" I picked up my Series.Yellow back in September. On the day I picked it up, I discovered a scratch on the passenger side rear quarter panel near the wheel arch (a couple inches long).
Unfortunately, I already signed my paper work. The dealer eventually repaired it at their own body shop at no charge. However, I came to realization about a couple issues: "
I would like to chime in here as I had a similar experience.
First, I would like to say that you picked up the car knowing the damage, hence, it's your problem now. The dealership will probably get it repainted if you ask.
If you would have walked away from the car when you were taking possession & asked for another car you probably would have been in your rights, but I'm not sure.
It would have been a hard thing to do as we are all so excited with our new purchase.
My experience, I bought a 2014 sport-tech WRB, did a walk around & all was good, signed papers, drove off WOOHOO!!!!
6 months later, after 10,000km, I went for a detailing, wanted Optipro & the guy looks at my car & says " Hey, when did you get it repainted?"
So sure enough, looking at the car we can see overspray. We check the
paint thickness, yup, the drivers door all the way back has twice the amount of paint.
I talk to dealer, they say, yes it was repainted due to a scratch.
I say, but you never told me, he say all is good, 5 yr warranty not to worry.
I say, but I bought a new car, he says to go see sale manager, same story, go see general manager, same story...
So i'm thinking, what can I get? 1 or 2,000$, what is is worth? Can they do this? Is it legal? WTF!!!!!
They also tell me if I don't like the paint job they will redo it, no issues.
So, I call a lawyer, I get 30 mins free with my co.
I tell the story to the lawyer & he says, "WHAT, they told you they repainted the car!!???' I think he was laughing uncontrollably for the next minute....
He told me to go get a new car & proceeded to list at least 10 law which
they violated. Quebec law, so not sure of your laws.
So armed with this info I quietly told them ... new car pls or see you in court.
It took 1 month to get a new 2015 WRB Sport-tech.
So I gave them a 10,000km car & they gave me a 1.8km car.
Now, as mentioned in posts above, does it really make a difference?
My car now has over 50,000 km & I really think that after the abuse it gets on the road, if u want to track it, or whatever, no.
This is an entry sport car, budget sport car, not a 100,000k garage queen.
the paint may fade after 5 yrs but all the chips, dings & scratches, etc, may probably be worst.
(in 2014 I did not think this way, I felt like you).
Go enjoy your car, don't mod it till you push to it's max, then do incremental mods.