Nightmare! Devon Holiday Scratch...!

[DigbyChicken]

Picked up the M3 on Friday; went on holiday on Saturday. My worst nightmare happened today - on the narrow lanes of Dartmoor, I ended up scratching the rear bumper of the car. (A double-decker bus was coming down a narrow lane; I had to reverse into someone's drive to let him pass. And then, because I'm still becoming familiar with the car, I knocked it into reverse again instead of drive and pushed back against a gate. No excuses though. Furious with myself.)

It's an NHS lease car so I guess when we get back I should just get in touch and see what they want to do...? Or keep it quiet and explore a Chips Away kind of service...

As before, am largely posting here just to vent at my own stupidity. Am going for a very long walk now to kick a few trees... I might be some time.

 

[Cloggie]

It happens, annoying but it does. Looks to me like you can get this fixed up by chipsaway or similar. Get a quote and see what they say. I wouldn't call the lease company, not for something like this.

 

[Dilly]

All too easily done. I’ve had mine 15 months. Was sat at lights yesterday. knocked it out of TACC as I was turning left. Must have engaged reverse, as when I pulled off, I went backwards. Nothing behind me thankfully. Didn’t even notice I’d done it.

 

[M3noob]

Picked up the M3 on Friday; went on holiday on Saturday. My worst nightmare happened today - on the narrow lanes of Dartmoor, I ended up scratching the rear bumper of the car. (A double-decker bus was coming down a narrow lane; I had to reverse into someone's drive to let him pass. And then, because I'm still becoming familiar with the car, I knocked it into reverse again instead of drive and pushed back against a gate. No excuses though. Furious with myself.)

It's an NHS lease car so I guess when we get back I should just get in touch and see what th

Picked up the M3 on Friday; went on holiday on Saturday. My worst nightmare happened today - on the narrow lanes of Dartmoor, I ended up scratching the rear bumper of the car. (A double-decker bus was coming down a narrow lane; I had to reverse into someone's drive to let him pass. And then, because I'm still becoming familiar with the car, I knocked it into reverse again instead of drive and pushed back against a gate. No excuses though. Furious with myself.)

It's an NHS lease car so I guess when we get back I should just get in touch and see what they want to do...? Or keep it quiet and explore a Chips Away kind of service...

As before, am largely posting here just to vent at my own stupidity. Am going for a very long walk now to kick a few trees... I might be some time.

ey want to do...? Or keep it quiet and explore a Chips Away kind of service...

As before, am largely posting here just to vent at my own stupidity. Am going for a very long walk now to kick a few trees... I might be some time.

Picked up the M3 on Friday; went on holiday on Saturday. My worst nightmare happened today - on the narrow lanes of Dartmoor, I ended up scratching the rear bumper of the car. (A double-decker bus was coming down a narrow lane; I had to reverse into someone's drive to let him pass. And then, because I'm still becoming familiar with the car, I knocked it into reverse again instead of drive and pushed back against a gate. No excuses though. Furious with myself.)

It's an NHS lease car so I guess when we get back I should just get in touch and see what they want to do...? Or keep it quiet and explore a Chips Away kind of service...

As before, am largely posting here just to vent at my own stupidity. Am going for a very long walk now to kick a few trees... I might be some time.

Happens. Don't lose sleep. Easy possibly quick and cheap fix.

 

[Adopado]

Picked up the M3 on Friday; went on holiday on Saturday. My worst nightmare happened today - on the narrow lanes of Dartmoor, I ended up scratching the rear bumper of the car. (A double-decker bus was coming down a narrow lane; I had to reverse into someone's drive to let him pass. And then, because I'm still becoming familiar with the car, I knocked it into reverse again instead of drive and pushed back against a gate. No excuses though. Furious with myself.)

It's an NHS lease car so I guess when we get back I should just get in touch and see what they want to do...? Or keep it quiet and explore a Chips Away kind of service...

As before, am largely posting here just to vent at my own stupidity. Am going for a very long walk now to kick a few trees... I might be some time.

Sorry about that ... it's awful ... I duffed my bumper within days of getting the car too ... horrible.

 

[Billbrown1982]

Extremely frustrating and honestly I think it looks a lot worse than it is. Would definitely explore a chipsaway type fix, think you will be pleasantly surprised on the total cost and means not getting the lease company involved.

 

[Peter 224]

Three days ago I caught the top corner of a rear door on the garage wall... furious with myself.

Chips Away will make it better, of that I'm certain, I've used them several times and the local guy is a witch doctor when it comes to hiding chips and scratches!!

 

[Yev000]

Pfft, you call that a scratch? Got this when some egit pulled out of a parking space without looking...

 

[Llama.]

Picked up the M3 on Friday; went on holiday on Saturday. My worst nightmare happened today - on the narrow lanes of Dartmoor, I ended up scratching the rear bumper of the car. (A double-decker bus was coming down a narrow lane; I had to reverse into someone's drive to let him pass. And then, because I'm still becoming familiar with the car, I knocked it into reverse again instead of drive and pushed back against a gate. No excuses though. Furious with myself.)

It's an NHS lease car so I guess when we get back I should just get in touch and see what they want to do...? Or keep it quiet and explore a Chips Away kind of service...

As before, am largely posting here just to vent at my own stupidity. Am going for a very long walk now to kick a few trees... I might be some time.

That is annoying. Nice login handle by the way. The reference is noted....

I don't think you need to report this 'incidental scuff' to any lease company. And it should be really easy to get sorted.

People are suggesting Chipsaway which is fine. But if you search Mobile Paint Correction. Or Mobile Smart Repair. you will find a range of similar companies that will fix this in your drive in about 2 hours. It shouldn't cost more than £100 or so for such a small mark.

I had a much bigger and deeper set of scratches that cost my £160 on the front bumper of my brand new M3. So don't worry too much. You can make this go away pretty quick.

Best of luck.

Llama.

 

[Llama.]

Pfft, you call that a scratch? Got this when some egit pulled out of a parking space without looking...

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Dude! That sucks!. I'd be annoyed with that. I'm guessing this is an insurance claim.

 

[GRiLLA]

Stuff happens, you can relax now and stop worrying about keep the car pristine. I would definitely be looking at a smart repair like ChipsAway for that.

 

[JS77]

Pfft, you call that a scratch? Got this when some egit pulled out of a parking space without looking...

Oh man.... gutted for you. This is my constant worry whenever I park in a public car park now... I presume you went through insurance?

 

[Cloggie]

Pfft, you call that a scratch? Got this when some egit pulled out of a parking space without looking...

That is a proper scratch! I hope you managed to identify the offender and it all worked out OK

 

[Yev000]

Dude! That sucks!. I'd be annoyed with that. I'm guessing this is an insurance claim.

Yep, no fault claim, 2 new doors, panel repair and 3 rims repaired....

*sugar* happens...

 

[Mr H]

Yep, no fault claim, 2 new doors, panel repair and 3 rims repaired....

*sugar* happens...

3 rims repaired....did they go around the other side and have another go at it

 

[Yev000]

3 rims repaired....did they go around the other side and have another go at it

They knocked me into the opposite curb

 

[Mr H]

They knocked me into the opposite curb

Bugger....

 

[Durzel]

How do you even do that without stopping immediately? That's just nuts. What did they say after it happened?

 

[MB2MB2]

You may find Chips Away refuse to help as their policy is not to work on Tesla due to the HV risk...colleague had them refuse to repair a wheel scratch even if the wheel was removed from the car prior to their arrival. Local smart repairer fixed it in situ...

That is annoying. Nice login handle by the way. The reference is noted....

I don't think you need to report this 'incidental scuff' to any lease company. And it should be really easy to get sorted.

People are suggesting Chipsaway which is fine. But if you search Mobile Paint Correction. Or Mobile Smart Repair. you will find a range of similar companies that will fix this in your drive in about 2 hours. It shouldn't cost more than £100 or so for such a small mark.

I had a much bigger and deeper set of scratches that cost my £160 on the front bumper of my brand new M3. So don't worry too much. You can make this go away pretty quick.

Best of luck.

Llama.

 

[DigbyChicken]

Thanks for your sage advice, people (and the anti-Tesla caution of Chips Away has been noted). I'll try to make a few enquiries tomorrow but am pleased to say I have got on with enjoying my holiday. Went for a lovely run up to Westward Ho! today.

Having become cross at causing the scratch, I think I then started to get cross at myself because I was getting cross. After all, I try to put people first, and no one was hurt, so why the over-reaction? It's only a car, at the end of the day. And it's only a scratch (''Tis but a flesh wound!', says @Yev000 - damn, that looks horrible - glad you got it sorted, but... blimey...).