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Lets have a clean joke thread. Laughter heals as they say. (NO NASTY, OBSCENE OR COVID19!)

That’ll keep the car secure
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WhatsThisFor said:
My wife kerbed her new car driving home from the dealership.

It doesn’t have to be Women’s day, any day ending in Y is fine.

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I fixed it and I was the Captain that night. 🤭
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Unfortunately, one can't self repair/fix diamond cut alloys without it looking hanging on close up. The diamond cut 'lines' produced by a lathe can't be reproduced 'at home'. I guess even regular alloys can't really be repaired as good as OEM at home with a touch up pen and polisher, but even more so with diamond cuts. I went to look at a 22' plate Swift Sport not long before I got the up! gti. I looked at the Autotrader pics and had my suspicions. But the dealership was only 15 or so miles away, so went and had a look. The prior owner had probably eaten the front alloys for breakfast, and had a DIY repair done, flattening the prior curbing. Still looked totally minging with just odd polished bits on it.
 
Elgraman said:
Unfortunately, one can't self repair/fix diamond cut alloys without it looking hanging on close up. The diamond cut 'lines' produced by a lathe can't be reproduced 'at home'. I guess even regular alloys can't really be repaired as good as OEM at home with a touch up pen and polisher, but even more so with diamond cuts. I went to look at a 22' plate Swift Sport not long before I got the up! gti. I looked at the Autotrader pics and had my suspicions. But the dealership was only 15 or so miles away, so went and had a look. The prior owner had probably eaten the front alloys for breakfast, and had a DIY repair done, flattening the prior curbing. Still looked totally minging with just odd polished bits on it.
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The damage was on the Mini Clubman JCW and you are right it’s not a DIY job if you want perfection.
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But when we PXed it against a new VW id4 The salesman didn’t even bother looking.
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I don’t think you can kerb the id4 alloys as the tyres protect them.

The deal we got was perfect.
 
Yes, salesmen aren't usually car detailer sorts, so that kind of 'cover up' would get through the door in many scenarios. I wouldn't be surprised if the previous Swift Sport owner had done something like that, too
 
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