If you manage to catch them - there are quite a few BoLOC's who will take turns to dispence some justice (revenge)
gooby said:
I am so sorry Joe -
Get the car over to Park Ferme and see if they can polish it out. In their expert hands with some klay bar you will be amazed at what can be polished out.
If you manage to catch them - there are quite a few BoLOC's who will take turns to dispence some justice (revenge)
Cheers Gooby, Parc Ferme did a fantastic job of my Zymol originally. I strongly recommend them!
As the door is still waiting for a free re-spray (The car picked up a 1cm scratch on the drivers door between the factory and the dealer which was picked up on the PDI) I'll probably wait for that to be sorted and see if they will sort me out on the front clam (It is covered in stonechips already) - looks 1.5years old not months at the front. This should take care of all the marks, then back to Parc Ferme for a top up.
PS I'm in the process of buying a new place with a garage so will wait until that has gone through and I can tuck her up safe and sound out of harms way each night.
I know what you mean. The paint chips off at the slightest hint of a stone and there are a hell of a lot of stones!
I am have had one respray and I am off to get some MORE touch up pens!
You should see pictures on penpromo's S1 exige - basically no paint left on the front of the clam!
I am have had one respray and I am off to get some MORE touch up pens!
You should see pictures on penpromo's S1 exige - basically no paint left on the front of the clam!
Joe - Exige S said:
PS I'm in the process of buying a new place with a garage so will wait until that has gone through and I can tuck her up safe and sound out of harms way each night.
Thats the way to go Joe
I"m in my third own place, and all my home's have/had garage's, I'm a thinker and I realy need a box to put my car in at night and also during the day, that way no worries or awake by every noise outside...I'm very happy with my place
Also afterwards you can sell your house better with a garage! and its also the place to be with all diferent weathers we have! your car stays clean longer!
Its the way to go when you can!
GTRene
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