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Old 28th January 2011, 11:04 AM
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I can't believe some people ,woke up to find some nice person had keyed my car and what a job he done of it too. I don't know whether to feel proud that he liked the look of it so much we walked round it looking while he keyed or what.

Both front wings ,bonnet , both passenger doors and passenger rear wing.

doors and rear wing will probably polish out as they are visable but not really there to touch ,but the 2 front wings and bonnet are deep. One wing is down to metal at the edge , supose i'm luck its ally.

Before this happened all I really needing done was the wheels to have a refurb as the body was really shiney. Jaspis green too. Just makes me want to cry .
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Old 28th January 2011, 12:52 PM
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My heart sinks every time I hear of this happening. It would bring me to tears if it happened to me. I wish someone could just catch the tiny minded person that does this. I would drive over to help 'explain' why it is not a nice thing to do.
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Old 28th January 2011, 01:01 PM
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My sympathies too. I think the suggestion above is far too easy on the small-minded little morons. Bring back the hang, draw and quartering, that's what I say.
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Old 28th January 2011, 01:01 PM
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Sorry to hear this. What colour is the car? Depending on the age of the car the insurance may write it off, if its a common colour you might be better of replacing the two front wings and bonnet from A8 Parts and then polishing out the doors and rear wings. Whereabouts in the country are you? Someone with a machine polisher may be willing to help out. I've just sold mine but would buy another if your local as I can understand exactly how you feel.
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Old 28th January 2011, 01:11 PM
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It is LV6X Jaspis green so its not that common ,I think I will try a repair and hope for the best.I only payed £1000 for it as it was only supposed to be a stop gap until I got another car ,but now I have driven the A8 for a couple of months I dont think I could go back to another type of car lol,So I guess my next car will be a newer A/S8
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Old 28th January 2011, 01:26 PM
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Now, if you're thinking of a late 2002 2.8 QS, I have a real beauty for sale in Crystal Blue with dark blue interior. PM me if interested
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Old 28th January 2011, 01:58 PM
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Now I wish i had some spare cash ,just started saving . The company took my car away ,the joys of being taken over by a bigger fish.

Going from a Prius to a 2.8 A8 massive grin factor. As one guy in here said ,you went from save the planet to screw the planet
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Old 28th January 2011, 02:11 PM
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Now, if you're thinking of a late 2002 2.8 QS, I have a real beauty for sale in Crystal Blue with dark blue interior. PM me if interested
Jim, that's a nice A8 you have. Surprised it hasn't shifted. List it on the autotrader. Its a great colour too.
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Old 28th January 2011, 02:16 PM
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I had it on Autotrader before Xmas - probably not the best time to advertise! Listing again this weekend
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Old 14th February 2011, 01:41 PM
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do people have no decencey anymore
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