I feel even more for you after an incident I had yesterday.
One of the grandkids opened the front passenger door into a moving baby carriage. Mother and baby are OK. But my 8!!!!!!
A long scratch along the length of the lower door panel.
Hopefully most of it will polish out.
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Ray at Wigan Pier
2014 A8L D4 4.0TFSI Gold (Sticker says "Beige") Can't leave you in a black smoke cloud anymore..
In progress, Nothing left to do.
Gone 2004 A8 D3 3.0 TDI. Ebony Pearl Black (with little bits of other colours and glitter)