OCD scratched bumper on driveway... - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Jond63 · 06-20-2013, 04:59 PM

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.

spitz · 06-20-2013, 05:41 PM

Did the same thing... felt like I cut a pound of flesh off of myself.

Jond63 · 06-20-2013, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by spitz

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?

spitz · 06-20-2013, 07:10 PM

Learned to drive with it... You could touch up the areas that bother you. At least you don't see black that way?

topazsparrow · 06-20-2013, 07:21 PM

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.

typericey · 06-20-2013, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by topazsparrow

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.

Jond63 · 06-20-2013, 08:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by topazsparrow

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)

j2digit · 06-29-2013, 01:24 PM

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.....

06-20-2013, 04:59 PM	#1
Jond63 Senior Member Join Date: May 2013 Drives: FR-S Firestorm 2013 Location: Seattle Posts: 196 Thanks: 237 Thanked 103 Times in 57 Posts Mentioned: 4 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	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.

06-20-2013, 05:41 PM	#2
spitz Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Drives: '13 SWP BRZ-L Location: SF Bay Area, CA Posts: 252 Thanks: 70 Thanked 106 Times in 68 Posts Mentioned: 7 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Did the same thing... felt like I cut a pound of flesh off of myself. __________________

06-20-2013, 07:10 PM	#4
spitz Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Drives: '13 SWP BRZ-L Location: SF Bay Area, CA Posts: 252 Thanks: 70 Thanked 106 Times in 68 Posts Mentioned: 7 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Learned to drive with it... You could touch up the areas that bother you. At least you don't see black that way? __________________

06-29-2013, 01:24 PM	#8
j2digit Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Drives: 2000 Integra LS, 2013 FRS Firestorm Location: Bikini Bottom Posts: 271 Thanks: 108 Thanked 74 Times in 59 Posts Mentioned: 13 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	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..... __________________ "Power is nothing without Control"

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topazsparrow Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: slow Location: Canada Posts: 293 Thanks: 87 Thanked 158 Times in 61 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	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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