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Old 06-20-2013, 04:59 PM   #1
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OCD scratched bumper on driveway...

My OCD is kicking into overdrive over driving into a steep driveway last weekend. I can't see it really from the front, but I know it's there and will see it when I do my oil change...

I tell myself I will be more careful from now on and should get it repaired, but more than likely I will end up doing worse to it as my DD and time goes by. It just hurts cuz I just hit 1000mi and already scratched my baby!

Phew, feel better venting now... I think I will go out and feel the scratches now and fire myself up some more.
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Did the same thing... felt like I cut a pound of flesh off of myself.
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Did the same thing... felt like I cut a pound of flesh off of myself.

Did you fix or just learn to live with it?
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Learned to drive with it... You could touch up the areas that bother you. At least you don't see black that way?
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you're looking at it all wrong.

This is the FIRST thing you do when you get a new car. you scratch the shit out of a spot nobody can see. This ensures you meet your scratch quota and incur no further accidental scratches.

call me superstitious but it works. I learned it form an old hot Rod builder.
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you're looking at it all wrong.

This is the FIRST thing you do when you get a new car. you scratch the shit out of a spot nobody can see. This ensures you meet your scratch quota and incur no further accidental scratches.

call me superstitious but it works. I learned it form an old hot Rod builder.
If I may put it in another way: when your new car gets its first scratch, the ECU between your ears adapts.
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you're looking at it all wrong.

This is the FIRST thing you do when you get a new car. you scratch the shit out of a spot nobody can see. This ensures you meet your scratch quota and incur no further accidental scratches.

call me superstitious but it works. I learned it form an old hot Rod builder.
Haha! Love it! (hope it is true)
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hurts like hell, arghh............cause even though its nothing anyone can see visibly- i know its there and it hurts me. from now on, drive slowly when going on driveways because even if you think its safe and its low enough- better safe than sorry. Slow is ok to go...... hum, i feel a little better now too.....
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