Hit a (different) rock!
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Originally Posted by alohalc' date='Feb 13 2005, 10:14 PM
go throw away your 6,000 bottles of waxes and you don't even need pdc 
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Originally Posted by EBMCS03' date='Feb 14 2005, 12:53 AM
[quote name='alohalc' date='Feb 13 2005, 10:14 PM']go throw away your 6,000 bottles of waxes and you don't even need pdc .
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Originally Posted by realtyman' date='Feb 13 2005, 03:41 PM
So I backed into a curb that had a nice 100+ pound decorative rock (which looks so much better now that it's about a foot from where it was originally placed? 
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Nobody was around to see me F-up so I guess that's good.
End result, I have a few issues with the lower bumper cover corner.
At least I managed to do it on the side that doesn't have the exhaust.?
Obviously there is some missing paint but along the part that is just behind the mudguard there are two places that have what look like dents.? (I know... it's plastic).?
I'm assuming that I need to replace the whole bumper cover.? Someone please prove me wrong on this one... Please... Please...
If I do need to replace the bumper cover:
1. Can I order just the M-sport cover?? Is it available in the US?
2. Should I stay with the factory one?
3. Should I brake hard at the next stoplight and have someone else pay for a new cover (just kidding).
And yes... I do have PDC.? Don't even ask?
Last week I locked the keys in the car while it was running.
This week I back into an F'n rock.
Can't wait to see what next week brings!?
? ).Nobody was around to see me F-up so I guess that's good.
End result, I have a few issues with the lower bumper cover corner.
At least I managed to do it on the side that doesn't have the exhaust.?
Obviously there is some missing paint but along the part that is just behind the mudguard there are two places that have what look like dents.? (I know... it's plastic).?
I'm assuming that I need to replace the whole bumper cover.? Someone please prove me wrong on this one... Please... Please...
If I do need to replace the bumper cover:
1. Can I order just the M-sport cover?? Is it available in the US?
2. Should I stay with the factory one?
3. Should I brake hard at the next stoplight and have someone else pay for a new cover (just kidding).
And yes... I do have PDC.? Don't even ask?
Last week I locked the keys in the car while it was running.
This week I back into an F'n rock.
Can't wait to see what next week brings!?
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Originally Posted by JDN' date='Feb 13 2005, 06:51 PM
Tough one realty. While you're shopping, wear the scar and tell the inquisitive that you were doing a No. 4 move on a guy drafting and trying to pass you in the turn.? Word will get around not to mess with, realty.?
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Originally Posted by Rudy' date='Feb 13 2005, 06:56 PM
Sorry to hear the news realtyman...
Don't you wish PDC would go into "full alert" later than it does?
Don't you wish PDC would go into "full alert" later than it does?
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Originally Posted by alohalc' date='Feb 13 2005, 08:56 PM
sorry to hear that, realtyman :'(.? your "arrows" are so classic .? sorry, couldn't control myself 
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Originally Posted by JDN' date='Feb 14 2005, 12:39 AM
[quote name='Rudy' date='Feb 13 2005, 10:37 PM']Later.? I'd rather get a full alert at a few inches, not 12...
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[/quote]Yup, just a little sooner would have been better.
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Can just the lower portion be replaced or does the whole cover need to be replaced?
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Regarding PDC, from the looks of the damage, I'm not sure that it would have picked up that rock realtyman.
I've noticed that the object needs to be taller or higher for PDC to pick it up. Either way, it's clear that you can't rely on it 100% to keep you out of trouble...
I've noticed that the object needs to be taller or higher for PDC to pick it up. Either way, it's clear that you can't rely on it 100% to keep you out of trouble...
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Originally Posted by Rudy' date='Feb 14 2005, 11:29 AM
Regarding PDC, from the looks of the damage, I'm not sure that it would have picked up that rock realtyman.
I've noticed that the object needs to be taller or higher for PDC to pick it up.? Either way, it's clear that you can't rely on it 100% to keep you out of trouble...
I've noticed that the object needs to be taller or higher for PDC to pick it up.? Either way, it's clear that you can't rely on it 100% to keep you out of trouble...
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The rock was at least another 6+" high.I really think it was a PICNIC scenario!
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Originally Posted by Rudy' date='Feb 14 2005, 01:08 PM
[quote name='realtyman' date='Feb 14 2005, 11:35 AM']I really think it was a PICNIC scenario!
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