cross-country auto transport at its finest
 

so my EDIT: BRAND NEW brz finally made its way to Virginia all the way from Colorado on the lower deck of an auto transport truck. some 2000+ miles later... :thumbdown:

http://i.imgur.com/5fkjp6yh.jpg
the "clean" spots are wiped with water

http://i.imgur.com/RIJe9UEh.jpg
my headlights are crying. literally.

http://i.imgur.com/5Ti7Vgbh.jpg
...auto-jizz? aka i don't want to know what type of car fluid this might be

http://i.imgur.com/T1QR7K6h.jpg
i'd rather drive through a saharan haboob.

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anybody ever seen an equally dirty (or god forbid, dirtier) brz? on the bright side, here it is after an emergency wash through the local touchless:

http://i.imgur.com/f2cwkXy.jpg

i don't think the automotive fluid dripped from the car above me left any permanent damage, otherwise i'd have about 10+ blemishes all over the trunk/roof/quarter panel. sigh.

SO did you just buy it or had it for a while and moved? I think I would have had a canary...

brand spanking new...12 miles on the odo

So sorry. That really sucks. She looks great now! Welcome to the fam

Why did you have one shipped from Colorado?

Coolio, welcome to the club! I can't look at those pics any more...

pfft nothing a little clay bar and polish cant fix.

My personal experience was that the availability and price of out-of-state dealers (in the snow/salt belt) was much better than any local dealership in the Mid-A.

As mentioned above, price. I got a Limited A/T with 1a + cargo mat for $27.8k shipped to my door by buying out of state

Whoever wiped their fooking hands on the trunk is a ****. Now if you did it a key tip is to not rub dirt into your paint.

This was also often the case here in sunny California.

I consider myself lucky, I got mine made and shipped to me and it's in pristine condition.

That was me, I took a wet paper towel to immediately dab off the yellow-brown fluid wherever I could find it. Afterward it occurred to me to take a picture of the remaining spots on the roof in the off chance it permanently damaged the clear coat. I considered going out to buy car washing equipment, but figured it was so dirty that I didn't want to physically rub any of the crap into the paint and scratch it, hence the touchless wash.

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