Re: Royal 8C Competitizione spotted in Amsterdam...

Pete wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:47:16 -0000, "  cupra"
> <NOcupra.sSPAM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, wrote:
>
>> Zathras wrote:
>>> On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:42:10 GMT, Catman
>>> <catman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Or they just don't care......
>>>
>>> You'd think they might with the extended paintwork warranties you
>>> get these days (3 years even for an Alfa).
>>
>> Ah, but you try claiming on a paintwork problem!
>>
>> (mate's GT has flaking red paint on it's rear bumper and nearside
>> wing, Alfa told him he's had an accident and had the car
>> resprayed..... which was news to him, the insurance company and the
>> lease company!)
>>
> Is he certain that the car did not get a scratch during
> ****pping/unloading and was painted before he bought it?
>
> Is he certain that the car did not get scratched at the
> dealer****p and was quietly sprayed by them before sale?
>
> Is he certain that the car did not suffer a scratch at dealers
> after sale to him but before collection and was sprayed on the QT?
>
> These all have and do happen :-(

Yeah - he's considered all of those..... it's peeling from two distinct
and 
different areas so if it did happen they must have run it through a gorse 
bush or something!

The annoying thing (for him) is he's got a really cheap buy back price
from 
the lease company (who were unaware of the problem at the time) which 
*would* have made him a couple of grand selling it on straight away!