Re: <E39> Used Certified 5 got painted over.

["Allan Williams" <allanw@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Most cars are touched up before being put on the yard. It might have just
been from parking scratches, or some one "keyed" it.

Our 325i is gonna have new paint on the front fenders and bonnet - because
someone keyed it... and some stone chips.

The quality of the job varies of course. Yours sounds like it was done quite
well. I've seen jobs where you could see only half the bonnet was painted.
You could use some cutting compound to smooth off the overspray, and nobody
will ever notice.

Remember that guy who sued BMW NA for millions because his car was touched
up before it was sold new.... happens a lot. Maybe the Dealer you purchased
from will clean it up some???

Allan Williams
allanw@domain.elided

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- -----Original Message-----
From: James <linj03@domain.elided>
To: BMW Digest Submit <bmw-digest@domain.elided>; bmwuucdigest@domain.elided
<bmwuucdigest@domain.elided>
Date: Tuesday, 29 June 1999 14:35
Subject: <E39> Used Certified 5 got painted over.


> Hi Digest and some other Digestors that I have e-mailed with
>before concerning this subject.  I have a few questions concerning painted
>cars.  When we first puchased a car, we thought it was a great deal and
>was kind of in a hurry to close the deal.  Anyhow, after washing the car,
>I noticed that the car might have been painted over.  Upon further
>inspections, I could tell that the rear bumper has definitely been painted
>over.  The front and rear passenger doors seem to have been painted over
>as well, but the quality of the paint job is that good where it's hard to
>tell.  The really only hard evidence that I might have on it is that
>underneath the door handles, you could feel the over spray and some
>roughness.  Since this car is a certified used car, I'm wondering how it
>could have pass the body/frame test by the dealer's inspection?
> Furthermore, doesn't this decrease the value of the car?  He
>really likes the car, and wouldn't mind keeping it (only if there is no
>frame damage).  Does anyone have any figure on how much this would
>decrease the value of the car?  Any idea what we can do about this?
>Please do e-mail me privately, I'll forward this e-mail for my brother
>afterwards.  Thanks again.
> James
>ps.  This car is a E39 5 series
>
>
>

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